Today’s ride was really our first good ride, yesterday’s was just a warmup. We rode through several interesting hilltop cities: Ostuni, Cisternino, Locorotondo, Martina Franca, and finished in Alberobello. The cities have a Greek flavor, all constructed with whitewashed stones and almost glowing from a distance. The terrain was quite hilly also between the cities and was mostly rural areas full of orchards growing olives and all kinds of fruit. The roads were absolutely charming, narrow with stone fences. The farm houses and barns are also built with stones and stained white but in a distinctive conical shape. They are called “trulli”. Many have been renovated and are now beautiful homes and guest houses. We are staying in one in Alberobello.
A break in the climb up from the sea on to the murge
We climbed out of sea level to Ostuni first
Cattedrale in Ostuni
Inside the trullo is built with fitted stones and a capstone
Outside there is a rubble layer finished with sloping flat stones for watertightness
An unexpected ode to cycling in the form of a fence
White and blue in Cisternino
Italian, Alberobello style
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