Locorotondo and Alberobello

For three nights, we slept in Martina Franca, Apulia, a good base for exploring Locorotondo and Alberobello, and to make an excursion to Taranto for their Good Friday events. And Martina has its own treasures as I'll report in another post.

Martimna France is located on a vast, 437 meters above sea level, limestone plateau. Since prehistoric times the local have been building trulli (singular trullo) which are dry stone huts - no cement - with conical roofs.

Our first day trip would be walking to Locorotonda, a white city on a hill, then training to Alberobello, a city with over 1000 trulli, then training back to Martine.

A trulo seen on the walk to Locorotondo.


The walk started out wet but the rain eventually almost stopped with many trulli to be seen on the way.






And after 6 kms, we are rewarded with a view to Locorotondo.






Some young folks in the Locorotondo Cathedral were preparing an image of Jesus for the Good Friday procession.


It's a loved church for sure.


While the back streets of Locorotondo we find a witch hanging from a wire; part of the pagan rituals of Apulia. More on that later.






And on to the train for a short ride to Alberobello.


Alberobello is truely the center of trulli tourism in Apulia, Italy. You can see why....Some of the trulli have whitewashed ancient symbols on the roofs. There is even a trulli church.