17 Reasons To Fall In Love With Puglia, Italy

No place like the South.

1. The food

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Panzerotti. Bruschette. The best seafood you could find in Italy. One thing's for sure, it's not in Milan.

2. The rocky shore...

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Don your water shoes and try not to stab your toes

3. ....and the sandy beaches

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Still going to Formentera this summer?

4. Towns where time has stopped...

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Alberobello, feat a million tiny typical 'trulli'

5. ..and where traditions continue to reign

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San Nicola, in Bari, is both the patron saint of sailors and the original Santa Claus

6. Puglia also knows how to party

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Otranto beaches are well-known for their raves

7. You can explore Puglia's underground wonders..

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Castellana Grotte is one of the most beautiful set of caves in Italy

8. ...and you can eat underground too

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Polignano a Mare's beautiful Grotta Palazzese

9. There's cathedrals..

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Lecce's Duomo is the best of Baroque

10. ...and castles

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Repping since the EIGHTH century

11. Because that Italian olive oil you love hails from here...

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Puglia is basically olive tree after olive tree after olive tree

12. ... oh, and we make your mozzarella too

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It's worth coming here just for our burrata - the creamiest mozzarella you'll ever eat

13. Places painted entirely white...

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Ostuni is small but magical

14. ... and others brimming with colour

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Bisceglie rivals Greece

15. Friendliness comes natural to us

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Southern Italy is well known for being blessed with warm people. We're so friendly we'll let you try our homemade pasta.

16. We're all about authenticity..

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... which is why you'll find nothing but old roads and fresh food

17. Give Puglia a go.

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You'll never want to head home!