Martina Franca is a fourteenth-century town located in the middle of the Itria Valley, in the municipal area of the Bosco delle Pianelle. Already existing in the Neolithic, it is known for its Baroque architecture and for the Valle d'Itria music festival.

Alberobello is a village in Apulia whose architectural uniqueness and historical importance have been recognized by Unesco as a World Heritage Site since 1996. Here are the trulli, typical limestone houses dating back to the prehistoric age and still used in this region.

Matera is one of the oldest inhabited cities in the world— people have been living there since the Neolithic period. It's a Unesco World Heritage site that has inspired writers and movie makers and it was the new European Capital of Culture in 2019.

A Messapian city, which hosts in its archaeological park a vast necropolis dated to its origins, Manduria is a gorgeous town famous for the production of Primitivo wine, a well-known typical delicacy to be discovered on a magical journey through a local winery.

Not far from Taranto we find Grottaglie, a small village known as the "city of ceramics". Its historic center contains an ancient church from the 14th century and the district of ceramics, which includes a museum dedicated to this art, housed inside the Episcopio Castle.

On the Taranto seafront you can find beautiful mermaids comfortably seated on the rocks. These statues were made by the sculptor Francesco Trani in solid marine concrete to resist the corrosive action of the waves. Currently renovated, they bring to light one of the oldest local legends, according to which the waters of the city of the two seas were much appreciated by these creatures, who chose a shoal between the coast and the Cheradi islands as the seat of their enchanted world.

The National Archaeological Museum of Taranto, one of the most important in Italy, was born in 1887 and has been located ever since in the former Convent of the Alcantarini Friars. It exhibits one of the largest collections of artifacts dating back to the Magna Graecia era, including the famous gold of Taranto.

It is one of the monuments of the Borgo Nuovo district. Dedicated to the sailors of the Italian Navy, it was made in bronze by the sculptor Vittorio Di Cobertaldo in 1974, commissioned by Admiral Angelo Iachino, commander of the fleet in Taranto during the Second World War, as a gift to the city after the famous "Taranto Night".

The Cathedral of San Cataldo in Taranto is the oldest Apulian cathedral, built by the Byzantines in the second half of the 10th century. In October 1964, Pope Paolo VI elevated it to the dignity of a minor basilica.

The Aragonese castle occupies the extreme corner of the island on which the Borgo Antico district stands. Built to protect Taranto in ancient times, its previous Greek, Byzantine and Norman-Swabian-Angevin structures are still visible. It is now home of the Navy.

Get on a boat and let yourself be led to meet the most long-lived and spectacular guardians of Taranto: the dolphins, which for over four thousand years have inhabited the waters overlooking this land rich in history and traditions.

Salento is called the Maldives of Italy and is characterized by very long coasts, both rocky and sandy, and spectacular beaches, among the most beautiful in Italy, with waters in the wonderful colors of blue, azure and turquoise.

Located in the Hypogeum of Palazzo de Beaumont Bonelli, this fascinating underground site has the unique peculiarity of enclosing elements of all eras starting from the foundation of Taranto by the Spartans (VIII century BC) up to the seventeenth century.