Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
( 080 432 19 17;
www.ilpoetacontadino.it
;
Via Indipendenza 21; meals €65; Tue-Sun Feb-Dec)
Located just outside the main throng, the dining room here has a medieval banqueting feel
with its sumptuous decor and chandeliers. Dine on a poetic menu that includes the signa-
ture dish, fava bean purée with
cavatelli
(rod-shaped pasta) and seafood.
Information
Tourist Office
( 080 432 51 71; Via Garibaldi; 8am-1pm Mon, Wed & Fri, plus 3-6pm Tue & Thu)
Just off the main square. In the Zona dei Trulli there is another tourist information office
(
080 432 28 22;
www.prolocoalberobello.it
; Monte Nero 1;
9am-7.30pm)
.
Getting There & Away
Alberobello is easily accessible from Bari (€4.50, 1½ hours, hourly) on the FSE
Bari-Taranto train line. From the station, walk straight ahead along Via Mazzini, which
becomes Via Garibaldi, to reach Piazza del Popolo.
Locorotondo
POP 14,200
Locorotondo has an extraordinarily beautiful and whisper-quiet pedestrianised
centro
storico,
where everything is shimmering white aside from the blood-red geraniums that
tumble from the window boxes. Situated on a hilltop on the Murge Plateau, it's a
borghi
più belli d'Italia
(
www.borghitalia.it
)
- that is, it's rated as one of the most beautiful
towns in Italy. The streets are paved with smooth ivory-coloured stones, with the church
of
Santa Maria della Graecia
as their sunbaked centrepiece.
From
Villa Comunale
, a public garden, you can enjoy panoramic views of the surround-
ing valley. You enter the historic quarter directly across from here.
Not only is this deepest
trulli
country, but it's also the liquid heart of the Puglian wine
region. Sample some of the local spumante at
Cantina del Locorotondo
(
080 431 16 44;
9am-1pm & 3-7pm)
.
www.locorotondodoc.com
;
Via Madonna della Catena 99;
Sleeping
Truddhi
TRULLI
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