Trip: 2024 Mar/Apr: Rome; Naples; Sorrento; Salerno; Lecce; Matera; Bari

March/ April 2024 trip: Rome, Naples, Sorrento, Salerno, Lecce, Mater,; Bari
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An adventure circling around cities and towns in southern Italy.

Polignano A Mare

Bari is interesting and, in parts, quite picturesque. So it’s worthy of a visit on its own, but it’s also a great place from which...

Bari Cathedral

After I returned from my morning’s side trip to Trani, I had a late lunch in Bari. It seriously disrupts the order of the universe...

Trani

Another day, another side trip out of Bari. This morning I took a train to Trani. I chose that destination solely so I could type...

Castello Svevo

I teased you in this morning’s post by saying that because of my late return from Alberobello I wouldn’t have time to see a lot...

Alberobello

I arrived in Bari yesterday afternoon and today I left town and headed to Alberobello, just over an hour bus ride away. Arriving in Bari...

Bari

This morning I traveled from Matera to Bari for a four night stay in the latter. Yes, the same Bari where I changed trains when...

Matera’s New Town

Due to a late lunch, I didn’t have a lot of time to do stuff this afternoon. I spent it visiting three sights in what...

Sassi Matera

By rights, the title of this post should be either “The Sassi of Matera” or “Matera’s Sassi,” not “Sassi Matera.” Google Translate tells me that...

Lecce to Matera

If you’ve been following along, you might remember from my post about my expedition from Salerno to Lecce that I said I had another hellish...

Last Wander in Lecce

This is my last day in Lecce. I spent this afternoon the way I started my time here. I went for a wander in Lecce....