Yet compared to other regions of Italy, Puglia — pronounced pool-yah ... forget the agreeable weather most of the year — and maps out how to make the most of a trip to this sunny region.

Puglia has taken the lead in southern Italy. The raw materials were always there – the towns, the food, the landscapes, the coastline, and the old manor houses, ripe for conversion to luxury hotels.

Comumente descrita como “o salto da bota”, fazendo uma analogia ao formato do mapa italiano, a região da Puglia vem despertando o interesse de quem busca uma Itália autêntica e parada no tempo.