I will be traveling to the Puglia area in Sept. for 1 week, but I can't find very much information for that area. Do you have any suggestions?
Posted by
Vernon, Canada
32402 posts
laura, You might get some good tips from the Lonely Planet Guidebooks. You can download a PDF copy of the Puglia / Basilicata / Calabria chapter for $4.95. Here's the link: http://shop.lonelyplanet.com/italy/italy-travel-guidebook-10/italy-puglia-basilicata-calabria-chapter-10/ Happy travels!
Posted by
San Francisco Bay Area (USA)
16232 posts
The first link is the official tourist agency of Puglia: http://www.viaggiareinpuglia.it/hp/en http://www.discoverypuglia.com/en/where-to-go http://www.beautifulpuglia.com/en/content/top-10-see http://www.lonelyplanet.com/italy/puglia
http://www.initaly.com/regions/apulia/apulia.htm
Posted by
Delft, Netherlands
16 posts
My husband and I spent a week in Puglia in August 2011 and we LOVED it. We can't wait to go back. We stayed near Cisternino in a rented place we found online. We used the Lonely Planet "Puglia and Basilicata" book to get started-- some of the information was lacking or incomplete but it got us going. Beautiful towns-- Cisternino Ostuni Polignano a Mare (gorgeous seaside town) Grottaglie Martina Franca-- and many others we didn't get to visit. Food was simple, delicious, and affordable. The weather was HOT-- this was late August. In the middle of the day, everything (everything) would close and all you could do was lie by the pool or beach. You definitely need a car, and a GPS, and you need an Italian phrasebook. Navigating the local roads always took us longer than the locals said it would. People were friendly. The local wines were cheap and delicious. We really recommend this area. If you're interested-- I wrote about our trip on my blog: http://unquiettime.wordpress.com/2011/08/31/when-the-saints-go-marching-in-puglia/ (Search "puglia" and you'll get the other entries-- there are some pictures too) Also check out this article by the NYTimes Frugal Traveler on Apulia--
http://frugaltraveler.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/14/in-apulia-vacationing-like-an-italian/
Posted by
Centennial, CO, US
2195 posts
Laura, here's a link to an article about Puglia. It really helped me get a sense of the area before our visit last fall. http://www.italycookingcourses.com/2012/07/top-places-to-visit-in-puglia/
Posted by
CA, USA
1271 posts
We were in Polignano a Mare in early Sept and agree it is a beautiful town! However as a seaside resort the high season is July and August. Even though the weather was fine, the town seemed empty and like many of the towns we stopped at along the coast the beaches were empty (at Polignano a Mare the beach is more a cove). We also used the Lonely Planet book and found it helpful.