Trulli of Alberobello

A town in Puglia filled with trulli, little whitewashed stone houses with conical grey roofs built without mortar, many painted with mysterious symbols. Around 1,500 of them crowd the Rione Monti and Aia Piccola districts, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Some are shops and some are holiday homes you can stay in.

Visit the Trullo Sovrano, the only two-storey trullo, and climb to the viewpoint by the church of Santa Lucia. The Itria Valley around it is dotted with more trulli and the white towns of Locorotondo and Ostuni.