Travelers tend to visit Italy for its food, history, landscape and culture rather than its beaches. Sometimes, like in the Puglia region down in the country’s heel, all three come together magically.

At a hotel like Le Alcove in Alberobello, you can sleep in a trullo, a cozy, cocoon-like conical dwelling. Sample orecchiette, Puglia’s signature ear-shaped pasta, at a traditional eatery like Osteria ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dramatic limestone stacks and sweeps of sugary white sand at Baia delle Zagare, one of Puglia’s prettiest beaches - dpVUE.images ...

Many will tell you this is the one of the best beaches in Italy. It is certainly one of the most iconic. Overlooked by a stone Roman bridge, and beautifully weathered churches, its cliffs are studded ...

Italy’s long and varied coast has served a summer getaway for thousands of years, but in a country with 7500-kilometers of waterfront how do you find the best sun-kissed perch for a warm-weather ...

From secluded to buzzy, here are some of the best beaches to add to your Italian itinerary. Elizabeth Heath is a writer and editor living on a hill in Umbria, from where she writes about travel in ...

You can't go wrong, to be honest. When you close your eyes and dream of Italy, what do you see? The massive Colosseum in Rome? The iconic marble David in Florence? Gondolas winding down the canals of ...