Went to puglia last year, will pm you, and send across a document that I put together with some info on the places we wanted to go to, cribbed from websites, etc, places to see, beaches to go to, and some recommendations for restaurants. Didn't hit all of them, but managed to go to Lecce, Polignano A Mare, and Santa Maria A Bagno.
I found the food to be a bit rustic/heavy, but that could have been the restaurants we were going to, pretty filling though. Obviously drink as much coffee as you can, we had a lovely apartment in Polignano, and there was a local coffee shop a mins walk away, one of the joys of a morning was waking up, slapping down a few euro's and getting an amazing macchiato. Bread's good there as well..
Enjoyed Lecce, alot, we were staying on the edge of the old town, had some great ice cream in there, and ate at a lovely restaurant on the edge of the old town that was really good, but was taken there by a friend, so can't remember the name.
Wine in and around that area is pretty good as well..
Anyone going to Lecce and driving there, if u park in a car park and pay, and then a bloke comes up to you and asks you for another couple of euro, just give it to him. It's organised crime and quite common. I told him to FO and came back to permanent marker pen all over the roof of the hire car.
I was I rio on the weekend and they have guys there who direct you where to park, take your cash for ticket and what not, and are legit, then a couple of streets over there's a geezer just chancing his arm.
Went to puglia last year, will pm you, and send across a document that I put together with some info on the places we wanted to go to, cribbed from websites, etc, places to see, beaches to go to, and some recommendations for restaurants. Didn't hit all of them, but managed to go to Lecce, Polignano A Mare, and Santa Maria A Bagno.
I found the food to be a bit rustic/heavy, but that could have been the restaurants we were going to, pretty filling though. Obviously drink as much coffee as you can, we had a lovely apartment in Polignano, and there was a local coffee shop a mins walk away, one of the joys of a morning was waking up, slapping down a few euro's and getting an amazing macchiato. Bread's good there as well..
Enjoyed Lecce, alot, we were staying on the edge of the old town, had some great ice cream in there, and ate at a lovely restaurant on the edge of the old town that was really good, but was taken there by a friend, so can't remember the name.
Wine in and around that area is pretty good as well..
File incoming..