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Holidays in Apulia - Tourist information Apulia
The region Apulia is divided into five provinces : Bari, Taranto, Foggia, Lecce and Brindisi.
Cities in Apulia : Bari, Brindisi, Foggia, Lecce and Taranto are the capitals of the respective provinces.
If Italy is known as the "boot", Apulia is the heel of the boot. The peculiarity of this region is the seaside [ length about 760 km ] that makes Apulia one of the most popular places for tourists from all over the world. The climate of Apulia is characterized by the region's closeness to the sea, the rich vegetation and the almost total lack of mountains. The weather is typically Italy with warm winters and very hot summers. Rain, quite scarce, is mostly concentrated during autumn and winter what means that summer is, besides hot, also very dry.
Capital City of Apulia : Bari
camping and caravanning, car hire, holiday rentals, hotels, tour operators, travel guides, travelling to apulia
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Camping and Caravanning
 Eurocampings - ACSI Camping Guide Puglia
Camping.it - Camp site Apulia
Puglia: Bari - Brindisi - Foggia - Lecce - Taranto
Car Rentals Apulia
Holiday Autos -
Holiday Autos offers the best fully inclusive car hire prices. Get cheap car hire quickly and securely online with holidayautos.co.uk, the experts in online car rental.
Sixt -
Holiday Homes / Apartments
- Holiday homes Apulia
Interhome offers quality apartments or houses. All properties are checked on a regular basis. All homes can
be booked on-line. Properties are shown by destination.
Holiday Homes in Apulia
Private Apartments, Trulli, Farmhouses and Historical Dwellings
NonSoloCasa - Holiday homes in Southern Italy
Esperia -
A complete travel guide for your vacations: Apulia Hotels, Apulia Farm Holidays , Apulia Residences , Apulia villages.
Hotels in Apulia
Booking - Hotels in Apulia - Hotel Guide Apulia
Hotels in Bari, Alberobello, Lecce, Ostuni, Brindisi, Vieste, San Giovanni Rotondo, Rodi Garganico, Bisceglie, Polignano a Mare, Martina Franca, Conversano, and more ...
Booking - Hotels in Bari - Hotel Guide Bari
Centrally located hotels ranging from small family run budget accommodation to world-class five star hotels.
National Parks
Foresta Umbra
Parco Nazionale del Gargano
Territorio : Apricena, Cagnano, Carpino, Ischitella, Isole Tremiti, Lesina, Manfredonia, Mattinata, Monte
Sant'Angelo, Peschici, Rignano Garganico, Rodi, San Giovanni Rotondo, San Marco in Lamis, Sannicandro, Serracapriola, Vico and Vieste.
Park.it
National Parks, Regional Parks, Marine Protected Areas, National Reserves, Regional Reserves, Wetlands and Other Protected Areas.
Travel Agents / Tour Operator
- Create your perfect trip
Flight, Hotel and Car.
Arblaster and Clarke Wine Tours - Gourmet wine tasting tour to Italy
These are superb Wine Tours to the Italian Wine Regions.
Copuglia - last minute travel in puglia, arte e cultura, mete turistiche, alberghi e ristoranti
Mediterranean Life
Travelling with taste is the slogan of Mediterranean Life and it's just what they consider to be the best way of
going through countries and lands of Mediterranean and, in particular, in their region Puglia .
In this strip of land, South-East of Italy. there is all you've ever dreamed: clear deep blue sea and golden
beaches, magic Medieval castles and impressive cathedrals, fair cone-shaped houses (trulli) and old fortified
farmhouses, wide landscapes of earth and stones and fascinating naturalistic oases, elegant baroque towns
and little white Medieval villages, laborious artisan's shops and tasty delicacies of the best Apulian gastronomic tradition.
Travel Guides Apulia / Related books
Travel Guides Apulia [ amazon.co.uk ]
Puglia
Paperback (February 1, 2005); Publisher: Touring Club Italiano (TCI); Language: English; ISBN: 8836528279
Blue Guide Southern Italy (10th edn)
Paul Blanchard
This guide offers comprehensive coverage of the area south of Rome to the tip of Calabria, including the
islands of Capri, Ischia and Procida. All of the region's cities, towns and major villages, as well as places of
archaeological, historical and artistic interest - for example, Naples' National Archaeological Museum and
Palazzo Capodimonte; the sites at Pompeii, Herculaneum, Pestum and Vesuvius. This guide should also be of
interest to walkers - it features excursions through the national parks of southern Italy and many other places
of interest to nature lovers. Each chapter is complemented by a careful selection of hotels and restaurants, in
the belief that pleasant accommodation, delicious food and good wine go a long way to the success of any holiday.
Paperback 512 pages (January 2004); Publisher: A & C Black (Blue Guides); ISBN: 0713662794.
Southern Italy Insight Guide
This guide includes a section detailing the history of Southern Italy, from the days of the Greeks and Romans
to modern times, 12 features covering aspects of the region's life and culture, ranging from the Mafia to music
and more. It has a region by region visitor's guide to the sights, and a comprehensive travel tips section
packed with essential contact addresses and numbers. Plus hundreds of photographs and 12 maps.
Paperback 300 pages (July 25, 2002); Publisher: Insight Guides; Language: English; ISBN: 9812349081.
A Traveller in Southern Italy - H.V. Morton
When the Autostrade del Sole extended south from Naples to the Reggio di Calabria, H.V. Morton seized the
chance to explore a part of Italy that was comparatively unknown. He went from the "heel" to the "toe" of Italy
and explored the undeveloped rivers of the Tyrrhenian and Ionian coastlines, met local peoples and learned
about their traditions and folklore, and discovered an Italy not previously exposed to travellers.
Paperback 432 pages (January 10, 2002); Publisher: Methuen Publishing Ltd. Language: English; ISBN: 0413522105.
The Rough Guide to Italy - Martin Dunford, Celia Woolfrey, Ros Belford
Paperback 1184 pages (May 5, 2005); Publisher: Rough Guides; Language: English; ISBN: 1843534274.
Transport / How do I travel to Apulia
Puglia, bordering on Molise to the north-west, Campania to the south-west, Basilicata to the south, the Adriatic Sea to the east and the Ionian Sea to the south-east. It is close to Albania [ 80 km across the Adriatic Sea ].
Airports of Apulia [ Bari Airport, Brindisi Airport, Foggia Airport and Taranta Airport ]
Airline Tickets / Bargain Flights - price comparison possible
Trenitalia - Italian Railways
Weather in Apulia
Links
Puglia Tourismo - tourist site of the Apulia
Puglia.org [ government Apulia ]
Bari - Capital City of Apulia and seaport
A long, straight road, the wide and well-lit Corso Vittorio Emanuele, divides the city into two distinct parts as if
drawing the boundaries between two different periods in history. The memory of the courage of Medieval
sailors lives on today in the maze of alleys and courtyards that characterises the Old Town, which jealousy
guards its renowned monuments. It stands in stark contrast to the industrious, dynamic, modern city , with its
long, wide roads along which have risen the many buildings which bear testimony to the city's prodigious urban development.
Bari Province - Province of Bari
Cities: Alberobello, Bari City and Conversano
Land of Brindisi - Brindisi Province
From Brindisi, the provincial capital, to the white villages in the most distant Murge, to the old towns that grew
up in the shadow of the Castles, the area offers a rich heritage of features that reflect its history, art, folklore,
handicrafts and traditions. A land kissed by the sun, a territory generous in nature, art and history, a beautiful
coast, altogether made to measure for "holidaying", whether you prefer to laze on the beach or follow new
paths where you can discover caves, castles, cathedrals, rock dwellings, trulli and old manor houses.
Among thousands of enchanting spots, the tourist will also find the warmth of authentic hospitality, the
comfort of modern and varied hotel facilities, the pleasure of carrying out his favourite activities in his free
time, the enjoyment of getting to know a long series of old traditions, the enticement of its authentic and particularly tasty cuisine.
Visiting castles | Nature Holidays | White & Blue Towns | History Revealed | Archeology | Colours, Aromas & Flavours
Foggia - Foggia Province
Lecce - Lecce
Lecce is known for its important Baroque monuments such as the Holy Cross church situated in the center of
the old town. Sometimes the Lecce is called 'Apulia's Florence' thanks to the quantity of its important monuments.
Taranto - Taranto Province
Taranto is a modern city that still keeps an ancient heart. It stands on a shoreline famous for its beauty,
balanced between the Mar Grande and the Mar Piccolo. In the northern part of the city there are the calm
waters of the Mar Piccolo, at the southern end the grandeur of the Mar Grande bursting in the Gulf of
Taranto (on the Ionian Sea). The secret of its glamour is there, in the Small and Big Sea. The swing bridge is
the connection between the past and the present, the island of the cittą vecchia and Taranto. It is mainly in the
old town and in the National Museum that one can find evidence of the glorious history of Taranto, colony of
Sparta and capital of the Magna Graecia. Taranto was founded around 700 B.C. The advantage of the city's
extraordinary location helped reach its period of biggest prosperity in the IVth c. B.C. Because of its strategic
position Taranto suffered from the invasion of Bizantines, Ostrogoths, Saracens,Normans, Swabians,
Angevins and Aragoneses. Their domination left a mark on the architecture and civilization of Taranto and its
"cittą vecchia". After Napoleon Taranto went into decline until it was liberated in 1860 by the troops of
Garibaldi. In 1866 the Italian government turned the town back into the biggest Italian naval base.
Alberobello - City Council Alberobello
Brindisi - City Council Brindisi
Conversano - City Council Conversano
Foggia - City Council Foggia
Lecce - City Council Lecce
Locorotondo - City Council Locorotondo
Matera - City Council Matera
Monte S. Angelo - City Council Monte Sant Angelo
Taranto - City Council Taranto
Taranto is a modern city that still keeps an ancient heart. It stands on a shoreline famous for its beauty,
balanced between the Mar Grande and the Mar Piccolo. In the northern part of the city there are the calm
waters of the Mar Piccolo, at the southern end the grandeur of the Mar Grande bursting in the Gulf of Taranto
(on the Ionian Sea). The secret of its glamour is there, in the Small and Big Sea. The swing bridge is the
connection between the past and the present, the island of the cittą vecchia and Taranto. It is mainly in the old
town and in the National Museum that one can find evidence of the glorious history of Taranto, colony of
Sparta and capital of the Magna Graecia. Taranto was founded around 700 B.C. The advantage of the city's
extraordinary location helped reach its period of biggest prosperity in the IVth c. B.C. Because of its strategic
position Taranto suffered from the invasion of Bizantines, Ostrogoths, Saracens,Normans, Swabians,
Angevins and Aragoneses. Their domination left a mark on the architecture and civilization of Taranto and its
"cittą vecchia". After Napoleon Taranto went into decline until it was liberated in 1860 by the troops of
Garibaldi. In 1866 the Italian government turned the town back into the biggest Italian naval base.
S. Giovanni Rotondo - Cittį di San Giovann Rotondo
A lovely town in the Province of Foggia and important religious centre in the Italian context.
Trani - City Council Trani
Castel del Monte in Andria
Built by the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II between 1240 and 1250.
Castellana Cave
The Grotta di Castellana lies near the small town Castellana, re-named Castellana-Grotte several years ago.
Isole Tremiti - see Isoletremiti.it
A circa 12 miglia al largo del Gargano si trovano le Isole Tremiti, definite per la loro incantevole ed
incontaminata bellezza "le perle dell'Adriatico". Il piccolo arcipelago č costituito dalle isole di San Nicola, San
Domino, Cretaccio, Caprara e, a circa 11 miglia da queste, dall'isola di Pianosa. Le acque cristalline delle Tremiti attirano ogni anno migliaia di turisti.
University of Bari - Universittį di Bari
Educational offers, Research & its centres, services etc.
Cuisine - Apulian Cooking
Based principally on local agriculture and fish [ the best mediteranean cooking can offer. Typical Pugliese
ingrediants are: extra virgin olive oil [ certainly the best in the world ], hard wheat pasta, the freshest fish,
mussels and "ricci" [ an italian shell fish ]. Vegetables are also featured, such as peas and beans, various
types of greens, a very particular and decisive taste and the famous turnip tops, which cooked along with
orecchiette [ little disks, ears, of hard wheat flour made by hand ] is the flagship dish of this region.
Bread and other delights cooked in the oven are another part of divers cooking of this region; many types of
bread can be found in puglias' bakerys among which are Altamura bread, made with ordinary flour and fine
yellow flour, bread from Noci made with flour with is both soft and crunchy, bread from Assunta which is very similar to the bread made in the farmhouses of years gone by.
History Apulia
The Italian Region of Apulia is one of the richest in Italy for archeological findings.
History of Apulia
Storia della Puglia [ Italian language ]
La preistoria, Prima dei Romani, Il periodo romano, Medioevo, Nascita della Contea di Puglia, Fine del dominio Bizantino, Dagli Svevi all'Unitą d'Italia, Il Novecento
Music, Culture & Events in Apulia
Seen from an economical and cultural perspective, the position of Puglia was a double edged sword.
Fortunate location in the classical era [ it was the natural bridge to the East ], but also the cultural border between West and East Germanic-Roman-Byzantine greek.
Pizzica - folk dance and part of the larger family of tarantella dances.
The traditional pizzica is danced while embracing a partner. This hug need not necessarily involve two individuals of opposite sexes, and often two women can be seen dancing together.
Tarantella [ folk dance ]
Thedances characterized by a fast upbeat tempo, usually in 6/8 time (sometimes 18/8 or 4/4), accompanied
by tambourines. The tarantella is most commonly played with mandolin and/or accordion, but guitar, flute, fiddle and clarinet are also used. See Wikipedia
Cultura [ Culture in Apulia ]
Teatro Stabile d'Abruzzo - Regional theatre Abruzzo
Night of the Taranta - La Notte della Taranta
Web Portal / Directory
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