We drove 45 min to Tivoli and visited villa of the 16th century cardinal. The building is a bit sparse but the gardens with the fountains were stunning. We stayed in B&B with the building that datesLeer más
ItaliaLazioTivoliFontana Di Tivoli41°57’48” N 12°47’49” E
8 de octubre de 2021, Italia ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
We drove 45 min to Tivoli and visited villa of the 16th century cardinal. The building is a bit sparse but the gardens with the fountains were stunning. We stayed in B&B with the building that datesLeer más
9 de octubre de 2021, Italia ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
We had breakfast in our B&B and then went to visit Roman Villa Hadrian’s. The villa is from 1 century AD and was the residence of the emperor Adrian. It is absolutely massive and is probably theLeer más
9 de octubre de 2021, Italia ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
We drove South to Matera which took about 4 hrs. Matera is a city of houses that are built in and around the limestone and sandstone caves. We stayed in Hotel Belvedere which is a traditional caveLeer más
10 de octubre de 2021, Italia ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
In the morning we had a great 3 hr private tour with an Airbnb experience guide. Matera is one of the oldest settlements in the porous caves and the city has many layers of history, and many churchesLeer más
ItaliaBasilicataMateraVillaggio Saraceno40°36’59” N 16°39’19” E
11 de octubre de 2021, Italia ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
In the afternoon we took a tour with two Paleolithic researchers who drove us to the part of the park that is on private land and showed us many signs of the Stone Age people, such as carved stones.Leer más
ItaliaPugliaAlberobelloTrulli District40°46’59” N 17°14’17” E
11 de octubre de 2021, Italia ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
In the evening we drove south to Alberobello - the city of “trulli” which are cone shaped houses. Not pictured is a road adventure where our car ran out of gas in the middle of nowhere and we wereLeer más
ItaliaPugliaAlberobelloMuseo del Territorio "Casa Pezzolla"40°47’1” N 17°14’20” E
12 de octubre de 2021, Italia ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
We walked around this beautiful town. It’s been commercialized with souvenir stores in all the trulli but it’s still unbearably beautiful and photogenic!
ItaliaPugliaLocorotondo40°45’11” N 17°19’44” E
12 de octubre de 2021, Italia ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
We drove to nearby Locorotondo which is a sparkling white town on a hill. We walked around and had delicious lunch of steak tartar with burrata and another rendition of oriacheta
ItaliaPugliaOstuniCathedral of Ostuni40°44’4” N 17°34’43” E
12 de octubre de 2021, Italia ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
We then continued our drive further south and stopped quickly at Ostuni, another sparkling white city, before driving to the heart of Puglia to Lecce.
