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VIAGGIO A PIEDI DALLA VALLE D’ITRIA ALLA TERRA DI BARI
Puglia
starting from euro: 165.00
“ This trip to Puglia is not; a journey, but many trips. Yet it is only one journey, for the love I bring to a land that has not seen me born, that has not seen me as a child and was not even the scene of a first love. (...) Puglia had to put it all in (...). And then the discovery began. Neither stopped at this first trip, nor the second, nor the third: the discovery will never end, because it is a country, Puglia, like the morning, a clear morning, a sunny morning liquid: and, the morning will be always the same, but never gets bored. And he always has something new, in his everlasting spectacle (...). Puglia is a wonderful, austere archaic country. The only one where we can still see the uncontaminated spectacle, and for endless expanses, of a flora before the fall of Indo-Europeans: only olive trees and vines, vines and olive trees, the plants that in the name, tenaciously preserved and transmitted, still reveal to have been found on the spot by the Aryan invaders. (...) And there is no less charm, for those who know how to feel, in this elementarity of landscape, than in menhirs, dolmens, trulli. If you think that the oldest trulli do not go beyond the '600, it will seem no more if it is fateful or fatal that Puglia followed to express itself in terms of a Neolithic civilization, to spontaneously find prehistoric techniques such as the cover to tolos for Trulli. To rediscover or to conserve, it is not well known: tradition, in such a tenaciously archaic place, can be redeemed even after centuries of hibernation. ” These beautiful words, full of love for the land of Puglia, were written by Cesare Brandi in his book "Pellegrino di Puglia". The writer tells his personal tour in Puglia, which starts from the land of Bari to go down in the Murgia dei Trulli, until then the south of Salento. An incredible journey, a literary and artistic journey along the sunny streets of a region rich in treasures and surprises. And this is precisely what we want to offer you. We want to take you to retrace a small part of this exceptional story on foot. We will do it with a three-day walk, which will link the Valle d'Itria with the land of Bari, and that will make us know the different souls of an extraordinary territory, where the stories are lost in myth. On the road we will meet history and beauty: impressive medieval castles, sacred shrines for former pilgrims, Basilian crypts, trulli looking a little esoteric, dreamy villages, and disarming landscapes in which the activity of man is perfectly in balance with nature.
So it's time to start walking and become all a little pilgrims of Puglia!
Day 1 – Cisternino / Locorotondo: trekking along the cycle path of the Acquedotto Pugliese, from Cisternino to Locorotondo.
Description: we will meet at 9:30 at Piazza Vittorio Emanuele in Cisternino, a beautiful village in the province of Brindisi, but part until 1927 of the Land of Bari. in a panoramic position on the Valle d'Itria, in the so-called Murgia dei Trulli. We will cross the quaint old town, and then head towards Contrada Figazzano, from where the Aqueduct Cycle Route begins, an infrastructure for mobility and slow tourism, built on the tratturo for the maintenance of the main trunk of the Pugliese aqueduct. It consists of 10 km of complete immersion in the most authentic landscape of the Valle d'Itria, along an equipped track completely dedicated to pedestrians and cyclists. Here we will consume our packed lunch, and then we will continue our journey towards Locorotondo, where we will stay overnight.
Overnight at the Albergo Diffuso Sotto Le Cummerse, in the historic center of Locotondo. Free dinner (but we will give you good advice on where to go to taste the delicacies of the place!).
Total route length: 13 kilometers.
Day 2 – Locorotondo / Alberobello / Putignano: walking from Alberobello to Putignano, exploring the real Murgia dei Trulli, with its typical landscape made of olive trees, fruit trees and terraces.
Description: departure and meeting point at the railway station of Locorotondo at 9:00, where we will take the typical train of the Ferrovie Sud Est, which we will use for a ride (impact 0) for the municipality of Alberobello. Once we arrive at the famous village of Alberobello our walk will begin, and we will wander a bit among the trulli, thanks to which the village is one of the 50 Italian sites included by UNESCO in the World Heritage List. From here the trekking continues along an ancient medieval sheep track, which will lead us to the splendid natural and archaeological area of ??Barsento. Here we will dedicate ourselves to visit the abbey church of Santa Maria di Barsento of the twelfth century (the only surviving building of a pre-existing farmhouse completely destroyed), overlooking the crossroads between the territories of Putignano, Noci, Alberobello and Castellana Grotte. Get ready to enjoy one of the most beautiful views of the Murgia dei Trulli! After a quick lunch, we will march towards the village of Putignano, home of the famous Carnival, the longest and oldest in Italy. The arrival is scheduled for 17: 00.
Stay in Putignano at Accogliente Dimora B & amp; B, in the historic center of Putignano. Free dinner (but also today we will be generous on advice and information on the food and wine of the place!).
Total route length: 18 kilometers.
Day 3 – Putignano / Gioia del Colle: trekking from Putignano to Gioia del Colle, among uncontaminated rural landscapes and important historical-artistic testimonies.
Description: departure from Putignano at 9:00 am in Piazza Plebliscito, from where our last day of travel to the city of Gioia del Colle begins. +39.0836.631495
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The itinerary of this day will take place in a particular area, passing between Alta Murgia and the Murgia dei Trulli, very beautiful, and not very anthropized, full of woods and beautiful stone farms. In particular, however, the route will touch three places of special and important relief, to which we will dedicate a bit of our time. The first stage, in fact, will be the rock sanctuary of San Michele in Monte Laureto, founded in the tenth century, which is one of the largest cave churches in Puglia, a place of transit in the micaelici and francigeni routes. Once again on the way, halfway through, we will dedicate another stop to visit the rock church of the Madonna delle Grazie, made from a cave incorporated into a historic stone farm, and surrounded by holm oak woods and a breathtaking landscape. Here we will have our sack lunch, enjoying the scenery and singing the birds. Then the walk continues, and before entering Gioa del Colle, we will make a last and necessary stop at the Church of Santuario dell'Annunziata, dated around the twelfth century, with interesting frescoes and a small cave under the chapel. Later, after a walk of a few kilometers, we will enter the beautiful Gioia del Colle, a town with flourishing crafts (embroidery, wood carving and wrought iron). Our journey will end with a visit to the Castello federiciano, an imposing building (rebuilt by Federico II), with towers and wide walls, on a mighty polygonal plant. The arrival time is scheduled for 6:30 pm.
Total route length: 20 kilometers.
Participation Fee:
for defined group of participants n. 6 people: 165 euros
for defined group of participants n. 10 people: 132 euros
The Quota includes:
environmental guide for the whole trip, overnight stay and breakfast during the entire trip, accommodation in double rooms in the best farms and B &b in the area, medical insurance .
The Quote Does Not Include:
the journey to get to the meeting point , sack lunches, dinners (but we will always advise you the best local typical of the area!), ticket Southeast Railways to Alberobello (euro 1.50), return journey.
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MEETING : at Piazza Vittorio Emanuele in Cisternino, Friday, October 23 at 9:00 am. For those coming by car we will give precise directions on where to leave your car parked. The city of Cisternino is easily reachable either by train or by car, as follows:
Motorway connection
E55 expressway (SS 16 and SS 379) / Bari – Lecce, exit Cisternino, then S. P. 7 and S.P. 9.
Rail connection
- Milan Line - Lecce, and Rome – Lecce through Ferrovie dello Stato (F.S.)
- Bari Line – Lecce through the South-East Railway (F.S.E.)
Air connection
Bari-Palese, about 75 km; div>
Brindisi-Casale, about 55 km;
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RETURN : expected return from the town of Gioia del Colle on Sunday 25th October. The city is well connected to other Apulian cities, both by motorway connections and by train, as follows:
Motorway connection:
- from the A14 Bologna motorway - Taranto, Gioia Del Colle exit
Rail connection:
- for the Bari Central Station continue with the Ferrovie dello Stato (www.trenitalia.it)
- for the Taranto station it always continues with the Ferrovie dello Stato.
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RESERVATIONS : a deposit of € / € is required at the time of booking. 100.00 (fully reimbursed, without any additional charge for the organization, only if the minimum number of 6 participating adults is not reached); the balance is requested without delay by 20/09/2015, for travel definitively confirmed, together with the complete photocopy of both a valid identity document and a card showing the tax code. Moreover, the necessary documents for the trip are exclusively the valid identity card or passport, as well as the health card.
In the interest of both the collective and, finally, the participants are invited to a courteous containment of both the number and the volume of personal luggage (light and comfortable backpacks) and we recommend clothing in layers and, above all, comfortable shoes during all the excursions !!!
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM THE PARENT COMPANY : do not hesitate to contact our group leader in case of doubts and questions. provision of information and details on the itinerary.
Dott.ssa Luciana Lettere
takewalksinpuglia@gmail.com
Skype name: luciana.lettere
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PAYMENTS AND TECHNICAL DIRECTION / TRAVEL ORGANIZATION :
TRAVEL AGENCY TOUR
Corso Re d'Italia, 61 - 73013 Galatina (LE)
(Monday - Friday: 09.00 - 13.00 / 16.30 - 19.30)
(Saturday: 09.00 - 13.00 / afternoon closed)
e-mail address gruppo@chiriattiviaggi.it
tel. +39.0836.528551 / 561615 - fax
