Surroundings

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  APULIAN FESTIVAL

  Every season in Puglia is punctuated by the frenetic rhythms of the music and the food.
  
  This is why those who arrive in the land of welcoming and good food can trace its path to the rhythm of music proposed in the summer from Notte della Taranta of Novoli, for an audience that is looking for primordial harmonies, or the Locus Festival with his search for a musical philosophy that makes us rediscover the big international names from jazz to electronic music.
  
  For lovers of opera and symphonic music, the Festival of the Itria Valley in nearby Martina Franca is one of those events that to the bel canto combines the magic of a baroque location that leaves you breathless. It will also be satisfied the gourmet tourist which will be divided between the flavors of the now historic Mercatino del Gusto di Maglie or il Ceglie Food Festival with his starred cooking show.

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  RITES AND TRADITIONS

  Each south has its magic. In any southern hemisphere there is a Christian tradition and a pagan one. In any south there is a tradition that merges with the passion, understood in its religious and sometimes mystical sense.
  
  Salento is a land of Pappamusci, in some municipalities they call them Perdoni, men with their faces covered that punctuate the rites of Holy Week, the brothers couples belonging to different religious congregations.
  
  But the tradition of Salento is also the fire festival in Novoli, near Lecce, it has become unique and exceptional show. Religious traditions are associated with the pagan, irreverent and equally unmissable. Puglia is home to one of the most important Carnivals in Italy, that of Putignano, which is the feast of giant papier-mache.

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  THE STREET OF TRULLI

  Martina Franca, Alberobello, Locorotondo, Cisternino, Ceglie: This is the heart of the Itria Valley, a strip of land where the ancient olive trees landscape is dotted by stone buildings typical symbol of rural Puglia.
  
  They are the trulli, small caskets in dry stone, with typical roofs with cone shape made of stone blocks as if they were small mosaics and base whitewashed with lime. Guests can visit Alberobello with its 1000 trulli and its spectacular Light Festival. Internationally renowned artists, both at Christmas time both in the heart of the summer season, are called to give light to the trulli through art installations and video mapping.

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  HANDMADE

  From papier-mâché Puppetss of Salento to lucky pumi of Grottaglie ‘till the majolica tradition of Laterza. A thread that is the tradition of an ancient and handmade art. Puglia is a land of great artisans and deep traditions.
  
  A few kilometers from Vinilia you can immerse themselves in a world of art and creativity. Laterza, in the western side of the province of Taranto, home to the oldest ceramic tradition in Puglia, enough to dedicate a museum, the Muma, in which are preserved valuable collections identified around the world.
  
  In Lecce, on the other hand, the Castle of Carlo V, you can admire the Museo dei papier mâché, made up with 80 of the major works of the masters which enrich the shops around the church of Santa Croce. And Grottaglie, where clay matter becomes true artistic production, the typical pumi up to design ceramics, pottery neighborhood is a treasure to go to find out.

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  WONDERFUL LANDSCAPE

  A few kilometers from Vinilia is possible to live a breathtaking experience for a tourist who wants to compete with the fascinating power of nature, the Gravina of Laterza, 200 meters deep with a length of 12 km in the best tradition of American canyons.
  
  From the majesty of the largest canyon in Europe to the richness of the sea, from the gravina that attracts fans of climbing to the places where they go to breed the dolphins. Crowned as the province with the most crystalline sea, Taranto has developed a micro-climate that its waters have become a veritable nursery for dolphins.
  
  Thanks to the staff of researchers and fans of the Jonian Dolphin you can join an excursion on a boat in search of dolphins.

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  ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY

  Immersed in the land of wine a few steps from the golden dunes, within walking distance of Vinilia, Manduria with the interesting heritage of the archaeological park and its Salina dei Monaci, a nature reserve that marks the passage of seasonal flamingos, nicely told in' app Visit Manduria.
  
  It is a treasure chest bursting with treasures to go and discover the city of Taranto a few kilometers from Vinilia. They call it the capital of Ancient Greece and its museum, the MarTa, it is the greatest archaeological and historical expression.
  
  Tourism and attractive potential that captures the visitor and leads him from the Ori of Taranto to the ancient ruins of the Doric temple that hint at a few steps the majestic Castello Aragonese