Top Puglia Archaeology Tours

Explore how very different, friendly and playful Baroque style can be in the honey-colored “Florence of the South”. Visit Lecce, famed city of art and birthplace of the marvelous  "barocco Leccese". Besides the mesmerizing virtuously carved fine-grained honey-colored local limestone decorations of the impressing churches, monumental monasteries and renaissance and baroque style noble houses, which made Lecce so famous, the second most important and still kept alive artisanship is papier-mâché art. Discover how local craftsmen express their art in the numerous little papier-mâché "botteghe" in the historical district.

Metaponto is one of the most important ancient cities in Basilicata and has been symbol of the Hellenic culture. It is characterized by important archeological sites such as the Archeological Park of Apollonio Licio and the wonderful Tavole Palatine.

WELCOME to BARI!!!!! we will discover this AMAZING and BEAUTIFUL Mediterranean Capital! into the narrow streets of the beautiful white historical center and some full in lights boulevards! ready? let's go!! enjoy!!

Private guided tour during which you will have the opportunity to explore Brindisi and its many points of interest in the company of an expert guide

You'll have the opportunity to get to know a local tour guide and to walk in his company listening to the history and characteristics of Lecce.

Independent travelers will enjoy this 3-stop tour in Puglia, which provides transportation from Lecce but allows you to explore on your own. There's no need to rent a car; just sit back and enjoy the scenery on the way to Ostuni, Alberobello, and Polignano a Mare. Explore each town on your own, with some tips from your guide if you wish.

The experience combines fun and dynamism with artistic and historical cultural references, thus becoming unmissable.

Venture back to the days of gory Roman military battles during this immersive guided tour through the Canne della Battaglia, site of the Second Punic War. Learn the stories behind the ruins and the secrets behind Hannibal’s deadly campaign, which killed 55,000 troops. Perfect for ancient history-buffs, the archaeological tour also includes stops at an on-site necropolis and a rare pre-Roman clay pot collection.

Have you already seen the Archaeological Museum of Naples and think you have seen everything? Nothing more wrong. The archaeological museum MarTa of Taranto will amaze you and leave you breathless by the beauty of the precious artifacts displayed in a large exhibition dedicated to the Apulian Greece-Roman artefacts arranged according to the type of materials: marble sculptures, monumental tombs, soft stone sculptures , pottery of the necropolis, goldsmiths. The guided tour will take you to visit the rooms dedicated to marble sculptures, another room with sculptures, mosaics and epigraphs from public and private buildings. Following will visit the rooms dedicated to the pottery from the necropolis. The diamond point of the museum are the so-called Ori of Taranto (Golds of Taranto) which, in reality, are almost all of Canosa di Puglia town. The tour ends with a visit to the mosaics of the baths and villas of the Roman patricians, terracotta tools and the numismatic collection.

The guided tour starts from Piazza Castello square, the center of the major monuments of interest. Here we will visit the ruins of the Doric Temple of Poseidon dating back to the 6th century. B.C. with two Doric columns that bear witness to the ancient Magno-Greek temple. The tour continues with the visit of the Aragonese castle inside which there is the Navy: the first tower was built by the Byzantines in the eleventh century and over the centuries was expanded to the current conformation. Very close to the castle you will visit and travel the revolving bridge, symbol of Taranto, connecting the island of Borgo Antico with the peninsula of Borgo Nuovo. About 90 meters long, it was inaugurated in 1887 and overlooks a large navigable canal that unites the two seas: the Mar Grande with the Mar Piccolo. The tour concludes with a visit to the Cathedral of San Cataldo, built by the Byzantines in the second half of the tenth century, although remodeled with a Baroque façade in the mid-1700s.

Ruvo is a town of 25,000 inhabitants almost unknown but that worth a visit especially for the two jewels that it hides: the Jatta National Archaeological Museum and the Romanesque cathedral. Our visit will start from Jatta Museum, we will visit the only example in Italy of a nineteenth-century private collection. The exhibition is organized in 4 rooms: the first contains terracotta vases with geometric decorations dating back to the peucet age of the seventh and sixth centuries BC. The second room contains about 700 vases of Greek or local production. The third room contains over four hundred pieces and several craters positioned on a column. In the fourth and last room you can admire more than 270 artifacts and the vase of Talos. After the visit of the Museum, the tour continues in the historical center passing through the Aragonese tower towards the cathedral, one of the most important examples of Apulian Romanesque style.

The Metapontum archaeological site is one of the most impressive complexes dating from Magna Graecia in southern Italy, but interpreting the ruins on your own can be a challenge. With this tour, take a deep dive into ancient Greece with the insights of your guide. Admire the impressive temples, sanctuary, and agora, and take in the vast collection of unearthed artifacts that are now housed in the museum.

The tour is exclusive because the tourist visits Altamura, Matera and a typical Altamura oven with food and wine tasting, all aboard Ape Calessino (Tuk - Tuk)

Come and visit us in our eighteenth-century Masseria, we will take you to discover the centuries-old olive trees, the stages of production of extra virgin olive oil and the ancient underground oil mill. We will discover together the history of the territory, the peasant past of our Puglia and we will immerse ourselves in an expanse of secular plants with a unique beauty. We will create a guided tasting tour of extra virgin olive oil and learn to recognize the aromas and flavors of a quality extra virgin olive oil. We will thus be able to choose a good product, to keep it carefully and to enhance it in the kitchen.

We will tour the historic center of Lecce for about 2 hours. I will show you not only the most important Roman and Baroque monuments, but we will also discover some hidden corners of the city. I will tell you about its history, its traditions, its food! Lecce will surprise you!

It is not the classic touristic tour that I present, but a real immersion in the culture of my land through the discovery of the cities.

This full-day tour makes it easier than ever to explore Matera: travel via a private and comfortable vehicle, enjoy a slow pace walking tour learning all about the history and the life of its inhabitants. Visit the famous "Sassi" (cave dwellings) now a UNESCO World Heritage Site which allows you to step back in history. Wander the narrow alleys and enjoy stunning views over the Sassi at every turn. The main Piazza is surrounded by many interesting churches, you can often hear monks chanting or choirs practicing. Enjoy an optional lunch at a traditional restaurant.

The rock churches of this tour never appear in the official guides that advertise Mottola and for this reason they are absolutely unknown to visitors. However, these rock churches are really very interesting for their architecture and their frescoes. Furthermore, in these small country churches it is still possible to breathe an atmosphere of intense sacredness and genuine popular religiosity.

The itinerary reveals the precious and tangible treasures of Canosa's millenary history. Aristocratic hypogeums and extraordinary ceramic finds from the time of the Dauni, rich and flourishing pre-Roman population. Monumental vestiges and Roman ruins of the Canusium imperiale. Mosaics and basilicas witnesses of Christianity, in one of the oldest and most prestigious dioceses of Puglia. Eagles, griffins, sphinxes and elephants, fascinating signs of a Middle Ages poised between East and West.

The itinerary is a fascinating discovery of the subsoil of the city and of the treasures that it hid: the hypogeums and funerary objects. The hypogeums are the otherworldly abodes of the so-called "princes dauni", tombs entirely excavated in the tuff and dating back to the IV-III century. B.C.

Capital of Puglia, Bari boasts the presence of the Basilica of San Nicola, an important example of Apulian Romanesque architecture. This church is included amongst the most important places of worship in the world, where Catholic and Orthodox worships blend together. You will visit the old town (including the fish market, both Ferrarese and Mercantile squares, the Ancient wall "la Muraglia", the Basilica of Saint Nicholaus, the Cathedral, the Norman-Swabian Castle and walk down the alleys up to the "pasta" street"). Please note this is a walking tour only, If you choose the pick-up option from the port of Bari, we will reach together the old town on foot.

For those who want to explore in an innovative way, a fantastic city of Salento, there are the GOLF CAR TOUR. This service offers, in Brindisi, the possibility of visiting the Historic Center of the Ancient City, in an extremely comfortable way. Comfortably seated, aboard particular 'GolfCar' electric cars, we will travel along the waterfront of the Brindisi Tourist Port, with a panoramic tour of the Ancient City and various guided tours, to discover the main monuments of the city. Service also suitable for customers with mobility difficulties and equipped with support equipment. After the tours the possibility of aperitifs and tastings of typical local products at affiliated facilities (on request extra).

The ApeTour, offer a fun way to visit the city, aboard carattestici means of tarsporto '' made in Italy ''. The Apis Calessino represent a vintage vehicle, an icon of the Italian style that will allow you to enjoy a 360 ° view aboard a vehicle that also becomes a convertible (open). We will walk the charming promenade of the tourist port of Brindisi and the historic center of the Ancient City. The ApeTours include a panoramic tour of the ancient city and various guided tours to discover the history, culture and traditions of a fantastic city of Salento. After the tours the possibility of aperitifs and tastings of typical local products at affiliated facilities (on request extra).

A suggestive approach to the archeology of the city of Bari, to the discovery of some museum excavations. An itinerary that connects the "new city", with the projects of building thinning of the early 1900s, to the "old" one that hides hidden treasures inside.