BT Trip Overview
The paths are immersed in the Alta Murgia National Park, walking you have the feeling of being in a large open space in which to wander with your gaze towards infinite horizons characterized by the pungent smells of mint and wild thyme in the intense green of the wheat fields or rocky pastures between the evident yellow of the ferula, meeting orchids and cricket hawks. In this land, emperors, farmers, shepherds, lumberjacks, together with the climate, have made the landscape and its culture unique.
On the way you will meet beautiful farms, you will cross oak forests, along the ancient sheep tracks of transhumance you will discover jazzi and post offices, you will walk along panoramic mule tracks and among the wheat fields you will admire ancient straw hay and fish.
On the hills, flocks of sheep will mingle with the characteristic sharp rocks that give this territory its name
(murex = murice> murgia).
Additional Info
Duration: 2 to 6 minutes
Starts: BT, Italy
Trip Category: Outdoor Activities >> Hiking & Camping
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What to Expect When Visiting BT, Puglia, Italy
The paths are immersed in the Alta Murgia National Park, walking you have the feeling of being in a large open space in which to wander with your gaze towards infinite horizons characterized by the pungent smells of mint and wild thyme in the intense green of the wheat fields or rocky pastures between the evident yellow of the ferula, meeting orchids and cricket hawks. In this land, emperors, farmers, shepherds, lumberjacks, together with the climate, have made the landscape and its culture unique.
On the way you will meet beautiful farms, you will cross oak forests, along the ancient sheep tracks of transhumance you will discover jazzi and post offices, you will walk along panoramic mule tracks and among the wheat fields you will admire ancient straw hay and fish.
On the hills, flocks of sheep will mingle with the characteristic sharp rocks that give this territory its name
(murex = murice> murgia).
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Castel del Monte, Strada Statale 170, 76125, Andria Italy
In the shadow of Castel del Monte along a ring route through the typical “blades” of Puglia. Immersed in the Alta Murgia National Park, we will meet farms, jazzi, straw stacks and ancient cisterns along cattle tracks, forest paths and mule tracks.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Cava di Bauxite, Spinazzola Italy
We are not in the Grand Canyon, not even in Australia, but in a suggestive and rare landscape made in Murgia. The quarries are mainly rusty red with splashes of pink as bauxite is a mineral composed mainly of iron and aluminum oxides and hydroxides. Going inside one of them you can admire the peculiarity of this place, an atypical natural spectacle.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Castello del Garagnone, Poggiorsini Italy
Defined as an invisible castle (because it was cleverly built on a rocky outcrop and from materials coming from the heights). From its summit the view extends for kilometers in the colorful Fossa Bradanica, a valley in which mainly clayey deposits emerge and where the Basentello and Roviniero streams flow. Here we are at the center of a castle network controlling the Murgian territory, visible from the front on a hill is Monteserico, the solitary castle, and behind us, the Castel del Monte.
Duration: 1 hour
