PUGLIA AND THE SOUTH – UNDISCOVERED ITALY

Eight days from £889pp Departing: from May to October 2018

Explore the oftenoverlooked delights of southern Italy’s ‘high heel’ on this holiday to Puglia. Discover Cisternino’s whitewashed buildings, the conical roofs of the Alberobello’s trulli houses, hilltop Ostuni and the extraordinary caves at Matera. See Lecce’s partially buried Roman amphitheatre, and perhaps visit the caves at Castellana, wine-producing Locorotondo and elegant Martina Franca on one of our optional excursions.

PUGLIA HOLIDAY HIGHLIGHTS:

◆ Relaxing in a comfortable hotel beside the Adriatic Sea

◆ A visit to the medieval village of Cisternino

◆ Seeing hilltop Ostuni’s walls gleaming in the Italian sun

◆ Alberobello’s traditional, conical Trulli houses

◆ Lecce’s Baroque buildings and Roman ruins

◆ The Unesco-listed wonders of the Sassi, Matera’s cave-dwellings

◆ The chance to visit the Castellana caves and Locorotondo on an optional excursion

WHAT DOES THE PRICE INCLUDED?

◆ Seven nights’ dinner, bed and breakfast accommodation at the four-star Hotel del Levante in Torre Canne

◆ Return flights from the UK to Bari

◆ Coach travel and transfers throughout

◆ A tour of Cisternino, Ostuni and Alberobello

◆ Tours of Lecce and the cave network at Matera

◆ Fully escorted by a friendly, experienced tour manager