Alberobello in 2 days, on foot

This 2-day self-guided walking plan for Alberobello covers 12 narrated sights in an easy day-by-day order. Each day is split into a morning and an afternoon loop, and every stop has a two to three minute audio story in the Gingerguide app.

You set the pace: this is a suggested order, not a schedule. Walk it in 2 days, or stretch it out. Reorder freely; Alberobello rewards a detour.

Day 1

Morning

1. Trulli Zone: Rione Monti: The largest and most intact concentration of trulli in the world, over 1,000 of the conical stone houses covering the hillside of Rione Monti in a UNESCO World Heritage landscape unlike anything else on earth.
2. Trullo Sovrano: The only two-storey trullo in existence, a monumental building from the late 18th century that served as the home of a local priest and now operates as a museum showing the domestic life of Alberobello's inhabitants.
3. Rione Aia Piccola: The quieter, more residential trulli district across the valley from Rione Monti, still inhabited by local families, less commercialised, and offering a more authentic glimpse of daily life in a trullo community.

Afternoon

1. Church of Sant'Antonio: The unique church built entirely in the trullo style, a remarkable early 20th-century building that uses the traditional conical roofs for sacred architecture, creating the only trullo church in existence.
2. Trullo d'Oro: Wine Museum: A beautifully restored trullo complex that houses a museum dedicated to the wines and olive oil of the Valle d'Itria, set among the historic vineyards and orchards of the Murge plateau.
3. Museo del Territorio: The local history museum of Alberobello, housed in a historic building in the town centre, with comprehensive displays on the origins and evolution of the trullo, the history of the community, and the social life of the Murge plateau.

Day 2

Morning

1. Valle d'Itria Landscape: The extraordinary agricultural landscape surrounding Alberobello, a plateau of ancient limestone studded with trulli, olive groves, and vineyards that has been farmed continuously for over two thousand years.
2. Locorotondo: A hilltop white town overlooking the Valle d'Itria, one of the most beautiful villages in Italy, with a perfectly circular medieval street plan and spectacular views over the trulli landscape.
3. Castellana Grotte: The most spectacular cave system in Italy, a series of underground chambers and galleries formed over millions of years in the limestone of the Murge, culminating in the breathtaking Grotta Bianca.

Afternoon

1. Martina Franca: The largest town of the Valle d'Itria, a magnificent baroque city with an exceptional historic centre, famous for its cured meats, its baroque palaces, and the annual summer opera festival.
2. Putignano Carnival: The oldest carnival in Italy, a festival dating back to 1394 that fills the streets of Putignano with spectacular papier-mâché floats, allegorical costumes, and celebrations that last for over two months.
3. Fasano Zoo Safari: One of Italy's largest and most popular zoological parks, combining a traditional zoo with an African safari experience where visitors drive through wildlife enclosures, set in the trulli and olive grove landscape of the Murge.

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