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The bucket-list things to do — and who runs each one.
Here’s the bucket list for your day ashore: the most extraordinary thing to do at each stop, who runs it, and how to book it direct — so you can weigh it against your ship’s excursion and pick what suits you.
Step into one of Italy's greatest ancient treasuries — MarTa holds the world's finest collection of Magna Graecia gold jewellery and the iconic Sarcophagus of the Athlete. A private expert guide unlocks stories no audio guide can tell.
The UNESCO-listed trulli of Alberobello — whitewashed limestone cones that look plucked from a fairy tale — are Puglia's single most iconic sight. A private driver-guide whisks you through the dreamy Itria Valley for a full, unhurried day.
The brooding Aragonese Castle guards Taranto's sea channel — a 15th-century fortress with layers of Greek, Byzantine, Norman and Spanish history. A private local guide transforms it from a monument into a living epic.
Ostuni's whitewashed medieval hill-town is one of southern Italy's most photogenic set-pieces — and a private guide-and-driver pairs it with a slow, convivial lunch at a working masseria (farmstead) for the full Apulian dream.
Taranto's hinterland is the spiritual home of Primitivo — Italy's most ancient red grape. Tenute Girolamo is one of the province's most lauded estates, offering private tastings in a beautifully restored masseria setting.
Taranto's ancient island quarter — the Città Vecchia — is a hauntingly beautiful maze of Byzantine lanes, Baroque piazzas and the magnificent Cathedral of San Cataldo, one of Puglia's oldest Norman churches. A private guide makes it sing.
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