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Puglia's Trulli, Baroque Towns and Beaches

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Things change. Italian opening hours, ticket prices and traffic-zone rules move with the season, strikes and local ordinances. Where we could fetch an official page we stamped the fee with the date and the URL. Where we could not, we say so and name the page to check. Re-check anything non-refundable the week you book.

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Promise: A seven-day loop from Bari through the trulli hills and Matera to baroque Lecce and the Salento beaches, built around free old towns and a handful of verified paid sights.
Trip length: 7 days (trim to 5 by dropping Matera and Gallipoli; stretch to 9 with Castel del Monte and Grotte di Castellana as their own days).
Best months: Generally late spring and early autumn for sea plus manageable crowds; summer for beach days, with heat and peak crowds.
Budget band: Low to mid by Western European standards if you cook some meals from bakeries and markets and use a small rental car. Fill in your own numbers in chapter 8.
Best for: Food-first travellers, old-town walkers, beach days on a modest budget, and anyone who wants Italy without Rome-and-Florence crowds.

At a glance

Base airports: Bari Karol Wojtyla (BRI) and Brindisi Salento (BDS). Official airport site: https://www.aeroportidipuglia.it/ (did not load for us; see chapter 3).
Fees we verified: Grotte di Castellana, Castel del Monte, Trullo Sovrano (stamped in chapter 5).
Fee we could not confirm: Matera's Casa Grotta and Palombaro Lungo; check on the day (chapter 1, day 4).
Region tourism board: Pugliapromozione, publishing as Viaggiare in Puglia: https://www.viaggiareinpuglia.it/ [read 2026-10-10 — regional tourism portal, metadata only, https://www.viaggiareinpuglia.it/].
Safety: Level 2 advisory; petty crime in tourist areas and on trains is the main everyday risk [read 2026-10-10 — page dated September 10, 2026, https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/italy-travel-advisory.html].
Driving: expect ZTL (limited traffic zones) in old centres. Do not follow your GPS into one.