Reader’s tips: the best of Puglia Down in Puglia, the heel of Italy’s boot, readers recommend hotels and restaurants in caves, ancient towns, deserted beaches and to-die-for agriturismos. The Guardian, Saturday 11 August 2012 Island-like Gallipoli old town, Puglia, Italy. Photograph: Andrea Pistolesi/Getty Images Winning tip: Gallipoli old town You cross a narrow causeway to reach this […]
Piazza Sant’Oronzo at Christmas, Lecce, Puglia, Italy Travellers who don’t mind putting up with chilly weather could consider visiting the Puglia area of Italy during the winter, a season that offers a number of benefits for visitors, according to a tourism industry representative.Stefania Gatta, a spokeswoman for the Italian State Tourist Board, pointed out that […]
… Hugging the coastal road on the western side, we passed innumerable small settlements such as Santa Maria al Bagno, with its serene natural harbour and striped villas, and the holiday town of Porto Cesareo. Between them were endless rows of apartments and gated resort complexes; inland was olive country, where Puglia’s most famous export […]