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The conical rooftops of the trulli of Alberobello

Alberobello

A woman seen from behind, hat in hand, looks down over the trulli cones and the village street

What to do and see in Alberobello

One white town, two Alberobellos.

There is the Alberobello of the tour buses, which fills Rione Monti by mid-morning. And there is the one where we live: among the trulli, away from the crowds, in the lanes where neighbours hang out their washing and greet you by name. From here you visit the town on foot, at the right hour.

A lane of white trulli in the historic centre of Alberobello
A man eats a plate of spaghetti sitting on the trullo rooftops at sunset, with the bell towers of the Basilica behind

The trulli are not just an icon to photograph: they are real stone houses, built without mortar, cool in summer and warm in winter. Many are still lived in: walking the narrow streets you pass stone domes, decorated chimneys and artisan workshops that keep the old trades alive.

Start from Rione Monti, where over a thousand white trulli climb the sloping lanes — best early in the morning, before the buses. Then the Trullo Sovrano, the only two-storey trullo, the Trullo Church of Sant'Antonio and Casa Pezzolla with the Territory Museum.

Then walk up to the viewpoint of Piazza Gian Girolamo: from there you take in all the conical rooftops at once, in silence.

What you can do in Alberobello

Taste the local flavours in a historic trattoria, join a wine tasting or visit an olive oil mill.

Walk among the olive trees of the Valle d'Itria or cycle the old Aqueduct Cycle Route. Visit the nearby towns: Locorotondo, Martina Franca, Cisternino, each with a soul of its own.

For tours, tastings and the right addresses, the front desk is at your disposal: it knows the town. Days are spent out; in the evening you come back, and downstairs there is live music, every night.

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Two glasses of white wine and four taralli on a tree stump, in a vineyard
A man seen from behind, a picnic basket over his shoulder, looks out over the trulli and white houses of Alberobello

When the buses leave.

Alberobello in the evening

Towards evening the town changes its breathing: the buses pull away, the groups move on, and Alberobello returns to the people who sleep here.

The lights come on over the stone cones, and Rione Monti — the one you squeeze through at midday — lets you walk it slowly, almost in silence. The lanes go back to the neighbours and to those who chose to stay: few voices, and footsteps you can actually hear.

It is the loveliest hour to look at the trulli, and day-trippers never see it. If you sleep here, it is on your doorstep: a stroll after dinner, the town under the stars, and your own front door a few steps away.