Day 1 · Alberobello
Collect your car, drive to Alberobello
Pick up your hire car at Bari or Brindisi airport and drive into the Itria Valley to Alberobello, your base for the next four nights.
- Travel
- 70 km, about 1 hour
8 days · 7 nights
Your own car, the trulli country of the Itria Valley and the whole heel of Italy.
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Ask about datesCollect a car at Bari or Brindisi and base yourselves for four nights in Alberobello, with day drives to the Castellana Caves, Polignano a Mare, Trani, Castel del Monte, Bari and Matera. Then move south through Martina Franca and Ostuni to Otranto for two nights, and finish with a night in baroque Lecce.
The same person from your first question to the flight home, with a wedding or vow renewal planned alongside if you like.
How the days unfold. Your advisor tailors the pace, the hotels and the extras to you.
Alberobello
Day 1 · Alberobello
Pick up your hire car at Bari or Brindisi airport and drive into the Itria Valley to Alberobello, your base for the next four nights.
Day 2 · Alberobello
Start with the trulli of Alberobello, from the twin-domed houses to the Trullo Sovrano and the trullo-built church of St Antonio. After lunch, walk the Castellana Caves among stalactites and crystal, then drive to Polignano a Mare for its old town on the cliffs and its homemade gelato.
Day 3 · Alberobello
Head north to Trani and its Romanesque cathedral facing the Adriatic, then inland to Castel del Monte, the UNESCO-listed castle of Frederick II. Spend the afternoon in Bari among the Basilica di San Nicola, the cathedral, the Norman-Swabian castle and the lanes of the old town.
Day 4 · Alberobello
Stop in Altamura, known across Italy for its durum wheat bread, then spend the day in Matera. Walk the UNESCO-listed Sassi, the old cave quarters, and look into the rock churches of San Pietro Barisano, Santa Maria di Idris and Santa Barbara, and the cave houses that show how people once lived here.
Otranto
Day 5 · Otranto
Drive through the Itria Valley to the white lanes and baroque gates of Martina Franca, then to Ostuni, the white town, for a wander up its stairs and alleys. Continue to Otranto, the most easterly town in Italy.
Day 6 · Otranto
See Otranto's cathedral and Aragonese Castle, then drive south by way of the dolmens and menhirs near Maglie to Santa Maria di Leuca, at the very tip of the heel. Follow the Ionian coast past the Punta Pizzo nature park and the beaches of Baia Verde to baroque Gallipoli before returning to Otranto.
Lecce
Day 7 · Lecce
A short drive to Lecce for a day in its historic centre: the Piazza del Duomo, the Basilica di Santa Croce and the Palazzo dei Celestini, the old city gates, and the Roman amphitheatre in Piazza Sant'Oronzo.
Day 8 · Lecce
Drive to Bari or Brindisi airport and drop off your car for your onward flight.
The hotels for each stop. Your advisor confirms them, or something just as good, for your dates.
Alberobello · 4 nights
Your base for the first four nights. Or similar
Otranto · 2 nights
Or similar
Lecce · 1 night
Or similar
Tell us when you would like to travel. Your advisor confirms dates and hotels, tailors the trip to the two of you, and stays with you until you are home.
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Collect a car at Bari or Brindisi and base yourselves for four nights in Alberobello, with day drives to the Castellana Caves, Polignano a Mare, Trani, Castel del Monte, Bari and Matera. Then move south through Martina Franca and Ostuni to Otranto for two nights, and finish with a night in baroque Lecce.
Every trip can be shaped around you before you book.
Arrive early or stay on at the end, in the same hotel or somewhere new.
Your travel expert books flights that fit the first and last day.
Choose a better room or a hotel with a view for the nights that count.
A honeymoon, an anniversary or a birthday, planned into the trip.
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