Wandering around Puglia

Puglia is a land so rich in natural and artistic wonders that, even by getting lost, you'll find unique and memorable spots!

To get an overall picture, though never exhaustive, of the places to visit in Puglia, we have grouped them under the five major areas.

By clicking on each area you'll see a list of the destinations we have selected with some photos, their attractions and a historical background.

Happy surfing!

Lecce

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The Florence of Southern Italy

Lecce is the city where the development of Baroque art in local stone , limestone, malleable, and very suitable for working with a scalpel, was most elaborate. It is called Lecce's Baroque, and for the beauty of its monuments, the city is called the Florence of the south.

Bari

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The Capital of Puglia

Capital of its province and the region of Puglia. It is known to be the city where the relics of St. Nicholas lie. That privilege has made Bari and its Basilica one of the major centers of orthodoxy favored in Italy.

Taranto

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The City of the Two Seas

Taranto, overlooking the Ionian Sea, is called the "city of two seas: the Mar Piccolo (Small Sea) and Mar Grande (Great Sea). The Mar Piccolo is separated from the Mar Grande by two peninsulas that close it to the gulf, both oriented toward an island which was the original core of the city, and connected to it through the bridge of Porta Napoli or Stone Bridge, and the Ponte Girevole.

Foggia

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Capital of Tavoliere

The name Foggia derives from Latin "fovea", meaning "pit", referring to the pits where wheat was stored. Although the area had been settled since Neolithic times, and a Greek colony known as Argos Hippium existed nearby, the first document attesting the existence of the modern city dates from 1000 AD: according to the legend, the first settlers were peasants who had found a panel portraying the Madonna, on which three flames burnt.

Brindisi

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The end of the Appian Way

Brindis was probably an Illyrian settlement predating the Roman expansion. The Latin name Brundisium, through the Greek Brentesion, is a corruption of the Messapian Brention meaning "deer's head" (cf. Albanian bri, brî "horn") and probably refers to the shape of the natural harbor.