Rental Villa in Italy to rent - holiday lettings

APULIA (Puglia), is the Southern Region, extended on the heel of the Italian peninsula, in the center of the Mediterranean Sea, with hundreds kilometers of coast immersed in the Adriatic and the Jonium Sea, with white sandy beaches and rocks, inlets, rocky promontories in a tipical Mediterranean landscape made of cactus and agaves, white houses and many many colors. Centennial monumental olive trees, almond and cherry trees, extended vine plantations, sunny fields and pastures cover the inland.This friendly and hospitable warm land rich of ancient culture and civilization and lived by charming people is still off-the-beaten-track even for the Italians, being so far from the big towns, largely undiscovered by mass tourism. Over the centuries Greeks, Romans, Byzantine, Ostrogoths, Saracens, Normans, Swabians, French, Spaniards came as invaders in this friendly and hospitable land but soon integrated with the natives, bringing and adding their customs, living and working with them.The whole territory is very interesting and deserves to be discovered. All the coast is perfect for a summer holiday, swimming in the umpolluted crystal sea water in a secure sunny season, while the inland promises a variety of short and long excursions among which we suggest:

the beauty of the Gargano promontory,
• the sunny fields of the Tavoliere,
• the unique Trullos, peculiar houses of Apulia 's farmers, made with stones without cement, formed by a cupola that raises, sometimes from the ground, sometimes from a wall. In Alberobello, Otranto and Bari .
• the Salento region.

Land of ancient history, Apulia is rich of testimonials of a great past: the enchanting Cathedral of Trani, the splendid Apulian-Romanesque Cathedrals of Ruvo, Bitonto, and Bari, the castle built by Frederick II, Castel del Monte, where the “crown jewel” of Frederick II stands, - is declared by UNESCO as one of the world's heritage sites - and Barletta, the site of the famous “Challenge” ( Disfida ) of the 1503.A land for those who love good food, genuine olive oil and powerful good wines.

The cuisine is totally different from the rest of Italy , probably due to the influence of the many people arrived there in the centuries. The richness of the soil and the sunny summer create an ideal environment for agriculture.The hard wheat bread ( Altamura ) is famous and carryed every day for hundreds kms to Rome and even further. The hard wheat pastas, the vegetables and fruit with intense flavor, the extra virgin olive oil, the almond sweets, the parmigiana di melanzane, the orecchiette, the fish, the lamb, the cheese of Andria such as ricotta tosta, mozzarella, burrata, caciocavallo and, of course, the excellent DOC Apulian wines - today Apulia boasts 25 wines DOC between 52 reds, 28 whites, 22 rose , 17 sweet and 9 sparkling – are a premise for a special, extraordinary holiday.