Discover Italy’s newest “it” destination, including Apulia’s healthful and delicious culinary and spa traditions, charming “trulli” homes, historic castles, world-class wines, olive oils, and hand-made ceramics, idyllic hilltop towns, churches, museums, and even mummies.
This 70-page, full-color, photo-filled Apulian travel journal includes:
- Photos of the charming trulli homes of Alberobello and an account of their fascinating history, which involves feudal lords, tax evasion, and courtly jealousies.
- The enigmatic Castel del Monte, a solid yet graceful castle commissioned in 1240 by the brilliant egomaniac Frederick II.
- The sassi di Matera, cave dwellings that have been continuously inhabited for more than 7,000 years. (The Passion of Christ is one of several films shot there.)
- A section of the historic Appian Way, built between 108 and 111 CE.
- The hilltop town of Grottaglie—”the original home of terra cotta“—which has been producing high-quality clay and ceramics for more than 2,500 years.
- Could I Eat a Horse?—the story of my search for a local delicacy (horse meat) and what happened when I finally located it.
