Bari Trip Overview
A 7 days private tour through the most beautiful destinations of Puglia and Basilicata, visiting Bari, Alberobello, Matera, Ostuni, Locorotondo, Polignano a mare, Gallipoli, Otranto, Lecce
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Duration: 7 days
Starts: Bari, Italy
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Bari, Apulia, Italy
A 7 days private tour through the most beautiful destinations of Puglia and Basilicata, visiting Bari, Alberobello, Matera, Ostuni, Locorotondo, Polignano a mare, Gallipoli, Otranto, Lecce
Itinerary
Day 1: BARI
Stop At: Bari, Bari, Province of Bari, Puglia
Indipendent arrival to Bari.Check-in hotel 4 star in the city center Hotel Imago or similar (2 nights)
Duration: 2 hours
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: 4 STAR HOTEL IN THE CITY CENTER BARI
Day 2: MATERA & BARI
Stop At: Matera, Matera, Province of Matera, Basilicata
Breakfast and departure for Matera, considered one of the most suggestive places in southern Italy. It was declared Unesco Site on 1993 and Italian host for the European Capital of Culture 2019. The visit with a licensed local guide will take us to discover the history of a town carved into rock, where inhabitants still lived until the XX century. The itinerary includes a visit to a cave-like house recently opened to the public, and to ancient rupestric churches and cisterns. A really unique and suggestive experience.
Free time for lunch.
Duration: 4 hours
Stop At: Bari, Bari, Province of Bari, Puglia
At 6.00 pm street food tour with a licensed local guide. Capital of Puglia, Bari boasts the presence of the Basilica of San Nicola, an important example of Apulian Romanesque architecture. This church is included amongst the most important places of worship in the world, where Catholic and Orthodox worships blend together. Our street food tour will bring you in the old Bari, where time seems to have stopped: ladies who everyday, seated outside their houses, prepare the “orecchiette” pasta. We’ll have the chance to taste the local “focaccia” and “sgagliozze”, typical specialities of Bari.
Duration: 2 hours
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: 4 STAR HOTEL IN THE CITY CENTER BARI
Day 3: POLIGNANO & MONOPOLI
Stop At: Polignano a Mare, Polignano a Mare, Province of Bari, Puglia
Breakfast and transfer to Polignano a mare for a relaxed walking tour. Polignano a Mare, the birthplace of Domenico Modugno, is characterised by a breathtaking landscape, thanks to its territorial morphology.
The old town is perched on a rocky headland overlooking the sea and thanks to the beautiful terraces it’s possible to admire sea caves and natural creeks carved into the rock by waves over time. The old town hides an amazing Cathedral and narrow alleys that always lead to the sea. Free time for lunch.
Duration: 4 hours
Stop At: Monopoli, Monopoli, Province of Bari, Puglia
Transfer to Monopoli and check in hotel 4 star in the city center Palazzo Indelli or similar. (2 nights)
Free time to explore the beautiful town on the sea and its fantastic beaches
Duration: 4 hours
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: 4 STAR HOTEL IN THE CITY CENTER MONOPOLI
Day 4: ALBEROBELLO, LOCOROTONDO & OSTUNI VALLE D’ITRIA
Stop At: Ostuni, Ostuni, Province of Brindisi, Puglia
Breakfast and transfer to Ostuni. Also called “La Città Bianca”, Ostuni stands out for its characteristic historic center with totally white painted houses, which the Apulian sun makes brighter. You will be guided by a local tour guide in this strategic place from which you can admire the incredible expanse of olive trees bordered by the deep blue sea. The Cathedral also represents the most important monument of the city in its Romanesque-flowered style.
Duration: 4 hours
Stop At: Locorotondo, Locorotondo, Province of Bari, Puglia
Transfer to Locorotondo, one of the most beautiful villages of italy and is in the suggestive valle d’itria, better known as the trulli valley. White houses with roof of buildings with dry stones characterize its historical center that hosts the church of san giorgio, the church of the madonna of the greek from the xviii century, the tower of the clock and the panoramic terrace from where you can admirate cisternino and martina franca, nearby cities, and the valley rich of oliv trees. Free time for lunch
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Alberobello, Alberobello, Province of Bari, Puglia
Departure for The “not to be missed” stop-over for every new visitor to Puglia, Alberobello has a fairy-tale charm like no other place. The trulli are an important example of rural architecture that still survives today. The local guide will show you also the panoramic view on Rione Aia Piccola with its infinite expanse of conical roofs. Return to Monopoli and free evening
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: 4 STAR HOTEL IN THE CITY CENTER MONOPOLI
Day 5: OTRANTO & GALLIPOLI
Stop At: Otranto, Otranto, Province of Lecce, Puglia
Breakfast and transfer to Otranto. Otranto is situated in the most orient point of the heel of italy, reason for which was always considered the entrance door in italy for the populations from the east. Otranto is one of the most beautiful villages of italy and is certainly one of the historically and culturally most important centers of salento. During the guided tour you will discover its historic center meeting landscapes where the village meets the blue of the sea, the cathedral with his famous mosaic representing the tree of life, the castle, the bizantine church of st. Peter and the alfonsina door. Free time for lunch
Duration: 4 hours
Stop At: Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Province of Lecce, Puglia
Transfer to Gallipoli and walking tour. Gallipoli is a city of salento located on the jonic coast, famous for his crystalline sea. In the characteristic historical center the signs of an old past are still kept. Gallipoli presents two areas, the modern village and the historic center located on an little island connected by a bridge and surrounded by defensive walls of the ‘500. Transfer to Lecce and check in hotel 4 star in the city center Suite Santa Chiara or similar
Duration: 4 hours
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: 4 STAR HOTEL IN THE CITY CENTER LECCE
Day 6: LECCE
Stop At: Lecce, Lecce, Province of Lecce, Puglia
After breakfast meeting with the guide and walking tour in the historic center of Lecce. The tour will begin from Piazza Sant’Oronzo where the Spire of the Patron Saint is located. From here will begin our journey through the beauties of the Baroque of Lecce and testimonies of the Roman era, admiring the Cathedral, the church of Santa Croce, the amphitheater and the Roman Theater, the exterior of the Castle of Charles V and numerous facades of ancient buildings.
Free afternoon
Duration: 2 hours
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: 4 STAR HOTEL IN THE CITY CENTER LECCE
Day 7: LECCE
Pass By: Lecce, Lecce, Province of Lecce, Puglia
Breakfast and end of services
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
