When you are a solo traveller who doesn't like to bother strangers to take photos for you, you return back home with lots of photos of vistas, street scenes, monuments, animals but you are mysteriously missing from the bulk of them. Although I have never heard 'no I won't take your photo', I feel always reluctant to ask for it. Furthermore, nine times out of ten, the photo doesn't come up even remotely the way I had envisioned in my mind. It was the case of the photo above that was taken at a small town named Ostuni, a genuine example of Mediterranean architecture.
If you look at the map, you notice a distance longer than the usual. In fact, it relates to two days. Let me guide you firstly to Cisternino that boasts a small, utterly charming old town centre.
Ostuni is the second destination, famous for the dazzling effect of its whitewashed houses.
The old town is beautiful, as pristine white as any Greek island village. If you have been to a Greek island before, you will agree that the comparison makes sense. You will notice the concentric streets that wind around like a buckled corkscrew as we are climbing the steep slopes and stairs from top to bottom.
We can walk slowly as it will not be long before we have seen everything there is to see in Ostuni, excluding the Romanesque Cathedral that is closed on this day.
Let's leave the town and continue our driving along the road bordered by olive groves. We will stop at a perfectly octagonal castle perched atop a hill, which is now a UNESCO site. The interior is bare but it's worth walking outside. Don't you like to breathe the peaceful and true rural scenery, a big contrast to the built-up areas along the nearby coast.
Back to the coastal area, we are now at Trani, the sort of place to wander along lanes and admire harbour views. The one really important thing to see is the cathedral, which dominates the seashore from a spectacular position at the water's edge.
We are about to enjoy the last day of our discovery of Puglia. Meanwhile, I wish you a wonderful weekend...
Let's leave the town and continue our driving along the road bordered by olive groves. We will stop at a perfectly octagonal castle perched atop a hill, which is now a UNESCO site. The interior is bare but it's worth walking outside. Don't you like to breathe the peaceful and true rural scenery, a big contrast to the built-up areas along the nearby coast.
Back to the coastal area, we are now at Trani, the sort of place to wander along lanes and admire harbour views. The one really important thing to see is the cathedral, which dominates the seashore from a spectacular position at the water's edge.
We are about to enjoy the last day of our discovery of Puglia. Meanwhile, I wish you a wonderful weekend...
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