Head to Puglia to tour trulli, traditional dwellings with a fascinating history.
Drive around the Itria Valley in southeastern Italy and you’ll discover houses straight out of a fairy tale. Of diminutive size and topped by conical roofs made of stacked limestone, trulli—the traditional structures of Puglia—look like beehives from another planet. Found on almost every country road in the valley, trulli are not idle curiosities; they are actively used as homes, farmsteads, guesthouses, and more.
They’re not hard to find. Several thousand trulli are visible in the Itria Valley, with more than 1,500 concentrated in Alberobello, a town located some 40 miles south of the port city Bari. (Click here for a fascinating portrait of this memorable Italian town by the sea.) Some trulli of Alberobello date to the 14th century; this architectural ensemble was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1996.[…]
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We just watched something about them on tv, fascinating! It was either the British chef traveling through Italy or the British guy traveling on all the quaint little railway lines.
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I don’t watch TV but was chatting to a friend from Bari who pointed out the luxurious nature of some of the conversions of the Trulli – almost 4 star hotel standard!
I noticed the Italian Tourist Board promote Trenitalia as a good way to move around Puglia.
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Good for you! We watch travel reports and movies.
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