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    Smart Guide Italy: Puglia
    Smart Guide Italy: Puglia
    Smart Guide Italy: Puglia
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    Smart Guide Italy: Puglia

    By Alexei Cohen

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    Smart Guide Italy is packed with advice and tips that will help newcomers and veteran travelers get the most from their visit to Italy. Along with background information to all major cities and monuments readers will discover great places to eat, sleep and enjoy the dolce vita.

    Smart Guide is an independent digital travel publisher that offers 25 guides to all of Italy's cities and regions. Each title in the series provides insights to the most important monuments and useful information for eating, drinking, and having a good time in Italy. Smart Guide also operates a convenient online accommodation service that allows travelers to enjoy local hospitality, lower their CO2 impact and save.

    Other titles in the series include:
    -Cities & Regions
    Rome & Lazio
    Florence & Tuscany
    Genova & Liguria
    Turin, Piedmont & Aosta
    Milan & Lombardy
    Trentino-Alto Adige
    Venice & Veneto
    Bologna & Emilia Romagna
    Le Marche
    Umbria
    Naples & Campania
    Puglia
    Basilicata & Clabria
    Sicily
    Sardinia

    -Multiple Regions
    Northern Italy
    Central Italy
    Southern Italy
    Italian Islands
    Italy

    -Cities
    Northern Italian Cities
    Central Italian Cities
    Southern Italian Cities
    Grand Tour: Rome, Florence, Venice & Naples

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAlexei Cohen
    Release dateMar 3, 2013
    ISBN9781301333127
    Smart Guide Italy: Puglia
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    Alexei Cohen

    I fell in love with Italy while watching the movie La Strada in the basement of my university library. Since then I have met and married an Italian, written and edited several guides and enjoyed a lot of pasta, wine and gelato. I live with my family on the outskirts of Rome and cultivate my passion for Italy a little more everyday. Moon Rome, Florence & Venice is my latest book and a result of months of exploration. I look forward to sharing what I have discovered and meeting travelers in Rome to swap stories over a cappuccino.

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      Smart Guide Italy - Alexei Cohen

      Smart Guide Italy: Puglia

      Published by Smart Guides

      Smashwords 2nd Edition

      Copyright 2024 Smart Guide Italy

      Other titles in the Smart Guide Italy series:

      Cities & Regions

      Rome & Lazio

      Florence & Tuscany

      Genova & Liguria

      Turin, Piedmont & Aosta

      Milan & Lombardy

      Trentino-Alto Adige

      Venice & Veneto

      Bologna & Emilia Romagna

      Le Marche

      Umbria

      Naples & Campania

      Abruzzo & Molise

      Basilicata & Clabria

      Sicily

      Sardinia

      Multiple Regions

      Northern Italy

      Central Italy

      Southern Italy

      Italian Islands

      Italy

      Cities

      Northern Italian Cities

      Central Italian Cities

      Southern Italian Cities

      Grand Tour: Rome, Florence, Venice & Naples

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

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      CONTENTS

      FOREWORD

      INTRODUCING PUGLIA

      History

      TOP STOPS

      PLANNING

      BARI AND THE ADRIATIC COAST

      Bari

      Trani

      Ruvo di Puglia

      Castel del Monte

      FOGGIA AND THE TAVOLIERE PLAIN

      Foggia

      Lucera

      Troia

      GARGANO PENINSULA

      Rodi Garganico

      Vieste

      Monte Sant’Angelo

      Parco Nazionale del Gargano

      Isole Tremiti

      ITRIA VALLEY AND TRULLI DISTRICT

      Alberobello

      Martina Franca

      Brindisi

      Taranto

      LECCE AND THE SALENTINE PENINSULA

      Lecce

      Otranto

      Gallipoli

      FOREWORD

      Puglia is the best kept secret in Italy. Unlike its more illustrious neighbors to the north Puglia attracts far fewer visitors than you would expect from a region that has it all. That all includes the longest coastline in Italy, an abundance of historic towns and villages, delicious local cusine and many sites you can’t see anywhere else. If you’ve already been to Italy or even if this is your first time Puglia offers a unique experience many travelers miss.

      The reason Puglia may not be getting the attention is deserves is distance. It’s a long way from Rome, Florence, and the classic destinations tourists often associate with Italy. Puglia on the other hand offers an opportunity to discover a lesser-known side of the country that is equally rewarding and unforgettable. All it takes is an extra half-day to arrive from Rome by road or rail or even less if you fly into Brindisi. However you arrive once you start exploring Puglia you won’t want to leave.

      Enjoy the journey!

      Alexei Cohen

      Series Editor & Italophile

      INTRODUCING PUGLIA

      Puglia has tempted travelers since the Greeks spotted the rocky coast and decided to plant their civilization in these parts. The region marks a point between East and West where cultures have ebbed and flowed for centuries. You’ll hear it in the accents and taste it in the food. It’s not your average southern outpost. Puglia is well heeled and well off compared to its neighbors.

      The plains and rolling hills that run parallel to the sea are covered in olive groves and vines and it tops the list in extra-virgin production. But this is also where they manufacture fuselages for Boeing Dreamliners and locals are as interested in the future as the past. Visitors are attracted by the long coast, trulli houses, and surplus of castles that protect nearly every seaside town.

      Here it’s possible to watch the sunrise over the Adriatic and see it set on the Ionian Sea. In between are Baroque masterpieces like Lecce, blessed with soft, local limestone that has given sculptors and architects new artistic possibilities, and the fishing villages of Otranto and Gallipoli which have remained faithful to their origins and provide an opportunity to step into a Byzantine and Norman past.

      The exchange of culture is especially

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