Puglia - Italy's Easternmost Region
Puglia, or Apulia in English, is located in the south of Italy - in the ´heel´ of Italy´s ´boot´. Its landscape is flat and wild - a sort of maquis in parts. Covered in huge olive groves delineated by dry stone walls, it is almost totally surrounded by sea. It has more in common with Greece than mainland Italy and in some parts people still speak Greek.
Puglia is sometimes labelled ´the new Tuscany´, a reference to the property market rather than the landscape. But buyers are now looking beyond well-established (and costly) areas and are buying properties in the south as holiday homes with rental potential or as permanent residences. Puglia is a savvy investment, if you know where to look.
The region is associated with trullo houses - white stone buildings hand-built without mortar and topped by black conical roofs and so charming that they have been given UNESCO World Heritage status. Supply is limited however and they can be quite claustrophobic, so buyers are turning to another traditional type of Puglia house — the masseria or fortified farmhouse. These are spacious, light and cool in those long, hot summers. And now, thanks to the innovative thinking of Landscape Properties, you can have your own 21st century version of the traditional masseria.
The unique Puglia project is based in Salento, the southernmost tip of the region and within easy each of two international airports, Brindisi and Bari. It is about twenty minutes from Lecce, "the Florence of the south ", ten minutes from Otranto and all beaches. If you would like to have the chance to live in a dream home in this wonderful area of Italy then read on...