THE JEWELS OF APULIA
( 12 Days )

Day 1

ACTIVITY

Flight to Bari

LOCATION/DESTINATION

Bari

Day 2

ACTIVITY

  • Transfer with private bus to Martin Hotel (5 nights).
  • Hotel check in, orientation and short excursion to familiarize with the city
  • Welcome dinner at Biancofiore restaurant (3 courses meal)

 

LOCATION/DESTINATION

Bari

Day 3

ACTIVITY

  • Breakfast
  • Guided tour of Bari (visit Bari Vecchia, Basilica di San Nicola, Castello Normanno Svevo, Cattedrale San Sabino and Fortino e Molo di Sant’Antonio)
  • Lunch at Opera Bari restaurant (3 courses meal)
  • Free time in the afternoon

 

LOCATION/DESTINATION

Bari

Day 4

ACTIVITY

  • Breakfast
  • Departure with private bus to Matera
  • Guided tour of Matera (visit Palombaro Lungo, Museo della Civilta’ Contadina, Chiesa di San Pietro Barisano, Chiesa di San Pietro Caveoso e Santa Maria Idris, Casa Grotta, Cattedrale)
  • Free time for lunch
  • Wine tour and early dinner at Tenute Iacovazzo
  • Return to Bari and free time in the evening

 

LOCATION/DESTINATION

Matera, Bari

Day 5

ACTIVITY

  • Breakfast
  • Departure to Polignano a Mare and guided tour (visit Chiesa di San Giuseppe, Chiesa Matrice, Ghetto Ebraico, Ponte Borbonico and Lama Monachile)
  • Lunch at La Colonna restaurant (3 courses meal)
  • Departure to Monopoli (visit Cattedrale della Madonna della Madia, Castello di Carlo V and Piazza Giuseppe Garibaldi)
  • Return to Bari and free time in the evening

 

LOCATION/DESTINATION

Polignano a Mare, Monopoli

Day 6

ACTIVITY

  • Breakfast
  • Transfer with private bus and Tour of Trani (visit Cattedrale, Museo Diocesano, Castello Svevo and Palazzo delle Arti Beltrani)
  • Lunch at Il Garbino (3 courses meal)
  • Transfer with private bus to Castel del Monte
  • Return to Bari and free time in the evening

 

LOCATION/DESTINATION

Trani and Castel del Monte

Day 7

ACTIVITY

  • Breakfast
  • Transfer with private bus and Tour of Locorotondo (visit Piazza Grande, Basilica di S.Francesco, Duomo dei Santi Pietro e Donato, Casa Museo di Giorgio Vasari, Basilica di S. Domenico, Chiese di Santa Maria della Pieve e Santa Maria delle Grazie and Fortezza Medicea)
  • Lunch at Il Covo dei Briganti (3 courses meal)
  • Transfer with private bus and Tour of Alberobello (visit the Trulli)
  • Departure to your hotel in Ostuni Monte Sarago in the afternoon (2 nights)
  • Free time in the evening

 

LOCATION/DESTINATION

Locorotondo, Alberobello and Ostuni

Day 8

ACTIVITY

  • Breakfast
  • Guided tour of Ostuni (visit Piazza della Libertà, Concattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta in Cielo and Arco Scoppa)
  • Lunch at the Taverna della Gelosia
  • Departure to Brindisi and visit Area Archeologica di San Pietro degli Schiavoni, Castello Federiciano, Tempio di San Giovanni al Sepolcro and Colonne romane
  • Return to the hotel in Ostuni in the evening

 

LOCATION/DESTINATION

Ostuni and Brindisi

Day 9

ACTIVITY

  • Breakfast
  • Transfer with private bus and guided tour of Lecce (visit Castello Carlo V, Teatro Romano, Via delle Giravolte. Porta Rudiae. Porta Napoli, Porta San Biagio, Duomo and Basilica di Santa Croce)
  • Lunch at Il Vicolo del Gusto
  • Check in at the Palazzo Sant’Anna hotel (3 nights)
  • Free time in the evening

 

LOCATION/DESTINATION

Lecce

Day 10

ACTIVITY

  • Breakfast
  • Departure to Gallipoli and visit Chiesa di Santa Maria della Purità, Lungomare, Il Castello Angioino-Aragonese e il Rivellino, Cattedrale di Sant’Agata and Fontana Greca.
  • Lunch at L’Angolo Blu
  • Return to your hotel in Lecce
  • Free time in the evening

 

LOCATION/DESTINATION

Gallipoli

Day 11

ACTIVITY

  • Breakfast
  • Departure to Otranto and visit Il Centro Storico, La Baia dei Turchi, Cattedrale di Santa Maria Annunziata, Cava di Bauxite, La Zona dei Laghi Alimini e il Faro di Punta Palascia
  • Lunch at RetroGusto
  • Departure to Santa Maria di Leuca and visit La Piazza, Villa Maruccia, Il Faro e il Porto
  • Return to your hotel in Lecce

 

LOCATION/DESTINATION

Otranto and Santa Maria di Leuca

Day 12

ACTIVITY

  • Breakfast
  • Check out and Departure to Bari airport

 

LOCATION/DESTINATION

Bari