With 500 miles of beaches, the magnificent baroque city of Lecce and hobbit-like whitewashed trullo houses (think igloos in the sun), Puglia - the heel of the boot - is one of Italy's most appealing holiday regions. The food and wine are terrific and nowhere is more than 15 miles from the coast. 
Recommended tour operator: Long Travel
Long Travel says
Puglia is a magical region, encapsulating the best of all things Italian, and yet very different to the rest of the country. Its landscape is one of extraordinary colours: ancient, silver-leafed olive trees, vineyards, orchards and a stretch of coastline blessed with golden sandy beaches and clear azure seas.
Puglia’s architecture is diverse and fascinating - Roman, Baroque and Byzantine. You’ll find Arab-influenced hilltop towns, majestic masserie (fortified manor houses) and the region’s unique conical, stone-built trulli houses.
The wonderful food and wine are arguably the best in Italy. The local restaurants are outstanding and there’s nowhere better in the world to enjoy real “slow” food. The pace of life is enviably relaxed and the cost of living is still amazingly cheap.
Stay in a five-star masseria, a trullo hotel, a former palace in the middle of a historic town, a quaint hotel overlooking the sea, or one of our luxury self-catering trulli with pools, set in the most idyllic locations. Ask us – we have 20 years of experience as specialists in Southern Italy, Sicily and Sardinia.
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