For decades, tourists failed to notice Puglia. The sun-drenched heel of Italy remained in the shadows of Tuscany, the Amalfi Coast, Rome and Venice... That's the trouble with being the poor ...

Few things excite me as much as getting off the beaten path to discover outlandish places that look as if they only belong in the spreads of high-end travel magazines. But to arrive at the location ...

Nestled in the southern part of Italy, forming the iconic “heel” of the boot, Puglia offers an unforgettable trip through millennia of history, breathtaking natural wonders, and a delicious food scene ...

In Italy’s heel of the boot, elves must’ve been afoot throughout the fairytale village of Alberobello, the world’s only enclave of 1,500 hobbit-like, stone trulli houses seemingly painted in white ...

Driving south of the city of Bari, along the high heel of Italy, an odd feature starts popping up here and there amid the houses and abundant olive groves. It’s a low, pointy stone roof on a white, ...

You may have seen images of trulli—traditional dry stone huts with corbelled, conical roofs—but there are only a few towns where you can see them in-person. These unique architectural gems are found ...

The trulli , limestone dwellings found in the southern region of Puglia, are remarkable examples of drywall (mortarless) construction, a prehistoric building technique still in use in this region. The ...