Good food and good restaurants are
a given. Sunshine is pretty much a given as well, however...

Explore the churches and catalogue the historic frescoes

Sip a coffee in Monopoli’s main square

Check out the fish markets. Try the one
in Polignano!

Go underground and take the tour of the Castellana Grotte caves

Visit Zoo Safari – the largest safari park in southern Europe

Shop for high fashion in Bari

Hunt down those craft items – baskets, pottery, textiles, wood sculptures

Go clubbing – the beach clubs around Capitolo are hot

Visit King Frederick II’s hunting lodge –
The Castel del Monte

Meander around the markets – each town boasts its own

Enjoy a game of golf. The Italian Open is held just outside Savelettri

Pick some figs

Enjoy an icecream in Polignano – icecream capital of Italy

Take in a festival or two

Go and meet the ladies in Bari who make pasta in the street

Take a day trip to Mattera – or stay overnight in the extraordinary Sassi

Visit Lecce – the Venice of the South

Call in on the McAlpines – an expensive bed and breakfast but a fabulous collection of art and artefacts to boot

Head for Gallipoli

Follow the Centurian route to Brindisi – gateway for the Empire to Asia

Hire a boat and drift round the coast line

Go fishing