y idea of requiring ‘days’ to explore the 17th century city of Lecce in Puglia takes only a couple of hours in reality. Perhaps we are put off by an aborted first attempt in which we circle the town for an hour looking for a parking spot, the heavens open, and we have no choice …
Locorotondo appears ethereally as on a cloud floating above the red dirt, olive groves, and trulli (͚hobbit-like͛, conical stone dwellings) that are scattered across the countryside in the Valle d’Itria in Puglia. It͛s not just another Italian ͚white city͛ on a hill, but one with an obviously proud community in neat white cottages and colourful …
olling thunder and lightning strikes that craze the dark morning sky bode ominously for the planned excursion north of Bari to Molfetta and Trani. These are two old seaports on the Adriatic coast recommended by a good Sydney friend, Barbara, who lived in Italy for years. Rain buckets down all the way and much too …
My idea of days exploring the 17th century city of Lecce in Puglia, located in the heel of the Italian boot, with its buildings all built from pietra lecese, the creamy white local limestonetakes only a couple of hours in reality.