Puglia , the ´heel´ of Italy´s ´boot´
Article About   Puglia< ITALY

Puglia, or Apulia in English, is located in the south of Italy - in the ´heel´ of Italy´s ´boot´. Its landscape is flat and wild - a sort of maquis in parts. Covered in huge olive groves delineated by dry stone walls, it is almost totally surrounded by sea. It has more in common with Greece than mainland Italy and in some parts people still speak Greek.

Puglia is sometimes labeled ´the new Tuscany´, a reference to the property market rather than the landscape. But buyers are now looking beyond well-established (and costly) areas and are buying properties in the south as holiday homes with rental potential or as permanent residences. Puglia is a savvy investment, if you know where to look.

The region is associated with trullo houses - white stone buildings hand-built without mortar and topped by black conical roofs and so charming that they have been given UNESCO World Heritage status. Supply is limited however and they can be quite claustrophobic, so buyers are turning to another traditional type of Puglia house — the masseria or fortified farmhouse. These are spacious, light and cool in those long, hot summers.
Masseria are traditional one-storey farmhouses built around a courtyard with cloisters. Roman in style, they are reminiscent of square colonnaded fortress homes, Nowadays, workers’ rooms have been turned into living rooms with vaulted round stone ceilings and impressive handmade fireplaces; stables are bedrooms with stylish ensuite bathrooms and courtyards tinkle with fountains shadowed by fragrant lemon trees .
Prices for these traditional homes have doubled in the past three years  and over the next five years the masserie will catch up with Tuscan prices.
Budget airlines are flying into Brindisi  and Bari . Once fought over by Normans and Saracens, this tip of southern Italy lures holidaying Italians in droves. It is more about beaches, relaxation, good food and wine, rather than culture .
Though it lacks the cultural icons of Florence , Rome or Pisa , this area, particularly the Salentine peninsula, compensates with wild, flat countryside, a laid-back friendly lifestyle and good food.



Vine and olive trees are the two plants which mainly characterize the landscapes of Apulia. In this region the wine is virtually produced everywhere, not only a resource associated to the tradition and culture of these places, but also an important economic resource. Wine production of Apulia is influenced by an extremely particular climate and by the quantity of sun rays the soil receives in the course of the year: Apulia is in fact among the most sunny regions of Italy and Europe. Ideally located in the “heel of the boot” of Italian peninsula, Apulian climate is influenced by the effects of the sea: the region is surrounded by more than 800 kilometers of sea coasts (about 500 miles) and the coasts of Ionian sea and Adriatic sea are divided by an average distance of 50 kilometers (about 30 miles). And then there is the sun, a lot of sun like in no other place of Italy, capable of reaching, in summertime, temperatures of 45° C (113° F). Alberello is the most common viticultural method in Apulia as it allows the vine to better benefit from the resources of the soil - including water - therefore improving the quality of grapes and of wine.

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