Valle d Itria
Explore the Valle d Itria, the green valley surrounding Alberobello where the whitewashed hilltop towns of Locorotondo, Cisternino, and Martina Franca, the trulli farmhouses scattered across the olive groves and vineyards, and the masseria farm estates create one of the most beautiful rural landscapes in southern Italy.
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Locorotondo
Visit Locorotondo, the whitewashed circular hilltop town whose name means round place, where the concentric ring of white houses visible from across the Valle d Itria creates one of the most distinctive skylines in Apulia, the town center with its ornate baroque churches and the narrow white lanes one of the finest small historic centers in the region.
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Cisternino
Visit Cisternino, the whitewashed hilltop village above the Valle d Itria where the medieval center with its low white houses, the outdoor butcher restaurants serving the local fornello pronto grilled meat, and the views across the olive groves and the trulli landscape represent the most authentic village experience in the area around Alberobello.
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Martina Franca
Visit Martina Franca, the most elegant Baroque town in the Valle d Itria where the white and pale gold baroque palaces lining the Piazza Roma, the summer opera festival held in the Palazzo Ducale courtyard, and the famous cappocollo cured meat production make this the cultural capital of the trulli region.
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Trulli Farmhouses
Explore the trulli farmhouses scattered across the Valle d Itria countryside between the towns where the isolated trulli set in olive groves and vineyards represent the agricultural origin of the building type as simple farm shelters, many now converted to agriturismo accommodation and providing the most atmospheric rural stay in Apulia.
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Masseria Countryside
Visit a Valle d Itria masseria where the traditional fortified farm estates surrounded by ancient olive groves produce the olive oil, the wine, and the cheeses of the Apulian countryside, the masseria agriturismo experience of farm stay with cooking classes and local produce tastings the most complete introduction to Valle d Itria rural life.
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Olive Grove Walking
Walk among the ancient olive groves of the Valle d Itria where some of the trees are over 1000 years old and the gnarled and twisted trunks form a natural landscape of extraordinary sculptural beauty, the olive harvest in November when the nets are spread under the trees and the olives gathered by hand the most authentic agricultural experience in the region.
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