Region 02 · The open middle
Tavoliere & Murgia
Wheat plains, ravines and a high limestone plateau. Puglia opens out here, with more sky than itinerary.
- Come for
- Bread, archaeology, long horizons
- Our season
- April, May and October
- Towns
- Lucera, Altamura, Castel del Monte
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Tavoliere & Murgia guides
Tavoliere & Murgia · 6 min
Altamura and its bread
A loaf the size of a cushion, a crust you can knock on, and a town that has been baking it since before anyone wrote the recipe down.
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Castel del Monte and the high Murgia
An octagonal castle that explains nothing, the sheep plateau around it, and the towns on its edges that feed you.
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Questions, small discoveries and useful details from people who are there now, or planning to be. Free to read once you join.