Italy Country Guide - Puglia
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This region forms the easternmost part of the peninsula and has a long coastline,
facing the Ionian and the Adriatic Seas.
Pulia, or Apuliain English, is essentially a flatland with wide arid expanses, terraces
and table-lands poor in water. The coasts are essentially high and, in the Gargano
district, plunge steep into the sea; in other areas, they are sandy or rocky, but
usually flat.
Bari is the regional capital. Brindisi, Foggia, Lecce and Taranto are the capitals
of the respective provinces.
Puglia, Land of the Trulli
Trulli are circular, conical-roofed white-washed houses built of stone without any
use of mortar. Their roofs, topped with pinnacles, are tiled with concentric rows
of gray slate and often painted with astrological or religious symbols.
Their origin is obscure but few of these solid-looking constructions date back more
than a couple of centuries. The greatest concentration of Trulli houses is in and
around Alberobello.
The characteristic of this type of construction is that the ambient inside temperature
remains almost constant irrelevant of outside temperature, therefore it is relatively
warm in the winter and cool in the summer.
The Coast
There is a string of small resorts on the coast between the modern fishing village
of Savelletri to Costa Merlata. Torre Canne is a heavily developed – if small –
beach resort, for better
property options it is worth looking at the villages of Pilone, Rosa Marina, Villanova
and Costa Merlata. These have attractive leafy avenues and small family beaches.
Ostuni
Ostuni is a very popular town with visitors, and there is a good range of property
in the surrounding area. You will find small country properties with stone “lamias”
or trulli in the distinctive Ostuni style, with flat or domed roofs, also a good
range of country villas.
South of Ostuni
The countryside changes south of Ostuni, with flatter land becoming dominated by
olive groves. Property here is good value. Around San Michele Salentino a large
group of trulli for restoration can cost from €35,000.00, a two bedroom restoration,
a habitable trullo with extension or new villa will cost around €90,00.00. The area
is a little more remote than the Itria Valley, but there is the advantage here of
easy access to Brindisi airport.
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