The territory

Grandma Antonia House is located in Martina Franca a small town in the Taranto province situated on a hill 431 mt above sea level.

Martina Franca is the ideal capital of the Valle d'Itria. Positioned on the last slopes of the Apulian Murgia, and from 30 Km away from both the Ionian and Adriatic, It is the ideal place to spend a vacation free, with a choice of a daily goal and a way to have fun and relax different. The territory, indeed, It offers much: trulli to the farms, the caves and the famous Park Pianelle if you wish to spend a day immersed in nature. From Martina is in fact very easy to reach Taranto, with its splendor magno - Coleman, or other locations of Valle d'Itria, Locorotondo the city round, Alberobello and the capital of the trulli. Still close there are Ostuni, White City, Fasano with the ancient ruins of Egnatia and the Zoosafari, Matera and the Sassi, notes the Caves of Castellana and the plain of the Metapontino. So Martina is at the center of Puglia, From here guests can visit it all, by Lesina Lake to Santa Maria di Leuca. Blue sea, green nature, deep red earth, golden sunsets ... Puglia offers countless landscapes and places of excellence to visit.

Martina Franca

Among olive groves and vineyards that alternate to Mediterranean, nel cuore della Valle d'Itria sorge Martina Franca: a treasure trove of natural and Baroque treasures that will captivate .

The foundation of the village dates back to 1300, when the village was enlarged by Filippo D'Anjou, Prince of Taranto, which to favor the appropriation, granted to the inhabitants of deductibles.

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Ostuni

The city of Ostuni is the nickname of "White City has earned" for the dazzling whiteness of the lime plastered buildings of its lovely old village.

Ostuni dominates the Murgia countryside from a height of about 300 mt. and it enjoys an enviable view, looking out on the Adriatic coast dotted by tourist complexes of Rosa Marina, Pylon, Villanova and Costa Merlata renowned for their beauty and valued for the purity of their sea.

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Alberobello

Alberobello, immersed rises on the Itria valley a hill 420 m. above sea level, surrounded by olive groves, almond trees, cherry trees and vines.

The dominant feature of Alberobello are the trulli, white features homes with peaked roof. Trulli are typical domed buildings, exactly a cylinder surmounted by a cone, all it built entirely of stone.

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Locorotondo

Locorototondo, in the Itria Valley, It owes its name to the morphology of the town, with a housing arranged in a circular. agricultural and commercial center, Martina Franca is just 6 km, It is part of "The most beautiful villages in Italy".

Locorototondo, in the Itria Valley, It owes its name to the morphology of the town, built around the year 1000, with a housing arranged in a circular. agricultural and commercial center, Martina Franca is just 6 km, It is part of "The most beautiful villages in Italy".

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Cisternino

High on a limestone terrace steps dell'ondulata Murgia Southeast, lapped by the breezes from the nearby Adriatic and surrounded by the lushness of the countryside, Cisternino has a privileged position.

A 393 meters above sea level, Martina Franca is just 11 km.. A karst area formed over the centuries by man in an uninterrupted succession of dry stone walls, handkerchiefs of red earth, almond trees, rural roads, fig trees, groups of majestic oaks, small sinkholes, low rows of vines, gnarled olive trees, spiny prickly blades adorned with sweet and colorful fruits.

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