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Discovering
Apulia - Group package
Historical,
cultural and folkloristic tour of Apulia
(8 days – 7 nights)
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Day 1: |
Departure from .. (at) .. (hr). Free lunch enroute to Apulia.
Arrival in SAN GIOVANNI ROTONDO (Gargano area –
Province of Foggia); check in at the reserved hotel, welcome
cocktail, dinner and overnight stay. |
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Day 2: |
Breakfast
at the hotel. Transfer to MONTE SANT’ANGELO to visit the
suggestive Basilica dedicated to San Michele. Along the way we
can see typical trees like Faggi, Pini, Aceri. This Forest
belongs to the whole and big National Park of the Gargano,
borned in 1991. Departure to VIESTE and stop lunch in a local
restaurant. Walking tour through this small and nice town
located on the orient side of the Gargano. We’ll end the day
enjoy the landscape of the Baia delle Zagare. Return
to the hotel, dinner and overnight stay. |
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Day 3: |
Breakfast
at the hotel. During the morning we’ll visit one of the best
testimony of Padre Pio: “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza”,
hospital built in 1956. It’s possible to take part to the “Via
Crucis”, where kneeling people in procession reach the Padre Pio’
statue. Visit to the “Madonna delle Grazie Sanctuary”, with the
convent, the cell, the Christ Crucifix, the crypt and the tomb
with the Padre Pio ashes. Return to the hotel and lunch. In the
afternoon check out and departure to TRANI to have a
walk through its nice and small center and if is possible visit
to the wonderful Cathedral (one of the best example of
Romanesque Apulia style) wich faced the Adriatic Coast. In the
evening arrival in SELVA DI FASANO, check in at
the hotel; welcome cocktail; dinner and overnight stay. |
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Day 4: |
Breakfast
at the hotel and departure to CASTELLANA GROTTE to explore one of
the best – known and most important speleological site in Italy.
Transfer to ALBEROBELLO, the Italian “capital of Trulli”, listed
in the International World Heritage (UNESCO) since 1996. Here we’ll take
an enjoyable walk among these original dome-topped dwellings to learn
about their architecture and origins. Lunch in a local restaurant. In
the afternoon transfer to BARI, the capital town of Apulia. We’ll
visit the Basilica dedicated to San Nicola, the Duomo dedicated to San
Sabino and Murattiano center. Return to the hotel, dinner and overnight. |
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Day 5: |

Breakfast and check out at the hotel. Departure to LECCE. The
city tour includes visiting the Basilica of Santa Croce, the highest
expression of Lecce’s Baroque, the nearby Palazzo dei Celestini, the
Roman Amphitheatre, Duomo Square and its neighbouring streets also
catching sight of the Church of S. Irene. Lunc in a local restaurant.
Afternoon drive to OTRANTO and visit of its Medieval town and
Cathedral. Transfer to GALLIPOLI and check in at the reserved
hotel; welcome cocktail, dinner and overnight stay. |
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Day
6: |
Breakfast
at the hotel. Departure to SANTA MARIA DI LEUCA following the
coast route; we’ll cross the “Zinzulusa Cave”. Lunch in a hotel in Leuca.
After visiting the Finibus Terrae Sanctuary , we’ll come back in
Gallipoli for the sightseeing tour of the so called “white city” for its
oriental aspect. Dinner and overnight stay at the hotel. |
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Day 7: |

Breakfast and check out at the hotel. Departure to TARANTO
where we will visit the National Archeological Museum (housed in
the Palazzo Pantaleo) to admire its very important Magna
Greciae’s collection, the town’s Cathedral and Doric Temple.
Lunch in a local restaurant. The day continues with MARTINA
FRANCA: walking tour and visit of its Collegiate Church
dedicated to St. Martin. Before reach the hotel in SELVA DI
FASANO, we’ll cross trough LOCOROTONDO, a typical
town built on circular plan and from where we can enjoy the
beautiful view of Valle D’Itria. At the end, arrival in the
reserved hotel, check in, dinner and overnight stay. |
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Day 8: |
Breakfast
and check out at the hotel. Departure to ALTAMURA, in the heart
of the Murgia Plateau. After walking through the town centre, we’ll
visit the Cathedral: the only church in Apulia wanted by Federico
II. We’ll end with the visit of CASTEL DEL MONTE
where we’ll lunch in a local restaurant or “agriturismo”. Visit of the
Castle, a very masterpiece of the architecture at the time of Federico
II. Departure to.. |
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