Katie & Floris
Katie & Floris
Local Tips
Monopoli
Restaurants in Monopoli
La Locanda dei Mercanti - +39 080 937 6621
Carlo Quinto - carloquinto.it
Il Guazzetto - ristoranteilguazzetto.it
La Dolce Vita - ladolcevitaristorante.it
Ristorante Gran Pavese - + 39 080 801 380
Locanda Don Ferrante - donferrante.it
Beach Clubs in Monopoli
Le Palme Beach Club (We'll be there on Sunday!)
Lido Tamerici Spiaggia
Porto Ghiacciolo Beach
Lido Calaparadiso
Public Beaches
Day Trips
We recommend renting a car or booking a driver but if you would like to go on an organised tour, you can either book directly yourself via www.pugliamare.it or email Monopoli's Tourism Office: info.monopoli@viaggiareinpuglia.it with a description of where you want to visit and when.
Polignano A Mare
A beautiful town built on a cliff. Go there to watch / try cliff diving! (10 minute drive from Monopoli)
Alberobello & Locorotondo
The homes of the Trulli! (Both within 30 minutes drive from Monopoli)
Ostuni
A tiny historic town built on a hill, a must visit for an afternoon drink or dinner (40 minutes drive from Monopoli)
Restaurants in Ostuni
Taverna della Gelosia www.tavernadellagelosia.it
Pizzeria Casa Pinto www.pizzeriacasapinto.it
Lecce
Beautiful baroque city in the south of Puglia (1 hour's drive from Monopoli)
Grottaglie
The home of ceramics! Well worth a visit if you're renting a car (70 min drive from Monopoli)
Matera
One of the oldest still inhabited cities in the world, a Unesco World Heritage site (1.5 hour's drive from Monopoli)
Grotte di Castellana
A beautiful, vast, natural system of underground caves located in Castellana Grotte, a small town in the Itria Valley. The caves are less than an hour's drive from Bari and about an hour from Brindisi.