Things to do in Costa dei Trulli, Puglia: The Best Nature & Parks

The Botanical Conservatory "I Giardini di Pomona" works at preserving the biodiversity of different plant species, providing comfortable accommodations with low impact in beautiful surroundings at the center of Apulia, where the tree provinces of Bari, Brindisi and Taranto meet. The 25 acres (10 hectars) of the Conservatory, devoted to organic farming, are located in Cisternino, the heart of the Itria Valley, also known as "The valley of the Trulli". The plant collection of Conservatory includes more than 800 antique fruit tree varieties. Among that, the collection of 560 fig tree species, one of the largest in the Mediterranean area, and the pomegranate collection with 45 varieties. In the center of the garden is hosted the famous Nagasaki Persimmon tree, surrounded by a beautiful lavender labyrinth. The agriturism "I Giardini di Pomona" offers hospitality in their renovated Trulli, which have been recently restaured with great care. The Conservatory I Giardini di Pomona can be visited upon appointment every day (by phone or email), the visit takes about 1.30 hours. Tastings and shopping of products and plants are possible.

Costadeitrulli is a tourism website managed by Logovia Ltd . Working closely with businesses , public bodies and local authorities , we work hard to ensure that our visitors will experience the best of this part of Puglia , little known compared to Salento and Gargano Coast of the Trulli area with a landscape heritage , artistic and cultural immense , we are sure you'll love. To do this , the staff : - provides useful information to tourists and potential visitors in order to get the best from a visit to this region of Puglia - promotes Costa dei Trulli in all parts of the world to attract visitors with marketing campaigns, online and offline - aims to be the meeting point for a system between the towns of the Costa dei Trulli, by making available to public and private online platform to advertise events for the sole purpose of seasonally adjust the flow of tourists

The Lama D’Antico Rock Park houses one of the most interesting rock settlements in Apulia. Here you can explore several structures which were part of the village (X-XV c. A.D.): -the imposing church carved into the rock, -cave-dwellings, -caves used as work-shops. In addition, in the park you can also visit two small lovely churches, St. John’s and St. Lawrence’s whose walls are frescoed in bright vivacious colours. The entire itinerary is set in a wonderful natural habitat rich of olive groves and Mediterranean maquis.