PUGLIA, ITALY MUST DO & TRAVEL GUIDE (Polignano a Mare, Ostuni, Lecce & More!)
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- A mini travel guide to Puglia! We were invited to a wedding in Puglia and decided to spend 5 days in the region. Puglia is itself is pretty big, so we decided to do a little road trip and narrow it down to the top places we see. I hope this video inspires you to travel to this part of Italy which still remains under the radar of major tourism. Sneak to this beautiful destination while you still can!
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Apologies, if I have not pronounced the names correctly (working on my Italian haha).
TRAVEL ITINERARY:
Polignano a Mare
Monopoli
Ostuni
Manduria
Lecce
WEDDING VENUE:
Masseria Potenti
SOPHIE'S FOODIE SECRETS:
La Casa Del Mojito (Polignano a Mare)
Enoteca Divino (Ostuni)
Lo Scalo (Marina di Novaglie/ Near Southern Tip of Puglia)
La Barrique (Lecce)
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So happy to see so many of you interested in Puglia! Would love to hear about your experiences and recommendations for the next time I go back to Italy!
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@@ultraruben Thank You!!
Looking into a super tiny apartment in the city of Ostuni. Partial vacation use and rental. Not to expensive by any means. Thought?
@@ifthefooshitswearit.1802 Sorry Rowan, we did not stay in the town of Ostuni so I wouldn't have any personal recommendations. Def see if there is anything Airbnb.
@@SophiesTravelSecrets we are looking to purchase but yes. We will do so anyhow to see the market for potential income. Thank you for the reply. :))
Stupenda puglia ce ancora moltissimo da vedere ci sono moltissimi posti ancora da visitare bella Puglia ❤
Si si! :)
Also Alberobello, Cisternino, Gallipoli and Santa Maria di Leuca are very nice places!
Very good video, congrats!
I wish I had more time to spend in Puglia. Definitely a part of Italy I would love to return to. Thank you for the recommendations and the lovely feedback :)
Puglia I Love you ❤️🇮🇹
Me too ❤🇮🇹
Very informative. Thank you!
Thank you! Glad to help! If you liked my video, please remember to subscribe! I am working on more videos :)
So beautiful!
Puglia is amazing! You must go one day!
Wuaooo What a beautiful video about our beloved Puglia 😍😍😍
Thank you!
I loved seeing Puglia through your eyes! I’ve seen so many blogs, read so many blogs (I’m also a research freak like you), but your video was the only one that fully convinced me that Puglia is worth visiting. Loved seeing all the overlooked details comprised in your video.
So glad you discovered my channel Roberta! Yes, I totally understand having to look through so many travel vlogs to get actual travel tips / recommendations of where to go. I wanted to create a channel to be a trusted resource that if it's on Sophie's Travel Secrets (STS), you know it's good. Tried & tested. Doing all the research so you don't have to! If you travel to Puglia, please let me know if you end up visiting any of these places! x
very well done. Thank you!
Glad you enjoined the video! Are you going to Puglia??
great video, love it!! thanx!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Waoow... It s a beutiful region
Puglia is stunning! Such a special part of italy
This looks so lovely and this is a very good video
Thank you so much! Puglia is stunning!
Enjoyed watching this awesome video of Italy. What kind of camera do you use for your videos? Love the rich colours in the video. Great choice of music too. You're very beautiful which is a big attention grabber for us fellas. 😊
Thank you! I use a Canon G7X for filming which is really easy to use and produces really great pictures too. I love it. Glad you enjoyed the video!
This seems to be a very charming place, I hope I can visit sometime in the future when all this is over. Seeing and sharing places like this is why I love traveling and make videos so much!
You definitely have to put Puglia on your travel list! I am sure, like mine, it's pretty long lol.
Thanks for a great video! What time of year did you visit? Noticed the publish date of December, and curious of weather and evaluating if this area would be good for a winter holiday?
For sure in December you can't swim in the sea cause it's cold, and it's a pity cause it's full of beautiful beaches and the water is great. But there are anyway plenty of unique places to visit also not on the coast. In my opinion it's the most beautiful region in South of Italy
Hi Debra, really sorry for the delayed reply! We went in early June for a wedding (took me a while to find the time to edit this vlog). I would suggest visiting Puglia from early May until late September/ early October. You're most likely to find the best deals in shoulder season. I would avoid August as this would be peak season when all the Italians go to holiday and the prices sky rocket.
I lived in the town of Martina Franca in the Puglia region from 1982-84. I'm familiar with the Puglia region of Ostuni, San Vito de Normanni, Brindisi, Locorotondo, Arbellobello, Mottola, Bari, Taranto, Fasano, Regio Callabra,....etc. Love it during the summer times.
wow, it must have been incredible. Completely untouched. x
Buongiorno Sophie. I just recently discovered this incredible vlog you posted. What a great video of the southeast region of the Italia. My Great grandfather is from Bari and I one day plan to travel to Italy 🇮🇹 and check out some of areas there. One thing I've seen in other videos in the Southeast region that I really like and find unique are the Trullo homes and that they are still used to this and some owners? Have made some additions like ? Some bigger window's? And a few other minor adds to those great homes. Anyway again thanks for sharing your guy's trip and experience there in Italy. Ciao.
Buongiorno Vince, really glad you enjoyed the video! Puglia is a beautiful region of Italy that I hope to return to. The Trulli houses are definitely unique to the region and beautiful to see. Alberobello very famous for the Trulli houses unfortunately we didn't have time to see everything as we were there for a wedding and only had a few days to ourselves. We wish we had more time as there are so many parts to see! Hoping to go there next time I'm in Puglia ;) Ciao!
Trulli are historical houses so when you restore them you had to follow obnoxious law rules.
You cannot modify how the top roof and ceilings are made (you have to ask help of specialized masons, and this costs lots of money any repair you made). You can access to state financing for helping restoration of historical houses though. You cannot add new parts to the trullo house unless it has be added new external rooms end of 1800.
You can modify interiors (you may add water pipes and power system, and create a bathroom space) but up to a certain limit stated by law.
@@raffaeleirlanda6966 wow thanks for sharing that information that was very good stuff. I have told a few friends of mine here that are in the construction industry ? That if I had the capital in funds here? I would want to have a few built here and see how well they would do in sales. I would probably? Have to go through some legal stuff regarding rights and all but it would probably be worth it. Again thanks for sharing that information. Ciao
@@vinceparlante3723 If you really want buying houses in Southern Italy my best opinion is avoid trulli, and go buy existing housing estate maybe of 1800 or first 1900, in bad conditions and restoring it.
These must be made of local stones or bricks. If house is advanced 1900 (1950 -> today) avoid cement made houses that are usually good built but really hot in the summer and require air conditioning.
The old ones built in local stones have perfect natural air conditioning, hot in winter and fresh in summer. You will enjoy perfect conditioning with just a stove in winter and a fan in summer. Expenses are about 30.000€ or 40.000€ for buying the ruined house plus other 30.000 for restoration, for a total of 60.000 or 70.000€.
Avoid buying houses in old cities cause perimetral walls are generally in common with neighbors, and you have to deal with common coloring walls problems, necessary restoration problems, common rights for pipes and cables and you need to deal always with any kind of neighbors of unknown attitude.
Puglia is special for travel, thanks for sharing ;-)
I agree! Puglia is such a soecusl part of Italy! Have you been? Which parts did you visit? x
@@SophiesTravelSecrets We have already visited Puglia twice and enjoyed it a lot, Porto Cesareo, Torre Mozza, Santa Cesarea, Gallipoli, Ugento, Santa Maria di Leuca, Otranto, Lecce ... etc ... ;-) It is a very beautiful region
Wow you visited all over! Very lucky! I wish we had more time! Definitely want to come back and see more of the region .
@@SophiesTravelSecrets Yes, if you go back there, take the time to see the rest, it’s really worth it
I loved your video of Puglia. It looks so amazing. My husband and I are planning a trip to this region, but I have read that few people speak English and we do not speak Italian. Do you think we will have a problem? Do you or your husband speak Italian?
Thank you so much! Puglia is so beautiful! I wish I could go back. It's true that not too many people in Puglia speak English but we did seem to get by just fine. Our Italian is not good at all lol. If you stay in the more popular towns, there should be someone who speaks English. I would say if you found yourself wandering into a small shop in a small town, that person might not speak English. If you liked my video, please remember to subscribe as I have more videos to come!
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ love my home puglia
Absolutely love Puglia and the food!
About to spend 7 weeks in puglia from Easter onwards 😁😁😁
wow so lucky!!
This was sooo helpful! We're from Germany and planning our holiday for September and this massively influenced me in wanting to go there! Will definitely try to find a nice Masseria now! Thank you!
Aw, that's amazing! Really glad to hear that it was helpful! September is a great time to go when the crowds have died down and the weather will is still warm.
Hi Schanne, hope you're well! Just reading though the comments and thought to see if you ended up going to Puglia last September! Would love to hear about your trip!
how was your comfort level with the driving? Was it narrow, one way streets or...? What was the driving culture like? Thanks!
Hi Stephanie, we found driving to be relatively easy in Puglia (definitely not as worrisome as Amalfi Coast). I would suggest renting a small car as you will more likely than not find yourself passing through a quaint, little Italian village. Plus, a small car really comes in handy when parking! As for the driving culture, Europeans tend to drive fast on the freeways and use the farthest lane on the left for passing which assists with the flow of traffic.
The driving culture? WTF?!
@@putenz87 I'm not sure why you're offended with this question. I thought that it was answered perfectly appropriately. Thanks Sophie!
@@stephaniec2491 I would like not to make any wrong assumptions, but i think you are basing your ideas on commonplaces about Italians, among which a hypothesized "way of driving".
But maybe i'm wrong :)
@@putenz87 You are absolutely making wrong assumptions.
I'm asking the question because I don't know anything about driving in Italy (or frankly, any stereotypes about Italians). I'm not always the most confident driver and I ask this question every time I travel regardless of where I go. I use this kind of information to assess whether or not I would be a hazard to others.
Have you ever considered asking why someone asks or frames a question a particular way first before making assumptions as to their intent? And re-framing things as a question rather than in an inflammatory manner with judgement and criticism built into it? I find it goes a long well in being received in a positive manner.
More than ever, current events around the world should really be teaching us to go into situations with an open and curious mind, not blindly with mis- and pre-conceptions of each other. As a social justice educator, I really hope that we can learn how to do this better and keep each other productively accountable.
Bella bella bella la mia Polignano a mare ciao ciao
Una parte molto bella del mondo xx
Where did you rent your car from?
If you’re referring to the Bug, this was just for show at the property. I climbed in only for the photo. 😉
The dress @4:04 😍 who makes it?
Sass & Bide xx
what month?
We went in the beginning of June
information about Alberobello was wrong. it was not greek influence
Hi Sas, I think you may have misunderstood me as I mentioned that you can see Greek influences in the town of Ostuni due to its white washed houses.
@@SophiesTravelSecrets yes you are right. :-D
@@SophiesTravelSecrets It is not even greek influence. Ostuni started to be painted of white with the Black Plague of 1656, and its white color it is not made out of paint but out of slaked lime (that is basically pure calcium), a natural disinfectant... Its similarity with Greek isles white towns is purely fortuitous then...
@@raffaeleirlanda6966 Thank you for your comment and bringing to the light why the houses were painted white. I did not know that. I always find it fascinating to learn how civilizations used the materials available to them and found multiple ways to protect them from the elements :) Another interesting fact to note is that the white washed houses also protected against the heat which helped to keep them cool during the summer months. I apologize if what I mentioned regarding the architecture was not completely correct as many the travel guides I had read mentioned the Greek and Arabic influence that could be seen across the region. Re-built by the Greeks, the town received it’s name Ostuni which is derived from the Greek saying “Astu-néon” which means “new city.” Ostuni is such a beautiful city and I hope to return to learn much more about this part of Italy! Grazie! I hope you enjoyed the video xx
Yes, I know the fotos of beaches & water are beautiful. Puglia is definitely not. Having spent several days there, the countryside is ugly (its poor), the architecture is basically poured concrete w/some exceptions. Yes, there are trullis & towns made up of them but basically the village are charmless. As the woman states, there are beautiful masseria but you have venture out at some point. Nope
I am sorry you feel that way Philip as I thought Puglia was really pretty.
I suppose it depends upon what you are use to & what you are looking for.