🇮🇹 Coastal Puglia: Monopoli, Italy
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🇮🇹 Coastal Puglia: Monopoli, Italy
Emma | Where's Emma Now
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Monopoli is a great home base for exploring Puglia. You're close to so many great towns and being right on the beach makes it effortless for a relaxing seaside vacation.
Plus it offers much the same experience with fewer visitors as its neighbor, Pogliano a Mare!
This guide has everything you need for a relaxing few days in Monopoli: hotels, restaurants, beaches, and day trip suggestions!
In this guide, you'll get:
- the major sights with notes on what’s worth seeing and if they need advanced booking
- an interactive map to help navigate you to each spot
- recommendations on typical dishes to order
- 6 free sights and spots
- 2 cute shops for local souvenirs
- 8 restaurants, 3 cafe/bars, and 1 gelato place
- 4 hotels at varying price points
- 5 nearby beaches, most within walking distance of old town
- 3 nearby day trip destinations
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Monopoli has everything you'll want if you're dreaming of Puglia and craving the sea!
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Why Monopoli?
I perfer Monopoli over Pogliano a Mare. Both are beautiful, but Monopoli is a bit less popular with American tourists, making it a great choice as a home base as you explore the region!
What to see in Monopoli
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Emma | Where's Emma Now
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Amateur Italian, travel advisor, and adventurous eater!
I’m a travel creative living in small town northern Italy, and I've been planning travel for over 15 years. I've lived on three continents and visited over 40 countries, so I'm passionate about helping travelers experience the best of a location, no matter where!
I love both/and travel: I want to see the big sights AND the local hangouts, the big cities AND the small towns. I’d love to help you do it too!
If you’re going to Rome for the first time, you don’t need me to tell you to see the Colosseum. But you might want me to tell you if it’s better as a guided tour or on your own, what add-on’s are worth the money, and what are the extra secret things your ticket can get you!
My favorite part of travel is eating well: finding the local haunts, tasting a new wine, and trying the local dishes. Amazing food doesn't have to be expensive: sometimes the best of a place is in the street food! But if it is a splurge, I'll make sure it's worth every penny.
I'd love to work with you to create the trip of your dreams!
What's included
Digital Map
Fully interactive, digital map for finding places nearby
31 places
31 hand-picked places with notes from the creator
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DESTINATION(S) COVERED
Polignano a Mare, Metropolitan City of Bari, Italy
Monopoli, Metropolitan City of Bari, Italy
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