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Polignano a Mare: houses on the cliffs above the sea

APULICA / Puglia

Puglia: a journey through landscape and food

Puglia is Apulica’s starting point. Inland landscapes, local knowledge and food are central to the journey; a day or two on the coast can complete it.

Polignano a Mare: houses on the cliffs above the sea. A contextual photograph of a place connected with this story. · Photo: Maksimsokolov / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized and converted to WebP.

Three threads to choose from

Alta Murgia and inland towns, coastal centres, and the Itria Valley: these are journey threads to match with interests and available time. No proposal needs to cover the whole region. Quality comes from the sequence and selected encounters.

A theme for each day

Bread can open a day in Altamura, rock guide a visit to Gravina, and architecture distinguish an Itria Valley town. Choosing a theme gives the journey continuity and places time to reveal themselves.

Places to explore

Walks through here

Cammino Materano

Several starting points, one per way: Bari, Alberobello, Brindisi, Albano di Lucania, Manduria → Matera, Cathedral of the Madonna della Bruna · No overall length: it is a network of ways. The official site gives Via Peuceta 168 km (170 in the text of the same page and on italia.it, 167 in the 2020 Pugliapromozione guide), Via Ellenica 170 km, Via Ellenica variant 137 km (but 118 km in the page text), Via Lucana 136 km, Via Jonica 215 km, Via Sveva 200 km (210 in the text) and Via Dauna 400 km; the Sveva and Dauna are not yet open. · It varies by way: Peuceta 7 stages, Ellenica 8, Ellenica variant 6, Lucana 7; the Via Jonica lists 5 stages from Manduria to Taranto plus a link stage to Statte. The Sveva (8 days) and Dauna (22 days) are not yet open.

Puglia, Basilicata, Molise

Cammino del Salento (Salento Way)

Lecce, Porta Napoli → Santa Maria di Leuca, De Finibus Terrae sanctuary · 115 km (Via del Mare). The Via dei Borghi measures 135 km in 6 stages according to both the official site and italia.it, but the official site states it is closed for 2026. · 5 stages on the Via del Mare, each between 20 and 25 km; the Via dei Borghi, closed in 2026, has 6.

Puglia

The Way of Peace

L'Aquila, Basilica of Santa Maria di Collemaggio → Monte Sant'Angelo, Church of St Michael the Archangel · The official site gives 543 km on foot in its summary figures, but its descriptive text speaks of more than 520 km, and the waymarking page of 520 marked km. The cycling version measures 440 km. · The official site gives 37 stages in its summary figures and 35 stages in its descriptive text. The stage list numbers 29 main stages (13 and 14 are merged) plus eight variants marked "bis"; the guidebook describes 29 stages plus 3 stages of a mountain variant. By bike there are 9 stages.

Abruzzo, Molise, Puglia

Sentiero Italia CAI (sections in Abruzzo, Molise, Puglia, Basilicata, Campania and Calabria)

Reggio Calabria, where the trail returns to the mainland (stage SI U01) → Campotosto in Abruzzo (stage SI P13), from where the national trail continues towards Amatrice and beyond · About 8,000 km for the whole national trail according to the official project page (the FAQ gives 7,900–8,000 km). The CAI does not state the combined length of the sections in these six regions; for Calabria alone italia.it gives 654 km. · For the whole trail the FAQ speaks of more than 500 stages, while the project page mentions almost 400 stage points. The stage-card list shows 120 cards with codes P to U, variants included (R04 is missing). For Calabria italia.it gives 34 stages, while the CAI list has 32 Calabrian cards (U01–U32).

Calabria, Basilicata, Campania, Puglia, Molise, Abruzzo

Via Francigena in Southern Italy

Rome → Santa Maria di Leuca · more than 900 km from Rome to Santa Maria di Leuca · No reachable source gives the overall number of stages. In Puglia the regional guide splits its four described itineraries into 5, 5, 6 and 7 walking days.

Puglia, Campania

Places of faith