Apulia is a southern region that forms the heel" of the Italian boot. It is famous for the hilly villages with their characteristic white plaster, the countryside with its ancient flavour and the hundreds of kilometres of Mediterranean coast. The capital city, Bari, is a lively port and university city, while Lecce is known as the "Florence of the South" because of its baroque architecture. Alberobello and the Valle d’Itria are instead the home of the trulli, the traditional stone buildings with their characteristic conical roof. The provinces of Puglia are: Bari (capital), Barletta Andria Trani, Brindisi, Foggia, Lecce, Taranto.
