CN Traveler – Back in the 1980s, when everyone was going to Chianti on villa holidays, few of us had even heard of Puglia. A decade later, word got out about the southern Italian region of fertile red earth, gnarled olives, turquoise seas, beautiful trulli, and pioneering masseria hotels. All of a sudden, Puglia was proclaimed the New Tuscany—if not a bit prematurely. But it came into its own in the aftermath of such hype, maturing quietly and steadily out of the limelight. Now all those trailblazing converted farmhouses have been joined by sophisticated new arrivals that combine world-class design with the warmth and originality of the area.
