Today we took a bus from Monopoli to Alberobello—home of the beautiful UNESCO Trulli stone houses.
After about an hour on the bus, driving through the Puglian countryside, we arrived in Alberobello. Now to find the Trulli.
Up this street, down that—we wound our way from the bus stop, which is on the outskirts of town, toward the centre. It’s here we found the amazing Trulli.
Memories came flooding back from our previous visit in 2015, when we stayed in town in Trulli for a few days.
We seemed to remember quite a bit—the church where we got stuck needing to do a U-turn as we drove into town after dark, blindly following GPS instructions (which didn’t know half the streets were closed because of the local festa). Ah, the memories 🫣
As we wandered through town, we found a nice little place for lunch: a Margherita pizza, two octopus panini (our favourite), and an octopus salad (we love octopus 🐙).
After lunch, we continued to wander through the town, admiring all of the Trulli and picking up a few souvenirs (I can feel our packs getting heavier by the minute!).
After spending a few hours wandering the town, we headed back to the bus stop and caught the bus back to Monopoli.
Very glad we came back and had the opportunity to show the kids the amazing Trulli houses.
