05Sep
Sagra della Focaccia
Cisternino · Food
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Slow Puglia
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This month’s guides
Valle d’Itria · 12 min
The slow road to Ostuni
White walls, hot stone, and where to eat when the churches close at noon.
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Salento · 8 min
Lecce after the passeggiata
Baroque stone turns gold at seven. Here is where to be when it does.
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Salento · 9 min
Swimming the Adriatic ledges
Flat rock, clear water, no sand. The ledges locals keep quiet about.
Read the guideA place of your own
Stay a week, or stay forever
To rentValle d’Itria
Masseria among the olives
Sleeps 8 · Pool · Working farm
€480/ night
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To rentNardò, Salento
Palazzo with sea shutters
Sleeps 4 · Terrace · 10 min to coast
€260/ night
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For saleCisternino
Trullo with two cones, to restore
2 cones · 1.2 ha · Olive grove
€185,000
View property For saleOstuni
Townhouse in the centro storico
3 bed · Roof terrace · Habitable
€420,000
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In season
Grape harvests, patron-saint lights and the last warm swims. What is worth leaving the beach for.
Open the calendar08Sep
Night market on the lungomare
Monopoli · Market
12Sep
Notte della Taranta, closing concert
Melpignano · Music
20Sep
Vendemmia open cellars
Manduria · Harvest
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