Puglia

Puglia is a southern region that forms the "heel" of the Italian boot. It is famous for the hilltop villages with their characteristic white plaster, for the countryside with an ancient flavor and for the hundreds of kilometers of Mediterranean coast. The capital, Bari, is a lively port and university city, while Lecce is known as the "Florence of the South" due to its Baroque architecture. Alberobello and the Itria Valley are instead the home of the trulli, the traditional stone buildings with a characteristic conical roof.