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Southern Italy
Naples, Rome, Bari, and Lecce — the soul of the Mediterranean
Naples→Rome→Bari→Lecce
⏱️ ~12 days📅 Best: April – June, September – October🍽️ Food🏛️ History🎨 Culture
The south of Italy is rawer, louder, and more intensely itself than anywhere else in the country. Naples for the best pizza on earth and the chaos of a city that invented street food, Rome for ancient history layered under baroque grandeur, Bari as the gateway to Puglia's trulli villages and Adriatic coastline, and Lecce — the Florence of the South — for its extraordinary baroque architecture and the finest street food in Puglia.
Trip Highlights
- Pompeii and Mount Vesuvius
- Rome's Colosseum and Vatican
- Amalfi Coast road trip
- Puglia's trulli houses in Alberobello
- Lecce's baroque old town and pasticciotto pastries
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