Southern Italian roads are not the easiest to follow, and road sign numbers are infrequent, so here is a very detailed description of how to get to the trulli.

From Brindsi Airport the roads to Bari are clearly signposted. From Bari Airport the signs for Brindisi are clearly signposted. From Bari you are heading almost due south. From Brindisi you are heading almost due north. Either way you will end up on the E55 (also known as the SS16), the motorway that runs straight along the Adriatic cost between Bari and Brindisi. Be careful not to get "tempted" by the signs into the centre of either town. In the case of Bari the ring road will take you through an industrial area around the town, just stick closely to the many signs for Brindisi. If you are setting off from Brindisi airport, the airport is already to the north of Brindisi, which is the direction you want to go, whereas the town is to the south.

If you are approaching from Bari, the turnoff to Alberobello is 79km from the airport. The road to Alberobello from the E55/SS 16 is the SP 113. Just keep following the signs for Alberobello. Follow this road for 17.4km. You will then come to a junction with traffic lights on the outskirts of Alberobello. Turn left onto the road which is referred to as both the Via Einaudi and Via Gronchi. In the south it is quite common for roads to be known by more than one name. Follow this road for 0.7km, and turn left just past the garage on your left.

As you are turning left after the garage, you will see this sign on your left.

You will be turning onto a road called the Strada Coluci and the Strada del Capitolo, the SP59. Stay on this road for 1.8km. You will pass the wall of the football "stadium" (it is only a field with a few stands) and then past the Mozzarella farm which has the following sign:

After 1.8km on this road you will come to the first junction with the following signposts Prior to this there will be other turnings, but none with road signposts once you have passed the football stadium.

Turn right before this sign to Capitolo and Locorontondo

Turn right at these signposts. This road is unsigned, but is the Strada Maccarone.

Ignoring turnings into fields, take the second turning on the left onto a narrow unmarked track between two stone walls. This turn is a about 0.7km down the Strada Maccarone, near the building on the right of the road shown below and is the first left turning after the yellow triangular sign in the field as shown below that.

Follow the unmade track down into the dip, ignore the left-hand turning before you have reached the dip. As the road levels off at the bottom of the road, Trullo Alto is the first turning on the left, through the first set of iron gates, Trullo Olivo is through the second set of gates.

If you are arriving at night, outdoor drive lights will be switched on for you.

If using GPS the position of the Trulli is 40^o 47' 11.89'' N,   17^o 16' 16.12'' E

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