15/08/2022 - Puglia Cartography This year’s holiday destination is Puglia. It will be a continuous discovery since I’ve never been there. Given the distances, we decide to break both the outward and return journeys by stopping in Assisi for the outward journey and in Recanati for the return journey. The first stop to visit the places of S. Francesco, the second to visit the Leopardi’s house (at the request of my daughter ...). At the end of the second day we arrive in Monopoli and take possession of a beautiful apartment in the city center. Apart from a few days of sea only near the old walls of Monopoli, for the rest we shot in the neighboring villages. Locorotondo with a beautiful market and a beautiful historic center, then Ostuni, another beautiful village on top of a hill with mighty all-white walls and an equally considerable historic center. The first wonder, however, is Alberobello; much mentioned by those who frequent Puglia, now I understand why. The monumental area, which houses an infinite number of trulli, occupies a large part of the country, the only flaw is the amount of tourists given the period. Another picnic and this time we also book a guide, to visit Matera. One thing only ... WONDERFUL !!! go there .. deserves .. The next day we take the train and in five minutes we are in Polignano a mare. The historic center is gorgeous and the cliff overlooking the sea is remarkable .... the next day he plans to reach it by sea. In fact, the next day, we leave from the port of Monopoli with a 13-meter sailboat in the company of 5 other people to reach Polignano a mare. In addition to enjoying the wonderful day, my daughter and I, fully equipped, we swam the Palazzese cave, visited its interior and returned to the boat. Beautiful !! Another day and we go to visit Castel del Monte, in the Foggiano hinterland. A visit to an oil mill could not be missed, with oil tasting + purchase and walk among the olive trees; a landscape certainly different from those we are used to. There is still a lot to say, from the procession of the Madonna della Madia in Monopoli, to the incredible fireworks, from the beaches to the cliffs ... in short .. I would say that it is better if we are directly in Puglia for next year ... . Special notices: Watch out for spritzes, in clubs along the beaches or in the centers they reach figures that make no sense ... 10 euros for a spritz seems too much to me. The sea is certainly beautiful, but it certainly does not stand up to the comparison with the sea of Sardinia for example. Maybe we were in the central part of Puglia and that is why, they tell me that in Salento, in particular the Ionian one, the sea is much closer to the Sardinian one. Distance Path: m. Drop m. Maximum Altitude m. Altitude of land (Scala altezza: 1px=10 metri) (Scala distanza: 1px=10 metri) Altitude path (Scala altezza: 1px=10 metri) (Scala distanza: 1px=10 metri) Stages Title Monopoli Text Link Annex Altimetry da 0 metri a 0 metri Distance 0 metri in linea d'aria, 0 metri percorsi Title Matera Text Link Annex Altimetry da 0 metri a 0 metri Distance 0 metri in linea d'aria, 0 metri percorsi Title Ristorante in grotta a Matera Text Link Annex Altimetry da 0 metri a 0 metri Distance 0 metri in linea d'aria, 0 metri percorsi Title Matera di sera Text Link Annex Altimetry da 0 metri a 0 metri Distance 0 metri in linea d'aria, 0 metri percorsi Title Matera di sera Text Link Annex Altimetry da 0 metri a 0 metri Distance 0 metri in linea d'aria, 0 metri percorsi Title Locorotondo Text Link Annex Altimetry da 0 metri a 0 metri Distance 0 metri in linea d'aria, 0 metri percorsi Title Alberobello Text Link Annex Altimetry da 0 metri a 0 metri Distance 0 metri in linea d'aria, 0 metri percorsi Title Luminarie Text Link Annex Altimetry da 0 metri a 0 metri Distance 0 metri in linea d'aria, 0 metri percorsi Title Grotta San Michele Text Link Annex Altimetry da 0 metri a 0 metri Distance 0 metri in linea d'aria, 0 metri percorsi Title Polignano a Mare Text Link Annex Altimetry da 0 metri a 0 metri Distance 0 metri in linea d'aria, 0 metri percorsi Title Porto di Monopoli Text Link Annex Altimetry da 0 metri a 0 metri Distance 0 metri in linea d'aria, 0 metri percorsi Title Olivo Secolare Text Link Annex Altimetry da 0 metri a 0 metri Distance 0 metri in linea d'aria, 0 metri percorsi Title Castel del Monte Text Link Annex Altimetry da 0 metri a 0 metri Distance 0 metri in linea d'aria, 0 metri percorsi

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