Donuz

The truth is that after 3 days of searching and asking our hotel, we really did not find any pleasant beaches around the town. There are various little resorts –not really like towns, but more like summer resorts or neighbourhoods with people’s summer houses- down by the coast, only a couple of minutes away from the hill top town Ostuni –with car. The most lively and perhaps the biggest one –like a town- was Torre Cane –also the farthest away, 15 km.

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The little town has indeed so much to offer… But, after 5 P.M. Unlike many areas in Italy, in Ostuni, the siesta lasts longer given the fact they keep stores and businesses open until midnight. (Working hours in regular cities, are often –but not always- 9 or 10 A.M. to 13.30 and from 15.30 to 19.30 in the afternoon). So, Ostuni was a bit irregular. Even some of the restaurants do not open until late in the day. For instance, the best icecream shop -in my opinion- was closed for the entire day time. That was not so lovely on our last day, since I was really dying for yet another scoop…

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The white city or should I have said the city of concentric streets and houses whitened with lime-wash?

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