Welcome to Puglia! Pick up your car near Bari Centrale station. Self-guided drive to your hotel in Bari. Check-in.

Overnight stay in Bari.

Meet your guide at the hotel reception and begin a full day of touring, starting with Bari Vecchia. Narrow streets, palaces, courtyards and churches: getting lost in Bari Vecchia is the best way to absorb the charm of the city and to uncover its history step by step. Because old Bari is a concentrate of energy, beauty and culture to be discovered, alley after alley.

This tour is for those who want to fill up on emotions and take part not in a simple guided tour of Bari, but in an immersive, engaging experience. Ideal for gourmets who appreciate local cuisine and the excellence of its typical products, but also for the younger ones who want to discover urban spaces dedicated to design.

You will be moved as you discover the Arab soul of Bari’s old town. With your guide through Bari Vecchia, you will peek at laundry hanging in the sun and at the sale of fresh fish at the market in the small old harbour.

After the guided visit, free time. In the early afternoon, travel independently toward Castel del Monte. Independent visit to the Castle and independent return to the hotel.

Overnight stay in Bari.

Travel independently toward Matera. In Matera, check in and, in the early afternoon, meet your driver for a guided tuk-tuk visit to discover the most celebrated Sassi in the world. The tour will end at the hotel. Free time afterwards.

Overnight stay in Matera.

Travel independently toward Polignano a Mare. On the way, stop in Alberobello for a guided visit. You will meet your guide in Alberobello.

The main tourist attraction of Alberobello is the trulli, magical houses that you will also be able to visit from the inside on this guided visit with our tourist guide. On this guided visit of Alberobello, you will discover the hidden curiosities of the famous town of the trulli, singular rural buildings built with dry-stone walls and culminating in a cone-shaped dome. You will get to know the Aia Piccola district and the Church of Sant’Antonio up close.

Then, free time for lunch. Next, check-in in Polignano a Mare. In the afternoon, transfer from the masseria to the historic centre of Polignano a Mare. In Polignano a Mare, you will meet your tuk-tuk driver-guide for a guided visit along the Adriatic coast and through the town of Polignano a Mare. At the end, return to the masseria.

Overnight stay in Polignano a Mare.

Travel independently toward Lecce. On the way, stop in Ostuni for a guided tuk-tuk visit.

At first, you will have the impression of being in Greece, yet we are always within Italian borders: we are speaking of the “White Lady”, the village of Ostuni. This town was built upon three hills and is famous for the beautiful effect of the almost dazzling sunlight reflecting off the walls of its whitewashed houses. You will wander through the narrow streets. We will also be able to enjoy a breathtaking view over the Adriatic coast, from which Ostuni is separated by an ocean of centuries-old olive trees. Before beginning our walk through the historic centre, we pause along the ancient walls to take a panoramic photo. You will then travel along the defensive walls that lead into the historic centre of the town.

We will reach “Piazza della Libertà”, where we find the palace of the Comune and the column dedicated to Sant’Oronzo. Afterwards, we will make our way toward the medieval part of the city through narrow, whitewashed alleys, and then reach and visit the Cathedral of the Assumption, in Romanesque-Gothic style (1435). Then, free time for lunch. Afterwards, check-in in Lecce. Overnight stay in Lecce.

Meet your guide at the hotel reception and begin the guided tour of the city.

The guided tour starts from Porta Napoli, where you will be welcomed by the imposing Obelisk, built in 1822 to a design by Luigi Cipolla, to recall the arrival in Lecce of Ferdinando Di Borbone. On its four faces, it tells the mythological story of the districts of Terra D’Otranto. Opposite, the majestic gate that gives access to the ancient city does not go unnoticed, built in Lecce stone in 1548 in honour of Charles V. The itinerary continues along Via Giuseppe Palmieri between Baroque churches and palaces; along this street you will find the Church of San Luigi or Santa Maria della Porta, the Paisiello theatre, and the Palazzo Palmieri, built in the 16th century but remodelled in the Baroque era.

You will reach Piazza Duomo, a rare example of a “closed square” and one of the most beautiful in Italy. To enter this square you must pass through the propylaea; here we find the splendid Baroque cathedral dedicated to the Assumption, the 72-metre-high bell tower, the L-shaped episcopal palace that recalls the carousel of the 1970s, and the Seminary palace, today home to the Diocesan Museum. You will continue along the main street until you reach the Former Convent of the Theatines with the adjoining Church of Sant’Irene, patron saint of Lecce before being replaced by Sant’Oronzo. The itinerary goes on, crossing Piazzetta Castromediano, until you reach the basilica of Santa Croce, symbol of Lecce’s Baroque, and the adjacent convent or Palazzo dei Celestini. Then, the evocative Piazza Sant’Oronzo, home to the amphitheatre, an extraordinary piece of Roman Lecce, the Sedile, the little church of San Marco, and the column that holds up the statue of the protector Sant’Oronzo.

At the end, you will taste the typical rustico leccese. Afterwards, free time for lunch and independent return to the hotel.

Overnight stay in Lecce.

Return your car near the Lecce train station.