15,000
steps and our shortest day of driving,, only 20kms
This
morning we visited the city closest to our Trulli. We had only
stopped in Martina Franca on our way here to get groceries, so it was
time for a real visit to the old town. This city was the most
difficult to navigate, lots and lots of traffic circles to get to
where we could find parking. Like all of the cities we have visited
so far there is a ring road around the old town, so you don't
actually have to go into the tiny streets, but it was still a lot of
driving through a city to get to park. We parked at a multi level
parking garage and got a ticket to pay and validate when you
get out.
This
is the biggest city since we were in Naples. Nothing like that size,
but still not a little country town. Also unlike any other city we
have visited there is lots of Baroque architecture. The Basilica was
especially beautiful. Lots of other churches to visit, and many
palaces. Unfortunately most of the palaces were on tiny street and
you kinda only say the front door when you are standing 4-6 feet
away. There was an especially pretty semi circular portico building
that we had lunch in, pizza was really good again. We spent about 3
hours in town, just walking around, following a little map we had of
a walking tour. Again very few tourists around.
We found the machine to pay for our parking, 4 Euros since we were over 3 hours. When we got to the gate, the gate opened up by itself, I am guessing we did not have to pay but it would not have been fun to back out.
After
our time in Martina Franca we decided to drive to a spot close to our
rental where we had seen places you could pull on to the side of the
road and go for a little walk. This area has some especially pretty
Trulli, we have gone by here 5 or 6 times now and said we should
stop, so today we finally did it. One was for sale, a little to much
of a fixer upper for us I think.
Back
to our rental for our last night here. The kitty cat that I have
been spoiling with cheese is waiting at the door for us, she is going
to miss us coming back tomorrow night. Tomorrow night we are
actually staying not far from where we are right now, but first we
need to drive back to Bari, about an hour away to return our rental
car, then the rest of our travel will be done by train.
We
have had a great stay here, it is a great location for visiting
around Puglia and the little towns.
https://www.pugliadeitrulli.com/en/trullo/trullo-dellaia/
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| Arriving at Martina Franca |
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| Palazzo Ducale |
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| The nicest gate to enter the city |
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| The paper map that we had with the 4 or 5 routes to follow |
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| These were in many places to follow 1 route |
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| Not adjusted for daylight saving time |
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| The Basilica |
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| Not sure the story here |
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| The portico |
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| Another Baroque church |
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| Cool dome |
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| Another gate |
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| I told the guy "Piccolo" and pointed at the dog. That is as much Italians as I could muster for a conversation. He laughed. |
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| This one was just outside old town |
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| Could not find the tower, I wonder why LOL |
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| Wendy is happy the GPS did not send her this way |
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| Not sure the story here either, no comments. |
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| Very quiet in old town |
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| Another tower with a small truck |
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| They did not overdue the basil |
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| I paid an extra 2 euros for the spicy salami |
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| Very few building were painted |
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| A small square with very old small houses |
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| Doors to Palazzo with fancy balconies |
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| World's smallest bar |
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| They have a light system on top, red and green, that shows availability |
On our trulli walk
