Top Alberobello & Locorotondo Arts & Design

Alberobello’s UNESCO-listed “trullo” dwellings are among the most unique sights in Puglia, and the Trullo Sovrano is the town’s crown jewel. With this advance ticket, visit the only trullo built on two levels and experience what is was like to live here as you take in the re-created period living area, kitchen, and bedroom. Stand beneath the conical roof that reaches 45 feet (14 meters) and admire the charming architecture.

See Puglia’s Locorotondo on a walking tour, and discover the highlights of one of Italy’s most pretty villages. Loved for its whitewashed and cone-roofed trulli houses, hilltop Locorotondo is a maze of lanes, and the best way to see it is with a private guide. You’ll enjoy a tour that’s personalized to you, and have the flexibility to see the sights that interest you most.

PEARLS OF MEMORY. FROM OBJECTS TO GESTURES OF TRADITION it is an interactive exhibition-museum, dedicated to the enhancement of ancient crafts and traditional knowledge. Inside the Sant'Anna di Renna complex, traditional gestures take shape through a wise use of technology, in an attempt to give back to memory and dignity the trades of the past such as the shoemaker, the trullaro and the towing just to name a few . The museum displays antique objects, traditional country and artisan utensils, photographic and audiovisual evidence. Nothing immobile, objects come to life through the most advanced techniques with sounds, videos and rooms that open when the visitor passes by. Not only the sight but also the hearing and the sense of smell become the protagonists thanks to the installation designed to involve and totally envelop the visitor.

Alberobello is a place to visit, above all because of the trulli, made of the local stone. Trulli is a word that derives from the Greek "tholos" (trans: "dome"), the typical shape of the buildings. Each whitewashed "trullo" is built with a lime or cement, and it is a piece of furniture that is connected to the kitchen and other rooms. The Trulli were strategically built to throw off the government to hide under the law and evade taxes, so they were meant to look like an uninhabited settlement. For this reason, the Trulls were built without mortar so they could easily be disassembled quickly if needed. Alberobello than anywhere else (more than 1000) and because of this town is now a listed UNESCO World Heritage Site.