As we have documented North Yorkshire so frequently in the past, most of the photos in this journal are of Apulia. In fact, the few Yorkshire photos worth sharing are tucked away in the last section labeled “UK Postscript” on our home page.
If you have never heard of this part of Italy, you are not alone. The name “Apulia” was new to us prior to learning of this Riviera Tour. Slightly off the beaten tourist path, Apulia has some worthwhile destinations, not all of which we visited. Still, seeing as much as we did in a week required substantial road time. Sights are not nearly as concentrated as in some popular Italian destinations. We traveled in all six provinces of Apulia, colored and named in the diagram below:
More specifically, on this map of southern Italy, several cities that are mentioned in this journal are circled: Bari, our entry point in Italy and a lengthy lunch stop and tour; Lecce, Matera and Vieste, where our hotels were located; as well as Trani, a seaside lunch stop.
On the map, an interested observer might note the location of Rome and Naples to the west and Dubrovnik, Croatia, to the northeast. The straight line distance between Bari and Dubrovnik across the Adriatic Sea is only 123 miles.
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