If you’re planning your first trip to the Puglia region—also known as the heel of Italy—you’re in for a treat. This part of southern Italy offers an unforgettable mix of historic centers, sandy ...

Fun in the sun awaits in these picturesque Italian beach towns. Located in Calabria, the toe of Italy's boot, Tropea is nicknamed the Pearl of the Tyrrhenian. Legend has it that this town on the Coast ...

We’d counted down to our time in Puglia, Italy, for a year. My husband and I, our adult children and their partners, nine adults in all, gathered in Puglia for two weeks of exploring, eating, swimming ...

The new hotel offers a luxury home base in the heart of Puglia, Italy's Valle d’Itria, a short walk from the town of Ostuni. Vista Ostuni is true to its name with magnificent views over fields of ...

It started with a conversation in a train station café in Rome—one of those spontaneous, caffeine-fueled chats with an older Italian woman who asked where I was headed. When I listed the usual spots, ...

Like Matera, Gravina in Puglia stretches along a ravine that’s punctured with cave homes. But you won’t find tourist hordes.