Puglia offers the best of Italy with fewer crowds—at least in the off-season.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At a hotel like Le Alcove in Alberobello, you can sleep in a trullo, a cozy, cocoon-like conical dwelling. Sample orecchiette, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dramatic limestone stacks and sweeps of sugary white sand at Baia delle Zagare, one of Puglia’s prettiest beaches - dpVUE.images ...

Travelers tend to visit Italy for its food, history, landscape and culture rather than its beaches. Sometimes, like in the Puglia region down in the country’s heel, all three come together magically.

Many will tell you this is the one of the best beaches in Italy. It is certainly one of the most iconic. Overlooked by a stone Roman bridge, and beautifully weathered churches, its cliffs are studded ...

Spiaggia della Purità is on Gallipoli’s Cittá Vecchia, an island settlement connected to the mainland by a bridge. This makes it the ideal choice for those who enjoy the convenience of having the sea ...

This sun-drenched southern region offers the best of Italy with fewer crowds—at least in the off-season. At a hotel like Le ...

The rocky coastline of this region of southern Italy abounds with sandy beaches which are often just a short walk from charming towns ensconced by pine forest, olive groves and the Adriatic sea. Many ...