I had Italian breakfast included in the room rate. They gave me the list of 12 products to make a choice of 3. The rest will be payable extra… So you can have 1 croissant, coffee, glas of juice. Then you can start the day, planning 15 kms walk… 🙂 That’s Italy… My host was so nice to give me lift by his car to the bus stop in the town 5 kms, 5 minutes. Thank you! The FES company bus (1,80euro) took me to Monopoli, where I boarded the train to Ostuni (2,50 euro). Ostuni is one of the best preserved old towns built on the mountain. Aha, the station in down there and the town is 3 kms away and 200 m up. No bus… I decided to walk, enjoying the view of the mountain and olive trees around. Yes, old Ostuni is lovely with the labyrinth of cobbled, narrow streets. geranium flowers in the windows and lazy cats posing for the pictures. The tourists are present but not many and only on the main trail from Piazza Liberta to the cathedral. Nice view down from the walls… Ostuni is worth the trip! On tha way back I stopper in the charming coastal town of Monopoli (not Monopoly! :). There is nice, little port and the castle overlooking the port entrance. Narrow streets around the port are picturesque. On the other side of the castle at the bottom of the walls you will see miniature beach. People are sunbathing…
Do you know the term “Italian bordello?” Imagine: the rail company here has also bus network. But the buses do not operate from thei railway stations! In Monopoli they operare from the bar located at Roma St 51! Check it twice otherwise you will miss the bus like me!
I made one more stopover in Locorotondo, where is well restored but little old town. No trulli here, like in Alberobello, but you can find them in the countryside around. Long but hazy day with many attractions!
