Castel del Monte Tours and Tickets

From the UNESCO-listed Castel del Monte to a number of medieval–era fortresses, Puglia offers an array of destination-worthy castles. Get out of Bari, and enjoy a direct passport to the sights, on this full-day tour. After pickup at your accommodation, you’ll visit the distinctive Castel del Monte before continuing up the coast to Bitonto, Bisceglie, Trani, and Barletta.

Discover the highlights of Puglia on a private full-day tour from Bari. After a walking history tour of Bari’s old town, head inland to the medieval village of Aberobello, known for its distinctive prehistoric-style Trulli dwellings. Visit the ancient cave city at the Sassi of Matera, where homes and churches are carved directly to the rock in a complex stone labyrinth, and admire the World Heritage-listed Castel del Monte tucked into the Puglian hills. Throughout the day, enjoy the personalized attention of a private guide who can customize the tour based on your interests.

With our tour you can visit Trani and Castel del monte in just one day starting from Trani. The price includes the castle guide.

The historic town of Trani and UNESCO-listed Castel del Monte are two of the most alluring sights in Puglia, but visiting them both in one day by train or bus can be frustrating. With this driving tour, enjoy convenient pickup at the location of your choice and hassle-free transportation via air-conditioned private minivan. Explore the seaside town and castle at your own pace, with time to shop, dine, and take photos.

If you have not come with this tour you can visit Trani and Castel del Monte in just one day, reaching Trani with Trenitalia and Castel del Monte trains with a minivan transfer. The package also includes two guided tours

Puglia is rich in historic and cultural treasures, and known for its dazzling coastline and superb cuisine. With this multi-day tour, take in the best of the region without the hassle of travel planning. Arrive in Bari via high-speed train from Rome and visit highlights like the UNESCO-listed towns of Alberobello and Matera, the baroque jewel of Lecce, and the whitewashed villages of Locorotondo and Ostuni.

Puglia is rich in UNESCO-listed cultural sights, delightful seaside towns, and excellent food and wine—but the logistics of organizing a multi-day trip can be daunting. With this tour, see the highlights of the region in just a few days without the hassle of arranging accommodations or transportation. Take in the historic towns of Otranto and Matera, the Castel del Monte castle, the fishing villages of Polignano al Mare and Monopoli, and more.

Get to know the Puglia and Campania regions of southern Italy on this private 7-day tour from Rome, including accommodation. Explore the Roman ruins of Benevento and the Baroque city of Lecce; visit UNESCO World Heritage sites such as the Sassi of Matera and the Trulli of Alberobello; and stop at towns including Leuca, Otranto, and Bari.

I will be your tour angel who will take you around Puglia through the most beautiful and evocative places of this fascinating region. Personalized or themed tours to let you experience the emotions that only this land can give you. The contact with nature, the crystalline sea, the characteristic villages that preserve their ancient history and local traditions intact. The healthiest and tastiest gastronomy in all of southern Italy, with products from the sea and the land. The fall of the evening gives these places a unique magic that is reflected in its numerous castles, in its watchtowers on the sea, in the clubs of the youth nightlife, in the stone of ancient Romanesque cathedrals and in its always cheerful and welcoming people. Contact me and your holiday in Puglia will be unforgettable and .... if you want it ...... I will make you feel like a real Apulian !!!!! ... I'm waiting for you !!

The Castel del Monte, a 13th-century castle known for its octagonal shape and its eight towers, is one of the most important medieval landmarks in southern Italy. On this private tour of the castle, you’ll admire its exterior, discover its interior (entry own expense), and learn all about its colorful history from your guide. Pick your own departure time to suit your schedule, and get up close and personal with the UNESCO-listed site.

Castel del Monte, the famous octagonal fortress symbol of the crown of Frederick II of Swabia and magnificent testimony of the reign of one of the most fascinating and mysterious emperor of medieval history. A hour of tour inside the internal and external environments of the Frederick's manor, to better understand what lies behind the apparent simplicity and sobriety of a castle that once looked much richer and more decorated than nowadays. Let yourself be accompanied by our guides, who will reveal details that would otherwise be impossible to notice by simple visitor's eye. The tour is on request and does not include the transfer to Castel del Monte. Meeting point at CAT parking. The entrance ticket to the castle (7 euros) and the cost of the shuttle bus (1 euro) are not included.

The guide will pick you up from the port of Bari, the airport, ANY hotel in Bari or its surroundings and bring you to Castel del Monte. Castel del Monte was built on top of a hill where you can see a good part of the Puglia Region and the cities of the coast with a beautiful landscape. It is certainly the most important building that has left the Emperor Frederick II Hohenstaufen of Swabia, full of mysteries not fully revealed. In 1996 it was declared a UNESCO World Heritage for the perfection of its shape and the harmonious union of cultural elements from northern Europe, the Islamic world and classical antiquity and because it represented the personality of its creator Frederick II Hohenstaufen. The tour you will discover the exteriors and interiors of the 'castle' and describe the secrets of the historical context in which it was built. At the end of the tour you will be given enough free time to take pictures or just relax in the green surrounding the castle.

The paths are immersed in the Alta Murgia National Park, walking you have the feeling of being in a large open space in which to wander with your gaze towards infinite horizons characterized by the pungent smells of mint and wild thyme in the intense green of the wheat fields or rocky pastures between the evident yellow of the ferula, meeting orchids and cricket hawks. In this land, emperors, farmers, shepherds, lumberjacks, together with the climate, have made the landscape and its culture unique. On the way you will meet beautiful farms, you will cross oak forests, along the ancient sheep tracks of transhumance you will discover jazzi and post offices, you will walk along panoramic mule tracks and among the wheat fields you will admire ancient straw hay and fish. On the hills, flocks of sheep will mingle with the characteristic sharp rocks that give this territory its name (murex = murice> murgia).

Our unique tours because in addition to discovering the wonders of Puglia, they give you the opportunity to experience all the experiences that characterize the places you visit, try the most authentic flavors.

Unique experience for nature and E-MTB lovers. With the professionalism and assistance of the cycle guide you will have the opportunity to explore the Gran Sasso paths in total safety on a comfortable latest generation E-MTB and to get to know places of historical and cultural interest. The Campo Imperatore plateau, located at an altitude varying between 1500 and 1900 meters, is about twenty kilometers long. The peaks that delimit and surround what is commonly defined as "Little Tibet" are among the highest and most suggestive of the Apennines. What is most striking in Campo Imperatore are the spaces, the vast dimensions that are always totally visible. The endless pastures are used for the summer pasture of sheep flocks and herds of cattle and horses that transhuman in Puglia in winter, in a ritual that has been repeated for thousands of years, transhumance.

Alberobello, in the region of Puglia in Southern Italy, is a strange and picturesque destination, which is becoming an important fixture on travel itineraries, as well as independent travelers. The small town has been included in the UNESCO world heritage site. Looking like igloos, constructed out of pure stone, the beehive-shape structures, have origins that dates back to the 15th century and maybe older. You can not find trulli nowhere else in the world When the Emperor Frederick II built this castle near Bari in the 13th century, he imbued it with symbolic significance, as reflected in the location, the mathematical and astronomical precision of the layout and the perfectly regular shape. A piece of medieval military architecture, the Islamic and the European Cistercian Gothic.

Discover with the Castel del Monte tour the fortress has always fascinated young and old with its beauty and its mysteries.

Get up close and personal with one of southern Italy’s most significant medieval landmarks on this in-depth tour of the Castel del Monte in Puglia. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the 13th-century hilltop castle is renowned for its unique octagonal construction and fusion of different architectural traditions. In the company of your guide, explore inside and out, admire views overlooking the countryside, and learn all about its unusual history.

7-day tour in aggregation with other travelers through the most important and fascinating places from a historical and landscape point of view. You will visit 3 UNESCO sites and other beautiful towns in 7 days accompanied by expert local tour guides. You will spend the night in a hotel in the city center

If you are in trani and you want to explore the surrounding area, this is the tour for you. We will show you the city of Trani, the famous octagonal castle Castel del monte and the city of Barletta, an authentic discovery. You will taste the typical products of this part of Puglia such as the extra virgin olive oil of the variety "cultivar coratina", the "confetti" sugared almonds and the delicious burrata cheese from Andria.

Together with us you will have the unique opportunity to virtually visit one of the most fascinating castles in the world, through a guided tour made up of riddles and enigmas. By answering our questions you can access the different steps of the tour, thus having the opportunity to discover stories, historical and artistic aspects of the fortress that was an icon of the Federician empire. Will you be able to know the anecdotes related to the life of Frederick II of Swabia and his court? You just need a pen and paper and you're ready to enter the game! What are you waiting for? Discover with us the wonders and mysteries of Castel del Monte, comfortably from your sofa at home!

A holiday that enables you to savour the flavours, scents and sites of this wonderful area of Italy at it's best. I like giving my guests the best possible feel for Puglia where they can be in touch with the real Apulian life, meeting locals, admiring hidden corners and eating in selected restaurants where it's difficult to find many tourists with a guidebook in their hands. One doesn't feel like a tourist who is tramping around a pre-set journey. I'll take care of everything, including your accommodation, airport collection and I'll be more than pleased to lead you through a fantastic itinerary of discovery of the beautiful places, landscapes and extraordinary gourmet food of Puglia. Small group tour not larger than 6 people.

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Take a 1.5-hour guided tour of Castel del Monte, a 13th-century citadel and UNESCO World Heritage Site in Andria, Puglia. Built at the behest of Frederick II of Swabia, the fortress has a unique shape with 8 octagonal towers. It is necessary to buy the entrance tickets online on the castle website and book the access time (this is the Covid regulation still in force).