
Tour · 10 nights · with Travelsphere
Travelsphere’s escorted small group tour traces southern Italy’s coastline and hills, from Puglia’s whitewashed Ostuni through Calabria’s sea caves, ending with ancient Sicily and its film-set villages.
Highlights
Puglia’s whitewashed hill town of Ostuni
Alberobello’s more than 1,500 trulli buildings
Matera’s Sassi cave dwellings and rock churches
Boat cruise along Calabria’s Riviera dei Cedri sea caves
Taormina’s Greco-Roman theatreWith views towards Mount Etna
Journeys
This ten-night escorted tour by Travelsphere takes a leisurely route through three lesser-travelled southern Italian regions: Puglia, Calabria and Sicily. It starts in Ostuni, the ‘white city’ of Puglia, with lime-washed houses winding up the hillside and a visit to Alberobello’s trulli, those curious mortarless cone-roofed buildings.
From there, the trip moves inland to Matera, where cave homes known as the Sassi have been lived in for millennia. Crossing into Calabria, a boat ride along the Riviera dei Cedri reveals sea caves with water so clear the seabed remains visible from the boat. Diamante’s streets are a gallery of painted murals, a surprise that stays with you.
Sicily brings a change of pace with a visit to Savoca, remembered by film fans as a Godfather location, followed by time in Taormina, perched above the sea with views to Mount Etna. Syracuse’s market buzzes with local life before the tour ends in Catania, the gateway home with memories of coastlines and hilltop towns that feel far from the usual Italian itinerary.
Itinerary
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When to go
Departs between Apr 2028 and Oct 2028.
Travelsphere publishes a season rather than fixed dates for this trip, so we show it as they do. Their site lists the exact departures and the price for each.
Need to know
For full details of what’s included, check with Travelsphere. See the full details on their site
The operator
Escorted tours with the details arranged
Escorted tours with a tour manager throughout, for travellers who would rather someone else worked out the trains.
You book with Travelsphere directly. They confirm your place, take payment, and look after you from the moment you leave home; Atlas & Passage’s part ends when you click through.
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