# Two nights in the Itria Valley from Bari: Grotte di Castellana, a night in a trullo, wine tasting and a masseria in Ostuni Direct flight to Bari and a car: Castellana caves, a night in an Alberobello trullo, a white-wine tasting, Locorotondo and Martina Franca, and a masseria near Ostuni. Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/apulia/itria-valley/itineraries/two-nights-trullo-and-tastings · Revisado: 2026-11-12 Dónde: Itria Valley The Itria Valley fits into two nights if you take it in order: the Castellana caves and the trulli of Alberobello on the first day, the white villages at the heart of the valley and its wine on the second, and Ostuni, already looking out to sea, on the last. You arrive with a direct flight to Bari, hire the car at the airport and never drive more than an hour at a stretch. ## How do you get there from Spain? Fly to Bari Karol Wojtyła (BRI), with direct flights from Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia and Seville. Hire the car at the airport: the Grotte di Castellana are about 45 minutes away and Alberobello a little over an hour. Brindisi (BDS) is closer to Ostuni, but from Spain you reach it with a connection. Without a car you can reach Alberobello, Locorotondo and Martina Franca by Ferrovie del Sud Est trains from Bari, but the tasting, the masseria and the caves need a car. ## Where to stay? AccommodationAreaWho it suits TrullideaRione Monti, AlberobelloTo sleep inside a trullo in the World Heritage district, from €160 a night Masseria Il FrantoioOstuni countrysideSixteenth-century farm with thousand-year-old olive trees, pool and restaurant Park Hotel San MicheleMartina FrancaAlternative with free parking and a summer pool, within walking distance of the old town ## With children The caves are the part they like most: under-5s do not pay and with little ones the partial route of 50 minutes is enough. Trullidea has trulli for four people, and the masseria has family rooms, a pool and a playground. Note that Osteria del Tempo Perso only admits children from age 6 and that the I Pàstini tasting is for adults, although ages 6 to 17 pay €7. ## El plan ### Friday · 10:00 · Grotte di Castellana You land in Bari, pick up the car and in about 45 minutes you are at Castellana Grotte. Full 3 km route with a guide to the Grotta Bianca: €25 at the ticket office; buy online the day before. ### Friday · 15:30 · Alberobello and the Trullo Sovrano Half an hour by car. Leave your luggage at Trullidea, in the Rione Monti, and stroll through the two trulli districts. At 15:30 the Trullo Sovrano opens for the afternoon: €2.50. ### Friday · 18:00 · Night at Trullidea Check-in until 20:30 at the reception on Via Monte Sabotino. Go out again at dusk, when the district empties. ### Friday · 20:30 · Dinner at Il Poeta Contadino High Puglian cooking since 1977 on Via Indipendenza, a few minutes' walk away. Book. ### Saturday · 10:00 · Tasting at I Pàstini About 20 minutes by car to the winery, between Locorotondo and Martina Franca. Vineyards, cellar and a tasting of verdeca, bianco d'Alessano and minutolo whites in an hour: €15, by reservation. On Saturday there are only morning visits. ### Saturday · 11:30 · Locorotondo Ten minutes by car. White lanes, cummerse houses and the viewpoint over the valley. ### Saturday · 13:00 · Lunch at Bina Fresh pasta of the day under eighteenth-century vaults, inside the old town of Locorotondo. Book. ### Saturday · 16:30 · Martina Franca Ten minutes by car. Piazza Roma, the Palazzo Ducale and the basilica of San Martino. Then about half an hour to the masseria. ### Saturday · 19:30 · Masseria Il Frantoio A night in the Ostuni countryside, among thousand-year-old olive trees. The house has a restaurant: ask about dinner when you book. If you are interested in the farm's oil tasting, an hour with a sommelier, request it in advance. ### Sunday · 10:00 · Ostuni, the white city A few minutes by car. Park below and climb the whitewashed lanes to the cathedral. ### Sunday · 13:00 · Lunch at Osteria del Tempo Perso Ostuni cooking in a sixteenth-century oven beside the cathedral. Book. Afterwards, a little over an hour by car to Bari airport. ## Un consejo más If you arrive on an afternoon flight, reverse Friday: Alberobello at sunset and the caves on Sunday morning, on the way to the airport. ## Cuándo no ir Do not do the getaway from Sunday to Tuesday: on Monday Il Poeta Contadino, Bina and Osteria del Tempo Perso are closed. ## Preguntas frecuentes ### How much does the getaway cost? Without flights, with the two nights, car, caves, tasting and meals, from about €350 per person. ### Do you need a car? Yes, for the caves, the winery and the masseria. The Ferrovie del Sud Est trains only link Bari with Alberobello, Locorotondo and Martina Franca. ### Can you do it in winter? In part: the caves are open all year, but the trulli are cold and damp and the countryside is duller. ### What is the best day for the tasting? Tuesday to Friday, or Saturday morning. On Sunday there are no visits. ## Dónde dormir if you're flying - **Trullidea, albergo diffuso in the trulli**, desde 160 € / night: Trullidea is the way to sleep in a trullo right in the Rione Monti, Alberobello's World Heritage district. It is not a single-building hotel but an albergo diffuso: seven trulli spread through the streets of the district, with a shared reception on Via Monte Sabotino. It was opened in 1997 by Antonella Guido and Dino Barnaba, and was the first albergo diffuso in Apulia. According to the house, its trulli date from the 15th century. The trulli Each trullo bears a name in dialect that tells something about life in the past. The simplest, Cawce (“lime”), for 2 people and 22 m², and Pagghje (“straw”, from the mattresses of old), for 3 and 32 m², start from €160 a night. The mid-range ones, Finestrodde (“little window”), Casedde and Papanunn (“great-grandfather”), of 35 to 55 m² and for 2 to 4 people, from €180. The largest, Canèle and Tristidde, for 4 people and 40 or 50 m², from €280. Inside they are like real trulli: thick whitewashed walls, few windows, domed ceilings and simple wooden furniture. They have wifi, heating and some have a fireplace for winter. They have no air conditioning: the stone walls keep the cool, but in August it can be hot. Some admit families of two adults and two children. Breakfast and services Breakfast, with products from local artisans, is served in the trullo or in a partner bar. The trulli are cleaned every day. They offer half board in partner restaurants in the town, airport transfers on request and hire of bikes, e-bikes and Segways. There is a free shuttle to the station, useful if you arrive without a car. Dogs of any size are admitted, also in the common areas. No smoking inside. Getting there Reception is at Via Monte Sabotino, 10, in the monumental trulli zone: they wait for you there to accompany you to your trullo. Check-in is from 14:00 to 20:30 and check-out from 8:30 to 10:30. From Bari, an hour by car heading south; without a car, Ferrovie del Sud Est train to Alberobello and the house shuttle. - **Masseria Il Frantoio**: Masseria Il Frantoio is a fortified farm in the Ostuni countryside that has been working for five centuries: the house was founded around 1500 and extended until 1800. Today it is rural accommodation within a 72-hectare organic estate, converted in 2004, surrounded by ancient olive trees, on the plain between Ostuni and the sea, a few minutes from the beaches of Torre Canne and the Dune Costiere park. It is the masseria night of the trip: countryside, silence and cooking from the estate. The rooms It has 16 rooms opened in the old buildings of the house without knocking down the walls, with period furniture. The Classic and the Privilege are for two people, of about 20 m²; the Superior, for two or three, of 25 m²; the Junior Suite, of 50 m² and up to five people, occupies the 16th-century part and is the oldest room in the house; the Family rooms admit up to five with an extra bed. On the upper floor of the oldest part is the owners' house, for two or three. There is air conditioning and heating. In one part of the website the house speaks of six rooms and in another of 16: confirm the type when you book. The estate and the table Breakfast is what the house takes most care over: freshly made biscuits and cakes, eggs and milk of the day and jams from the estate's fruit. They produce organic extra virgin olive oil with PDO status, liqueurs and jams, and have a restaurant and a cellar of more than 75 labels, all from Apulia. The estate also offers a one-hour oil tasting: a visit to the masseria, the underground mill and the olive grove, and a technical tasting of four oils with an oil sommelier. Book by email, phone or WhatsApp. There is a pool with views, a garden with olive grove, a picnic area, barbecue on request, a playground, board games and a babysitting service. Wifi and parking are free. Italian, English, French and German are spoken. Animals are admitted on request, without a supplement. Getting there It is on the old state road 16, at kilometre 874, between Ostuni and Fasano. From Bari airport, take the dual carriageway towards Brindisi and the first Ostuni exit, then the old SS16 towards Fasano. From Ostuni, a few minutes by car. You need a car. - **Park Hotel San Michele**: Park Hotel San Michele is Martina Franca's classic hotel: a villa surrounded by a centuries-old park of more than 5,000 m², on Viale Carella, a few minutes' walk from the old town. It is the practical base in the Itria Valley if you want a hotel with services, parking and a pool, and to walk out to dinner in the Baroque centre. A house with history The hotel stands on the lands of a 19th-century masseria, that of San Michele. In 1899 it was bought by the Aquaro brothers, snow merchants: they gathered snow in winter in ice-houses dug into the rock and sold it in the coastal cities for making ice cream and sorbets. When industrial ice arrived, the ice-house became a wine cellar, and in the 1950s the masseria became an Art Nouveau-style villa, with marble and wrought iron by local craftsmen, while the vines gave way to the garden. In 1974 it opened as a hotel, and in the 1980s it added a new wing. The rooms It has 83 bright rooms, with views of the park and the pool or towards the city: singles of 16 m², Comfort of 21 m² for two, Superior and Family for three, and Premium of 40 to 45 m² for up to four people. All have air conditioning, minibar, kettle for tea and coffee, wifi and television, and a bathroom with shower. Services The outdoor pool, in the middle of the park, is free for guests in summer; the website gives the season as 1 June to 30 September on one page and May to September on another. The indoor parking is free. There is a restaurant serving local cooking with zero-kilometre produce, 24-hour reception, a lift, luggage storage and paid transfers from stations and airports. The concierge books beaches, excursions and visits to oil mills and wineries. At reception Italian and English are spoken. Small dogs are admitted, up to 10 kg and 35 cm, with a possible supplement. The tourist tax is €1.50 per person per night, up to five nights. Getting there It is at Viale Domenico Carella, 9, outside the wall and near the old town. Martina Franca is a little over an hour from Bari by car, and has a Ferrovie del Sud Est station. ## Dónde dormir if you're driving - **Masseria Il Frantoio**: Masseria Il Frantoio is a fortified farm in the Ostuni countryside that has been working for five centuries: the house was founded around 1500 and extended until 1800. Today it is rural accommodation within a 72-hectare organic estate, converted in 2004, surrounded by ancient olive trees, on the plain between Ostuni and the sea, a few minutes from the beaches of Torre Canne and the Dune Costiere park. It is the masseria night of the trip: countryside, silence and cooking from the estate. The rooms It has 16 rooms opened in the old buildings of the house without knocking down the walls, with period furniture. The Classic and the Privilege are for two people, of about 20 m²; the Superior, for two or three, of 25 m²; the Junior Suite, of 50 m² and up to five people, occupies the 16th-century part and is the oldest room in the house; the Family rooms admit up to five with an extra bed. On the upper floor of the oldest part is the owners' house, for two or three. There is air conditioning and heating. In one part of the website the house speaks of six rooms and in another of 16: confirm the type when you book. The estate and the table Breakfast is what the house takes most care over: freshly made biscuits and cakes, eggs and milk of the day and jams from the estate's fruit. They produce organic extra virgin olive oil with PDO status, liqueurs and jams, and have a restaurant and a cellar of more than 75 labels, all from Apulia. The estate also offers a one-hour oil tasting: a visit to the masseria, the underground mill and the olive grove, and a technical tasting of four oils with an oil sommelier. Book by email, phone or WhatsApp. There is a pool with views, a garden with olive grove, a picnic area, barbecue on request, a playground, board games and a babysitting service. Wifi and parking are free. Italian, English, French and German are spoken. Animals are admitted on request, without a supplement. Getting there It is on the old state road 16, at kilometre 874, between Ostuni and Fasano. From Bari airport, take the dual carriageway towards Brindisi and the first Ostuni exit, then the old SS16 towards Fasano. From Ostuni, a few minutes by car. You need a car. - **Park Hotel San Michele**: Park Hotel San Michele is Martina Franca's classic hotel: a villa surrounded by a centuries-old park of more than 5,000 m², on Viale Carella, a few minutes' walk from the old town. It is the practical base in the Itria Valley if you want a hotel with services, parking and a pool, and to walk out to dinner in the Baroque centre. A house with history The hotel stands on the lands of a 19th-century masseria, that of San Michele. In 1899 it was bought by the Aquaro brothers, snow merchants: they gathered snow in winter in ice-houses dug into the rock and sold it in the coastal cities for making ice cream and sorbets. When industrial ice arrived, the ice-house became a wine cellar, and in the 1950s the masseria became an Art Nouveau-style villa, with marble and wrought iron by local craftsmen, while the vines gave way to the garden. In 1974 it opened as a hotel, and in the 1980s it added a new wing. The rooms It has 83 bright rooms, with views of the park and the pool or towards the city: singles of 16 m², Comfort of 21 m² for two, Superior and Family for three, and Premium of 40 to 45 m² for up to four people. All have air conditioning, minibar, kettle for tea and coffee, wifi and television, and a bathroom with shower. Services The outdoor pool, in the middle of the park, is free for guests in summer; the website gives the season as 1 June to 30 September on one page and May to September on another. The indoor parking is free. There is a restaurant serving local cooking with zero-kilometre produce, 24-hour reception, a lift, luggage storage and paid transfers from stations and airports. The concierge books beaches, excursions and visits to oil mills and wineries. At reception Italian and English are spoken. Small dogs are admitted, up to 10 kg and 35 cm, with a possible supplement. The tourist tax is €1.50 per person per night, up to five nights. Getting there It is at Viale Domenico Carella, 9, outside the wall and near the old town. Martina Franca is a little over an hour from Bari by car, and has a Ferrovie del Sud Est station.