The 10-Day Southern Italy tour focuses on the regions of Campania and Puglia.
This all-inclusive Southern Italy Tour begins in Naples and ends in Bari.
The area’s rich history lends itself to the escorted tour experience. You’ll be escorted around southern Italy visiting Lecce, Alberobello, Otranto, Ostuni, and Bari. This southern Italy escorted tour daily itinerary explores the patchwork of cultures that colors the Italic peninsula to today. You’ll enjoy rich architecture, music, food, culinary traditions, and culture. Families, friends, groups, and singles will all enjoy history’s great civilizations coming to life on this 10-Day Southern Italy tour.
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Highlights
10-Day Campania and Puglia Tour Itinerary Map
Campania and Puglia Tour Sightseeing Highlights
- Naples – Welcome dinner; visit the Palazzo Reale
- Castel del Monte – Guided visit of the castle
- Bari – Guided sightseeing, including a walk through the Old Town
- Ostuni – Visit the “White Town”
- Cellino san Marco – Overnight stay
- Lecce – Guided walking tour
- Otranto – Time to enjoy this town located at the tip of the heel if Italy’s boot.
- Alberobello – Guided sightseeing, visit a trullo
Campania and Puglia Tour Includes
- 8 nights First Class accommodations
- Italian city hotel taxes
- Hotel porterage
- When the southern Italy tour is booked with air all transfers included
- 13 meals: 8 breakfasts daily, 1 Lunch, 3 Dinners
- Sightseeing per itinerary in modern deluxe luxury air-conditioned motor coach
- Services of English-speaking tour manager throughout
- Services of local guides in all major cities
- Entrance fees per itinerary
Accommodations
Campania and Puglia Tour Accommodations
- Naples 2 Nights – Starhotel Terminus
- Matera 1 Night – Hotel Del Campo
- Lecce 2 Nights – Hilton Garden Inn Lecce
- Alberobello Area 3 Nights – Grand Hotel D’Aragona
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Southern Italy Tour Video
Campania and Puglia Tour Daily Itinerary
Travel through Mediterranean history meeting the ancient Greeks, ancient Romans, Byzantines, Normans, Carthaginians, crusaders, Bourbons, and Ottomans on this comprehensive all-inclusive southern Italy tour. This escorted southern Italy tour provides an in-depth and authentic southern Italian vacation experience. The day-by-day itinerary provides time for your expert Italy tour guide to bring you through the area’s rich history and culture.
Day 1 – Depart overnight flight
Destination southern Italy’s largest city Naples.
DAY 2 – ARRIVE IN NAPLES, ITALY
Welcome to Naples! At 6 pm, meet your Tour Director and traveling companions for a welcome dinner at your hotel.
Meals: Dinner
DAY 3 – NAPLES
Guided sightseeing this morning features the remarkable Triumphal Arch of the New Castle, St. Charles Theater, Galleria Umberto, and the semicircular Piazza Plebiscito. Highlight is a visit to the magnificent PALAZZO REALE, royal residence of the Bourbons from 1734-1860. Since 1925, it also has housed the National Library.
Afternoon and evening at leisure; choose from optional excursions to make the most of your stay.
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 4 – NAPLES TO MATERA
Today travel from Naples to Matera in the Basilicata region.
Matera is a city like no other, entirely carved out of the rocky slopes of a mountain. Explore with a Local Guide to reveal the secrets of this unique city that also served as the setting for many famous films, including Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of Christ” and the James Bond 007 film, “No Time to Die.”
Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
DAY 5 – MATERA TO LECCE
Today travel from Matera to Lecce. Along the way enjoy an excursion to the Manduria region.
Wine holds a significant cultural and historical importance in Italy, making it one of the world’s leading wine-producing countries. The Italian wine culture is deeply intertwined with the country’s regional diversity.
The Primitivo grape is the primary grape variety cultivated in the Manduria region. This grape is known for producing robust and full-bodied red wines with rich fruit flavors and holds its name as this type of grape matures early.
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 6 – LECCE
Lecce, known as the “Florence of the South,” where you discover the lacy stone buildings and baroque squares during your guided walking tour.
Then you have time to explore this pretty town on your own. Wander the narrow streets of golden sandstone looking for hidden Piazzas or indulge in a wine bar with a glass of local rose and views of the carved baroque churches the city has to offer around each corner.
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 7 – LECCE TO ALBEROBELLO
Today you’ll travel acorss the puglia region from Lecce. First stop Ostuni, the white city. There you’ll enjoy a olive oil tasting and light lunch en route to Alberobello.
Afterward continue to Alberobello. Upon arrival enjoy a guided walking tour. The walk about includes a visit to one of the famous white conical huts, know as a Trullo (traditional stone conical-roof hut).
The iconic round houses (Trulli) date back hundreds of years. These Trulli, constructed of dry stone and cone-shaped roofs include the oldest structures built in the 16th century and were used as grain storage or residences. Made without cement in the masonry techniques of the day, these whitewashed homes were easily disassembled to avoid property taxes when the collectors came calling!
Today, you can stroll the streets lined with Trulli houses to see their conical rooftops decorated with symbols such as a cross, heart, astronomical symbol, or the evil eye.
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
DAY 8 – CASTELLANA GROTTE
Take a guided visit to the underground caves. The Grotte di Castellana is one of the largest cave systems in Italy, stretching for over two miles. The underground tunnels are a natural marvel with stunning geological formations illuminated in a rainbow of hues as the sun moves through the sky.
This afternoon enjoy a wine-and-olive-oil tasting followed by dinner at a local masseria (local farmhouse).
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 9 – BARI
Today enjoy a guided walking tour of Bari. The tour includes the Old Town and San Nicola’s Church.
Afterward, enjoy a cooking demonstration of local specialties, followed by a farewell dinner at a local restaurant.
Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
DAY 10 – TRAVEL HOME FROM BARI
Your vacation ends with breakfast this morning (the nearest airport is Bari).
Meals: Breakfast
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