Puglia has many typical desserts and like all regions in Italy, it also has it's Christmas specialities. One of the most important and widespread in the whole region are the "cartellate". Their shape reminds us of a rose but tradition attributes a different symbolism to this pastry: some say that the shape of the cartellate are reminiscent of Baby Jesus' halo, others say that they remind us of the crown of thorns Jesus Christ wore [...]
A piece of nature and Puglia sea you must see when you are in the area spending your holidays, is the Salt mine and the Torre Colimena Dunes (Palude del Conte and Dune Costiere) in the natural reservation of the Litorale Tarantino Orientale. The salt mine is called Salina Vecchia or dei Monaci and is just north of the Torre Colimena for about 25 hectares of size. It is a depression closed by dunes towards [...]
I live in Puglia, ok, but I can't know all the places in this marvellous region well. Every day I never stop learning new things. For example, I don't know the area of Polignano a Mare well. Some time ago I read a post about places to go and eat in Polignano written by Manuela Vitulli of Pensieri In Viaggio a local travel blogger that knows more about it than me and so I asked [...]
As I mentioned in my Strolling through Venice post in which I told you about my first time in this more than magnificent city, Venice captured me completely. I went a bit unprepaired and maybe it was better because I was able to capture some of its more characteristic aspects as if I were an inexperienced traveller. And Venice has so much to tell, but a few in particular more than others caught my attention [...]
Finding an apartment for rent for the holidays at the beaches in Salento (Puglia) could seem simple considering the great quantity of holiday rentals available on internet. Ok, but do you want to be sure and have quality accommodation? I will give you some tips on three different kinds of accommodation we have: studio, two room and three room apartments. Recently restructured, furnished with care, they are accommodations we could include in the boutique apartments [...]
I like to walk through the streets in the historic centre of Lecce very much. I usually pass there to take a look at houses for rent for the holidays or welcoming structures such as B&Bs and holiday homes belonging to my clients and real estate partners. And I realise always more that strolling through these streets my whole history passes by me. A history deeply rooted long before the Romans (of which a theatre [...]
Our agency ThePuglia Immobiliare SRL is registered to the Fiaip (Federazione Italiana Agenti Immobiliari Professionali - Italian Federation of Professional Real Estate Agents), the biggest trade association in Italy about our line of business: real estate intermediation. The 17th November was its 40th birthday and was celebrated in Rome at the Rome Cavalieri Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts (see opening post photo). Together with some collegues of the Collegio Provinciale of Lecce, I was present [...]
My advice for today's trip is: where are the beautiful and best beaches in Porto Cesareo in Puglia, Italy? From the emails and phone calls I receive, this is a recurring question. So much so that I have decided to write an article on the subject to share with all of you who follow me. I will begin by telling you that Porto Cesareo is quite a large district that extends itself along a coastal [...]
I travelled around the whole of Italy first for study reasons then for pleasure, then for work. The important and famous cities and the unknown provinces. But one city I still hadn't seen yet: Venice. And that's a big lack! The occasion presented itself while I was returning from the Tourism Fair in Rimini. I took the train early one morning for Ferrara, then another train to Venice Santa Lucia, the station of that city. [...]
In October I enjoy my Salento sea completely. It's a period in which we work less here at the beaches, schools have started again, working life also after the summer holidays. But for those of us who live in Salento, some weekends can be really incredible! Yes, because even if October is a month that belongs to Autumn in some places in the world it seems more like a temperate summer. So, a friend of [...]
I admit: I've been missing from this blog for some time. The fact is that each year is becoming more beautiful from a work point of view and also more demanding. And those who do blogging will know exactly what following a blog properly means in terms of time and commitment. Nevertheless, the ideas in posts to tell you about my Puglia and my touristic and real estate activity are many, in fact I have [...]
Campomarino di Maruggio, or just Campomarino, is a quiet town in the northern area of Salento, Puglia. It is located near the coastal tower Torre delle Moline, one of the hundreds of towers that run along the sea of Salento, which were used to spot the Saracens. However, this tower did not manage to prevent the raid of Maruggio in the seventeenth century! In this post, I will tell you further information about this touristic [...]