Palazzo La Rosa, an opportunity for a lifestyle investment in Puglia

Tucked away, just behind the main piazza in Nardo’ is Palazzo La Rosa. Despite the very central location, it is in a quiet square, reachable by car and with parking outside, which is unusual in the Centro Storico. Nardo’ itself is … Continue reading

What is it that you do exactly?

Updated 7/3/2022

The title is a bit tongue in cheek, but I get asked this question so often that I thought it might be useful!

With a background, first in Journalism, then in niche travel, and finding myself in Puglia, at a time when the area was relatively unknown, a lot of my work in the last sixteen years  has  come about from a feeling of ‘someone ought to…..’ and from people approaching me. For this reason it has been extremely varied, but now the area has become better known, there are more services offered (so I don’t have to) and  I have also got older and perhaps have a much clearer idea of what I want to do when I grow up!!

Now my work mainly concerns property though I occasionally still organise tailor made travel. I enjoy both for the same reason, it is profoundly rewarding being able to work out exactly what people want or need and to be able to provide it. To be able to do both in a place that I love, and to share that place with people, and make it more accessible to them, is also very satisfying.   Continue reading

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Villa delle Ginestre - sleeps 10 in 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms

Villa delle Ginestre – sleeps 10 in 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms

It works like this: Email your answers to the following questions to caroline@personalpuglia.com and we will enter you in our prize draw. There will be two draws – March 31st and April 25th. We will not use your email address for any purpose whatsoever unless you also sign up for our monthly newsletter. Continue reading

Properties in Puglia – sea views

Buying a property with a sea view is a dream shared by many. If you are looking to buy in Puglia, however, where the clear turquoise sea enhances this view even further, there are a number of things you should … Continue reading

Cardoncelli mushrooms: Possibly not an aphrodisiac but delicious nonetheless

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When autumn approaches, ‘one off’ stalls, selling mushrooms that people have collected, join the regular stalls in the market. Pride of place goes to the Cardoncello mushroom, which grows in the ‘Murgia’ area – the stony elevated plateau that occupies more or less the centre of Puglia. Continue reading