Cultural Tour
7 day Cultural Tour in Puglia 2018
Day 1: Arrival at Bari/ Brindisi airport and meeting with
the guide. Visit to the ancient city: the Basilica of San Nicola
with its monumental crypt where the Saint's relics are kept,
the Romanesque Cathedral of San Sabino, the Norman
Castle and the nineteenth-century village "murattiano".
Free lunch in the city centre. Transfer to the Itria Valley,
hotel accommodation, dinner and overnight stay.
Day 2: Breakfast and departure for Matera. Stop in
Altamura and visit to an old oven where it produces the
Altamura bread. Continue to Matera and lunch in a typical
local restaurant. In the afternoon visit the city of the Sassi,
UNESCO Heritage, European Capital of Culture 2019 and
the film set of masterpieces such as "The Passion of the
Christ" by Mel Gibson's Oscar award. Guided tour of the
quaint old town of narrow streets, churches and
picturesque landscapes on rocky “gravine”. In the evening
return to the hotel, dinner and overnight stay.
Day 3: Breakfast and tour of the Itria Valley. Guided tour
of Alberobello and its Trulli declared a World Heritage site
by UNESCO. Walk in the only historical centre in the world
consists entirely of Trulli, ancient circular buildings with a
funnel-shaped roof toppled. Visit of Martina Franca and its
historical centre and, finally, visit the historical centre of
Locorotondo, whose peculiarity is to be built on a circular
headland. Lunch at a restaurant during the excursion. In the
evening return to hotel and dinner.
Day 4: Breakfast and departure to Manduria. Visit to
the Museum of Primitivo Wine, light lunch and wine
tasting. Afternoon transfer to Lecce. Arrive to the hotel
and accommodation. Evening tour of the city of Lecce of
its charming old town: the Cathedral and its square, the
Santa Croce Basilica, the Roman Amphitheatre, etc. Free
dinner in one of the restaurants of the old town.
Overnight stay.
Day 5: Breakfast and departure to Gallipoli. Visit to the
old town, once an island, now connected to the mainland
by a sixteenth-century bridge. Visit to the Cathedral of
Sant'Agata, an authentic art gallery, the Hypogeum mill,
the Church of Purity, etc. Traditional seafood lunch. In the
afternoon visit to the old town of Nardò, the second
largest city of Lecce district, in size and population, very
active from a cultural point of view.
In the evening return to the hotel, dinner and overnight stay.
Day 6: Breakfast and departure to Acaya. Visit to
the walled city, a rare example of Renaissance military
architecture still intact. Continue to Otranto, the
easternmost city of Italy. Visit to the old town and the
Cathedral of Santa Maria Annunziata that still
preserves a magnificent floor mosaic representing the
Tree of Life. Lunch in an historic mansion surrounded
by olive trees. In the afternoon transfer to Santa Maria
di Leuca, stroll along the promenade lined with an
eclectic range of elegant villas of the early '900.
Alternatively (depending on weather conditions)
boat trip to visit the caves.
In the evening return to the hotel, dinner and overnight stay.
Day 7: Breakfast. Morning and lunch at leisure. In the
afternoon transfer to the Greek Salento, located in the
hinterland and that includes several villages such as:
Martignano, Sternatia, Calimera, Melpignano, etc. The
special feature of this centre is the presence of an ancient
cultural tradition of Byzantine origin, handed down today,
and that is her most important finding in the language
derived from ancient greek, griko. Excursion to the
discovery of tangible and intangible assets of this territory.
In the evening transfer to the farm for the "goodbye-dinner"
The dinner will be accompanied by a musical group,
to the rhythm of "pizzica" (the ancient dance of Salento),
will involve the guests in a unique and unrepeatable experience.
Return to the hotel and overnight stay.
Day 8: Breakfast and transfer to Bari airport.
all tours are organised by Serafino Incoming Tour Operator
