Italy, a bit of Rome, then Puglia
A week in Rome, 3 days in Naples, then east to Puglia. Rome 1 https://photos.app.goo.gl/jU5ihx6GupJDq2Ts5 Rome 2 https://photos.app.goo.gl/NLZaUDfRNp5Lpbar7 Rome 3 https://photos.app.goo.gl/cPs3dpqFPmkyrvws7 Rome 4 https://photos.app.goo.gl/h15x6FLdiXWTVUfZA Rome 5 https://photos.app.goo.gl/xP46EYenF3xiZYx27 Rome 6 https://photos.app.goo.gl/1LDok8AQFYyLik9m9 Rome 7 https://photos.app.goo.gl/AqKNgcUjX5FbCgg79
Rome Enoteca Buccone dinner https://photos.app.goo.gl/VDjgvSDwRmfSeSn27 Casual delicious simple - great wine bar
Rome Carter Oblio dinner https://photos.app.goo.gl/pCKHP3KnsCCjxwJ49 In Michelin Guide - no star, but good enough for 1* for sure
Naples https://photos.app.goo.gl/S8wc2juWdVaEUqZ37 Naples is very grubby - difficult to like. Have avoided Camorra so far. Haven’t had time to see the good bits. Have to bargain with taxi drivers - wanted 25euro for a short fare. We said ‘No’. Price dropped to 15. We said no & started walking - he drove up to us a minute down the road, & settled on 10…
Sorrento Lunch https://photos.app.goo.gl/sKT3wm8iZgApj2UB8 Day trip on ferry. This was at 1Michelin restaurant Lorelei. Exceptional. View & location were 10. Expensive, but worth it. Sorrento lovely but very crowded.
Matera (& a brief stop at Castelmezzano on the way - just stopped for photos) 3 nights. Could easily have stayed more. https://photos.app.goo.gl/X7RiR13GVD1YbJog7
Lecce - 2 nights https://photos.app.goo.gl/dGqgcBPvB4BJtpsy7
Ostuni - 3 nights https://photos.app.goo.gl/ND2wKUQRkwZDAxSa6 more Ostuni https://photos.app.goo.gl/5PTStvy5zza1wpfA6
Half day trip to Alberobello https://photos.app.goo.gl/gAvvaE5QUWonbT8x6
Lunch trip to Ceglie Messapica, to a Slow Food recommended restaurant, Cibus https://photos.app.goo.gl/jt7ohV935fYXuFfu7
Polignano a Mare - 2 nights here https://photos.app.goo.gl/KaymCLNkwRY1Es3q6
Brief stop in Putignano - just coffee & cake https://photos.app.goo.gl/Uoy8FXgHutEAt5wJ7
Agriturismo Masseria Storica Pilapalucci, 3 nights out in the middle of nowhere. Lovely quiet spot among olive & almond groves, some old Trulli, and Slow Food mentioned the restaurant there https://photos.app.goo.gl/nu5AfiyVjjBgbw156
Brief stop in Trani - also coffee only https://photos.app.goo.gl/3tFGptPQRYFZJ81K9
Gargano & Vieste - 3 nights https://photos.app.goo.gl/m5JQf5EPrcAcm1HHA
Eating and drinking totally local, as zero km as possible. Haven’t been disappointed yet, even by cheapish wines.
Heading back to Rome tomorrow for a few days, then Melbourne, which has far better coffee than anywhere in Italy, and I think Mother Dough in Hawthorn makes better pizzas.