Ostuni is small enough to see in a day and good enough to deserve two, and the difference between the two versions is almost entirely about what time you are in the old town. The town has a rhythm. It…
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Staying in a Masseria near Ostuni
The masseria is the reason a lot of people come to this part of Puglia without quite being able to explain why, and it is the single most distinctive thing about staying near Ostuni. It is also the decision most…
Where to Stay in Ostuni
Where you sleep in Ostuni matters more than it does in most towns this size, because the two realistic options produce two genuinely different holidays. You can stay inside the old town, in the white lanes on the hill, and…
The Best Things to Do in Ostuni
Ostuni is not a town with a checklist, and if you arrive determined to tick off monuments you will be finished by lunchtime and faintly disappointed. What it has instead is a whitewashed old town on a hill that is…
Polignano a Mare Boat Tours and the Sea Caves
A Polignano a Mare boat tour is the one thing here I would tell you not to skip. The cliff the town is built on is hollow, riddled with sea caves cut by the Adriatic over millennia, and you cannot…
The Best Beaches in Polignano a Mare
The best beaches in Polignano a Mare are not really beaches. They are coves, cut into limestone, floored with pebbles or rock, with water that goes deep almost immediately. If you arrive expecting long sand you will be disappointed, and…
The Best Photo Spots in Polignano a Mare
The best photo spots in Polignano a Mare are not a secret, which is the whole problem. Half of Puglia’s tourist photography comes out of this one town, a white cliff town built over sea caves with a turquoise cove…
The Best Time to Visit Polignano a Mare
The best time to visit Polignano a Mare is May to June or September to October, and it is not a close call. This is a small cliff town in Puglia with one famous cove, a great deal of summer…
Getting to Polignano a Mare and the Best Day Trips
Getting to Polignano a Mare is easy, and the one thing that catches people out is the car. This is a small cliff town on the Adriatic coast of Puglia, half an hour south of Bari by train, with a…
Where to Eat and Drink in Polignano a Mare
Where to eat in Polignano a Mare divides neatly into three: a dining room inside a sea cave that you have almost certainly seen a photograph of, a handful of genuinely good informal places, and a coffee that was invented…
A Polignano a Mare Itinerary: One to Two Days
A Polignano a Mare itinerary lives or dies on timing. This is a small cliff town in Puglia that gets very busy in the middle of the day and becomes lovely again at either end of it, so the whole…
Where to Stay in Polignano a Mare
Where to stay in Polignano a Mare comes down to one decision made before any other: inside the old town, or outside it. This is a small cliff town in Puglia where the historic centre is closed to cars and…
