Adriatic Coast to Coast

Welcome to Italy! Independent transfer to your accommodation in Vieste.

Accommodation and overnight in Vieste.

Meet your driver and guide in the hotel lobby and start your private tour to discover Vieste and Peschici.

The guide will welcome you in Vieste and together you will walk through the streets of the center full of dyes and shops.

The entrance to the historic center is clearly defined by an ancient door and a staircase that leads us inside the beautiful city cathedral. After admiring it you will go out through a side door and enter the historic center where small, narrow and picturesque streets alternate with terraces overlooking the sea where the gaze extends to the edge of the horizon, and you will return to the historic center again to then reopen your eyes before to the famous stack known as Pizzomunno, a block of very white stone around which a romantic legend is told.

You will go up towards the Castle to admire the panorama from above, and then down towards the Monastery of San Francesco to find shops and ice cream parlors and to get involved in the atmosphere of eternal vacation that Vieste communicates in every season.

After a brief stop for lunch, just before entering Peschici, you will then continue with a guided tour of the Gargano town of Peschici.

The coast that goes from Vieste to Peschici is dotted with very original structures that in the past were used for fishing: the famous trebuchets.

Once in Peschici, you will meet our guide and begin the guided tour of the historic centre.

The main point of interest in Peschici is certainly the historic center which is located within the medieval walls interspersed with towers, still visible.

The historic center is typically Mediterranean, with narrow streets, viewpoints overlooking the sea, and white houses with domed and sloping roofs, expressions of different historical periods and dominations.

The Peschici Castle dominates the sea, the first structure built in the current historic center, built by the Normans around the year 1000 on the remains of a Greek castle.

Downstream you will find the characteristic small port, the long sandy bay and continuing northwards a rocky ridge with a pine forest and the characteristic “Tower of Monte Pucci” which separates you from the bay of Calenelle and San Menaio.

You will end this experience on Peschici enjoying the sunset from one of the trabucchi of Peschici accompanied by an aperitif.

At the end of your experience, return to your hotel.

Overnight in Vieste.

Meet your driver in the hotel lobby and transfer to Bari. On route, stop in Marherita di Savoia for a guided tour of Saline.

The Salina di Margherita di Savoia nature reserve is a protected natural area in Puglia established in 1977.

The Saline are the largest salt pans in Europe by extension and second in the world. This primacy is very important, especially if we consider that the area, for almost its total extension, is today a vast nature reserve where hundreds of bird species spend the winter or live permanently, having found here an ideal habitat for their lives.

Seeing what these stretches of water reserve, whose reflections merge with the sky and whose color tones vary from intense blue to pink, was an exciting and very interesting experience.

At the end of your experience, lunch in Margherita di Savoia.

Accomodation and overnight in Bari.

Meet your driver and guide in the hotel lobby to start the Bari Vecchia guided tour.
This tour is for those who want to fill up on emotions and participate in more than just a guided tour of Bari but to an immersive and engaging experience.

Ideal for gourmets who appreciate local cuisine and the excellence of typical products but also

for the younger ones who want to discover urban spaces dedicated to design.

You will get excited, discovering the Arab soul of the old city of Bari and when you try to speak

like the ladies at the doorstep preparing orecchiette. With your guide for Bari old woman, you will dry clothes hanging in the sun and the sale of freshly caught fish at the market ancient port.

You will finish with the tasting of a slice of typical focaccia from Bari Vecchia.

After your guided tour, free time for your lunch in Bari.

Then, we will continue to Monopoli. But, before, we will stop in Polignano a Mare. Ready to be enchanted by the charm of this little jewel on the Apulian coast? Let’s go!

You will your guide next to Domenico Modugno’s sculpture to kick off the guided tour of Polignano Mare.

Afterwards, we will enter the historic center walking through the pretty squares and quiet streets, with our gaze lost between the terraces overlooking the sea and the typical white houses full of flower pots. All suspended in a relaxed, simply entrancing atmosphere!

We will also stop in front of emblematic buildings to tell you their most curious facts, such as those of the church of Purgatorio or the church of Santa Maria Assunta.

Before the guided tour comes to an end, you will once again be enchanted by the charm of this locality as you contemplate the impervious and suggestive cliffs of Polignano a Mare from panoramic points such as the Lama Monachile bridge. The perfect place to take a souvenir photo!

With eyes still filled with the blue of the Adriatic and postcard landscapes, we will say goodbye.

Then hop back into your car and continue your trip till Monopoli.

Accomodation and overnight in Monopoli.

The day is free at leaisure

Accomodation and overnight in Monopoli.

Meet your driver and guide in the hotel lobby to start with a guided tour of Monopoli.
Monopoli is defined as the city of a hundred districts. Of great charm is the old town, founded on a fortified Messapian settlement of the fifth century. b.C., over the centuries suffered a countless change. Its oldest nucleus dates back to the Middle Ages, characterized by narrow and winding alleys that suddenly open onto small squares, surrounded by ancient houses.
The fulcrum of the old city is represented by the port, a deep natural inlet that guaranteed welcome and shelter to those who came from all over the world, first Greeks and Romans, then Venetians, Amalfitans and finally the Spanish.
During the walking tour you will see the small castle located in a nice square. The houses and small buildings are charming. Walk under an archway which opens onto the sea and a long promenade along the harbour. This castle is very unique, and the best part is the view of the blue sea of Monopoli, with the characteristic surroundings and the fishing port. Then admire the splendid Baroque cathedral dedicated to the Madonna della Madia, protector of the city. It looks small, but it’s actually huge, and it contains fine ornaments inside, elaborately decorated with gold and various kinds of colored marble. It contains several side altars, all of them magnificent.

It is difficult to imagine a more beautiful city: alleys, arches, spiers, a fort, ancient walls, light coming from many directions, a beach with crystal clear water.
After your guided tour, free time for your lunch in Monopoli before to continue with a tour in Alberobello.

You day will ends in a typical Masseria in Puglia with the experience in the vineyard. A special occasion to have an aperitif surrounded by a unique microclimate, enjoying the retro beauty created by our design pieces.

Overlooking the Adriatic Sea, it is possible to taste the seasonal delicacies prepared by our chef at the table, sipping a Susumaniello red wine, produced on site, and signature cocktails from the Botanical Bar of the Farm.

You will truly feel embraced by the authentic taste of Puglia. The Aperitif in the Vineyard experience includes an ad hoc set-up and a gourmet finger food created by the chef of the Masseria.

After this experience, return to your hotel.

Accomodation and overnight in Monopoli.

Meet your driver in the hotel lobby and transfer to Lecce.

On the road, stop in Torre Guaceto.

Natural Reserve. With a very informal tone, the excursion to Torre Guaceto crosses scented paths of Mediterranean scrub that lead to quiet beaches. You then reach the Tower from which you can enjoy a beautiful panorama. It ends passing through the silent paths of the mysterious reed bed. In the summer, a swim break is scheduled in one of the most suggestive coves of the Marine Protected Area. A swim break is scheduled at the Spiaggia delle Conchiglie. Swim break in the cove of shells

(only in the summer months).

At the end of the tour, a light lunch will be served to savor the products of the Terra di Guaceto.

Then, you will continue to Lecce.

Accomodation and overnight in Lecce.

Meet your guide in the hotel lobby and start your guided tour of the Baroque city of Lecce.

Once in Lecce, you will meet our guide with whom you will begin a walk through the historic center of the Salento city.

The guided tour starts from Porta Napoli, where you will be welcomed by the imposing Obelisk, built in 1822 to a design by Luigi Cipolla, to commemorate the arrival in Lecce of Ferdinando Di Borbone. On its four facades it tells the mythological story of the compartments of Terra D’Otranto. Opposite, the majestic door that gives access to the ancient city, built in Lecce stone in 1548 in honor of Charles V, does not go unnoticed.

The itinerary continues along Via Giuseppe Palmieri among Baroque churches and palaces, along this road you meet the Church of San Luigi or Santa Maria della Porta, the Paeseello theater, Palazzo Palmieri built in the 16th century but remodeled in the Baroque era.
You will continue until you reach Piazza uomo, a rare example of a “closed square” and one of the most beautiful in Italy. To access this square you have to cross the propylaea, here we find the beautiful baroque cathedral dedicated to Our Lady of the Assumption, the 72-metre-high bell tower, the bishop’s palace in the shape of an “L” which recalls the carousel of the 70s and the palace of the Seminary now seat of the Diocesan Museum.

You will continue along the main street until you reach the Ex Convento dei Teatini with the annexed Church of Sant’Irene, patron saint of Lecce before being replaced by Sant’Oronzo.
The itinerary continues on, crossing Piazzetta Castromediano, until it reaches the basilica of Santa Croce, symbol of the Leccese Baroque and the adjoining convent or Palazzo dei Celestini.
Last stop the suggestive Piazza Sant’Oronzo which houses the amphitheater an extraordinary piece of Roman Lecce, the seat, the small church of San Marco and the column that holds the statue of the protector Sant’Oronzo. Here, near the Roman Amphitheater, you will end the guided tour with a tasting of a typical pasticciotto with cream or the classic rustic.

After this experience, free time to spend aroud the city or return to your hotel.

Accomodation and overnight in Lecce.

Meet your driver in the hotel lobby and start your journey to know Otranto.

For those who want to discover a city that speaks of the East but with its roots firmly in the heel of Italy, Otranto is the right city. You will be moved when you are welcomed into the mighty walls of the ancient city or when you are in front of the monumental mosaic of the cathedral considered the largest in Europe.

Thanks to your guide of Otranto historic center, you will hear the events of the Turkish siege with the 800 martyrs of Otranto, who became saints, whose skeletons are kept in the cathedral. Or when from the top of the Torre Matta you can admire the profile of the Otranto coast bathed by the sea.
After this experience, you will stop in Baia Dei Turchi beach to admire the panorama from the Adriatic Coast.

After, return to your hotel.

Overnight in Lecce.

Independent transfer to the Airport.