Apulia Destination | 1 Founded in Puglia in August 2013, Apulia Destination Is a Tour Operator Based in Bisceglie
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apulia destination | 1 Founded in Puglia in August 2013, Apulia Destination is a tour operator based in Bisceglie. Apulia Destination stems from the union of experience and resourcefulness, and, above all, from the desire to pass on our passion and love for our region to those who have never had the opportunity to enjoy its splendor. Our innovative idea is aimed at the creation of tailor-made travel without overlooking charm, tradition and culture. These elements are embodied by the marvelous buildings DQG PRQXPHQWV LQ WKH DUHD VXFK DV IRUWLÀHG IDUPKRXVHV mansions and trulli, alongside the activities that were once considered ‘humble’ and that are now the distinctive features of Apulia in the world. Our itineraries perfectly unite culture and recreation; our travel proposals differ from each other for their simplicity and care to details, thus transforming your holidays into an unforgettable experience. We look forward to meeting you in Puglia! The Staff 2 | apuliadestination.com ECOTOURISM WEDDING CULTURE AND ARCHAEOTOURISM We propose hotels and tourist services Magical beaches, blue sky, colourful Itineraries which are aimed at the which respect the nature and allow ÁRZHUVEUHDWKWDNLQJODQGVFDSHV discovery of the most important us to work responsibly, in complete will make your wedding archaeological sites, to make our accordance with the environment. a very special day. past and our history live again. RELIGIOUS TOURISM WINE AND FOOD TOURISM HONEYMOON The paths of faith that can be Tasty itineraries, which stimulate The fascination of Apulia can make experienced through mystic itineraries your curiosity and your palate. your honeymoon a sweet memory and secular events, typical of our land. Get lost in temptation! that you will carry for all your life. LUXURY M.I.C.E. HEALTH & WELLNESS In our luxury hotels you will enjoy Meetings Incentives Conventions Get free of the stress the high level comfort and Exhibitions: for all businessmen, of modern day life! the elegance of the details. businesswomen and companies Take advantage of our offers for The luxury of Apulia: needing to combine high-level ser- resorts and spas and you will enjoy where every tourist will feel like a King. vices and situations that can facilitate timeless relaxation. business and convivial atmosphere. apulia destination | 3 APULIA: extraordinary details Signs from the past in a pure and uncontaminated landscape where architecture and nature create a perfect balance. 4 | apuliadestination.com APULIA: Mediterranean poetry f, by walking through a narrow Ialley of a white small village, you happen to see a little granny making fresh pasta near the doorway, you will understand you are in Apulia. Apulia means colours: the blue sky in the morning; the black sea in the evening with the stars lighting it up; the white houses with the green blinds. Apulia means scents: the homemade products, the coffee in the morning, the baker taking bread out of the oven, the olive trees shaken by the wind, air laden with saltiness. Apulia means music: the pizzica danced in the streets, the little old man listening to “Nel blu dipinto di blu”. Apulia is not only a region but also a vision of life, a different way of living. Apulia is a joyful and always smiling land: to know it, you have to live it. apulia destination destination | 5 6 | apuliadestination.com Culinary RECOMMENDED STAY 7 DAYS / 6 NIGHTS POINT OF INTEREST Alberobello Arrival/Departure: Airport of Bari Palese Locorotondo Tour in 1 Night in Hotel **** or similar, Bari Baroque area 5 Nights in Hotel **** or similar, Lecce Lecce ALBEROBELLO Full-board service Otranto LOCOROTONDO Galatina Guaranteed guided tours in English, LECCE German, French, Spanish and Russian GALATINA OTRANTO Private bus transfer The itinerary is intended as a guide only. Apulia Destination achieves your travel in conformity with your requests. apulia destination | 7 DAY 1 AND 2 Upon arrival, the Tour Leader will meet us. We will Alberobello, a unique town. We will, then, prepare be accommodated in a 4**** (or similar) Hotel, together, in a trullo, some of the traditional dishes where we will have dinner and spend the night. of the Apulian cuisine , which we will later try at lunch. Tales and old popular beliefs will be referred efore diving into the deep South of Apulia, to during the guided visit to the characteristic Cathe- Bwe will be visiting one of the most renowned dral and to the “Sovereign Trullo”. Our tour will go UNESCO sites, making Apulia famous worldwide: on with a walk through the alleys of the Medieval the trulli of Alberobello. The narrow, winding alleys Locorotondo and with a tasting of the local wine. In going uphill and the ancient domed-roofed, the evening, we will be accommodated in another dry-stone buldings are the undisputed protagonists of hotel where a welcome dinner will be served. 8 | apuliadestination.com DAY 3 DAY 4 ur tour will start with a visit to a well- We will have lunch in a restaurant in the in- ven if Salento is incisively described by the di- Oknown company specialized in work- ner city where we will taste the exquisite dish Ealectal expression “Lu Sule, Lu Mare e Lu Ien- ing the local stone of Lecce, a real asset to “Ciceri e Tria”, chickpeas with fresh pasta. In the af- tu” – the sun, the sea and the wind – it is not only Salento. Our itinerary will then take us to Lecce. ternoon we will have free time. During this time, we sun, sea and wind. During the fourth day, we will recommend you a visit to the artisan workshops of EHJHWWLQJWKHWUXHÁDYRXUVRI6DOHQWRE\YLVLWLQJ Lecce is nicknamed “The Florence of the South” local stone, earthenware and papier-mâché. Before a local olive-mill and tasting the different kinds of and is the second Italian most representative city leaving from the main square, Piazza Sant’Oronzo, olive oil. A local guide will lead us to Otranto, Italy’s of the Baroque art. Our guided tour will tell us indulge ourselves with the “Pasticciotto”, a short crust easternmost town. In Otranto we will admire the how the Baroque and the Art Nouveau have made pastry stuffed with custard and baked, to sweeten mosaic pavement (XIII cent.) of the Cathedral of /HFFHRQHRIDNLQGIRULWVPDJQLÀFHQFH our coming back to the hotel. Santa Maria Annunziata and the Aragonese Castle, apulia destination | 9 rising close to the sea and surrounded by a wide and profound moat. Typical products will be served at lunch and plenty of free time will be available in the afternoon. After coming back to the hotel, typical dishes from Salento for dinner and the pizzica dance will await us. We will get involved in the pizzica, the folk dance rich in local colourful WUDGLWLRQVIURPWKHÀUVWPRPHQW DAY 5 he last days of the tour have been thought to Tgive its participants the chance to spend some good time on stunning beaches and to enjoy the transparent and heavenly sea of Salento, RQHRIWKHPRVWEHDXWLIXORQHV2QWKHÀIWK day, we will visit a winery, have lunch and taste the local wines there. 10 | apuliadestination.com Not far from the winery, Galatina, “the town of wine”, rises. Galatina is a sought-after destination for its artistic and cultural heritage, having one of the most intriguing old town centers in Salento, with civil and religious buildings of undisputed prestige. DAY 6 ur last full day in Apulia will give us the Omemorable chance to go on a boat trip to visit the Zinzulusa Cave. Considered one of the most interesting and charming examples of the NDUVWLÀFDWLRQ SURFHVV WKH =LQ]XOXVD &DYH RSHQV up into the sea on the coast between Santa Ce- sarea Terme and Castro. We will have lunch in a typical seaside restaurant and we will have free time for the afternoon. DAY 7 t is time to say goodbye to Salento, keeping the Imemories of a place to love. apulia destination | 11 12 | apuliadestination.com UNESCO RECOMMENDED STAY 7 DAYS / 6 NIGHTS POINT OF INTEREST TRANI Andria BISCEGLIE Arrival/Departure: Airport of Bari Palese World ANDRIA Trani 3 Night in Hotel **** or similar, Bari 3 Nights in Hotel **** or similar, Lecce Matera Heritage Sites CASTELLANA GROTTE Full-board service Bisceglie ALBEROBELLO Tour from Castellana Grotte Guaranteed guided tours in English, Alberobello MATERA LECCE Daunia to German, French, Spanish and Russian Lecce Salento Private bus transfer The itinerary is intended as a guide only. Apulia Destination achieves your travel in conformity with your requests. apulia destination | 13 DAY 1 AND 2 DAY 3 Meeting with Participants and transfer to hotel which leans out the harbour of Trani, a wonder- n the past it was considered “the shame of followed by welcome dinner. ful city north of Bari which faces on Adriatic IItaly”, nowadays it is considered a treasure of Basili- Sea. It’s popularity is due to the presence of the cata. The Sassi district “The stones of Matera”was de- Our tour across Apulia starts with the visit at Apulian-Romanesque Cathedral dedicated to clared World Heritage Site in 1993 and it represents Castel del Monte. Included in the world her- S. Nicola Pellegrino. This cathedral is consid- a system of dwellings carved with Palaeolithic origin. itage sites and protected by UNESCO, the cas- HUHG RQH RI WKH ÀQHVW H[DPSOHV RI $SXOLDQ5R- The dwellings are carved out of the steep slopes of tle was commissioned by Fredrick II also well manesque architecture with its superb posi- a deep valley with surprising and unusual features known as “Child of Apulia” and it is considered tion overlooking the sea, its pink-white stones called the ‘Gravina’. This creates a perfect integration a perfect mixture between European and Arab- (Trani’s stones) which were extracted from city’s between man and environment.