Bari

Bari Vecchia Arco Basso ’26

Walk the narrow streets of the old town and its kitchen is out in the open: women at their doorsteps shaping orecchiette by hand, the little ears drying on wooden boards, made this way for generations and sold to take home.

Porto Antico Bari Vecchia ’26

The old harbour at the edge of the old town; fishing boats, sea air, and Bari opening toward the Adriatic.

Ristorante Biancofiore Murat ’26

Contemporary Puglian cooking with particular attention to fish and the ingredients of the Adriatic coast.

Polignano a Mare Adriatic coast ’26

A whitewashed old town perched on cliffs straight above the Adriatic, a cove wedged between the rocks and sea caves below; also the birthplace of Domenico Modugno, who gave the world “Volare”.

Monopoli Adriatic coast ’26

A working port and whitewashed centro storico just down the coast; fishing boats in the old harbour, a baroque cathedral, and less of a crowd than its famous neighbour.

Alberobello Valle d’Itria ’26

The trulli town; whole districts of conical drystone houses, UNESCO-listed and busy, but those roofs exist nowhere else.

Ostuni Valle d’Itria ’26

La Città Bianca; a hilltop maze of lime-washed lanes inland, with the walls, the whitewash, and olive plains rolling down to the sea.

Matera Basilicata ’26 ◎

Across the border into Basilicata: the Sassi, a labyrinth of cave dwellings and rock churches carved into a ravine and lived in for millennia; cleared in shame in the 1950s, now one of the most extraordinary places in the south.