The capital of the trulli, where some fifteen hundred of the conical drystone houses fill the lanes of the Rione Monti and Aia Piccola quarters, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Go in May to June and September, for warm sea and lighter crowds.
- Province
- Bari
- People
- 11,000
Whitewashed walls rise to grey limestone cones, many painted with mysterious symbols.
What to eat in Alberobello
Hand-shaped orecchiette, medium-sized in the Itria Valley, with turnip tops and often fried breadcrumbs. Alberobello's essential plate: order them as your pasta course.
For lunch
Lunch is a pasqualino from a deli: a roll of tuna, capers, salami and cheese, created here in 1958 by Pasquale Dell'Erba.
Small rolls of capocollo around melting cheese, the Itria Valley's signature meat, grilled over embers or roasted. Once a farmers' late snack, now a classic of the valley.
Primitivo grows next door in Noci and Castellana Grotte, inside Gioia del Colle DOC. The Itria Valley pours it too.
Where to stay in Alberobello
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When to visit Alberobello
Average highs and lows across the year.
What to see first
Trulli of Alberobello
Alberobello's town of fifteen hundred whitewashed stone cones, drystone-built to dodge feudal taxes.
Read the guideWhere next
Polignano a Mare
About 25 km as the crow flies. Clifftop old town, Lama Monachile cove, cliff diving.
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