Cisternino

In the old centre of this Itria valley town, butcher's shops double as grill houses, and the dish to order is bombette, small rolls of roast pork. The whitewashed lanes, a classic of unplanned building, open onto squares at the very edge of the hill, looking south-west over a countryside dotted with trulli.

Highlights

• Torre di Porta Grande, 17 metres high, topped by Saint Nicholas
• Stefano da Putignano's Madonna del Cardellino in the mother church of San Nicola
• The sanctuary of the Madonna d'Ibernia, 3 km outside town
• Orecchiette with braciole and polpette, and broad bean purée with wild chicory
• The communal woods, the largest in the province of Brindisi

Summary based on Wikipedia and Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA), written with AI assistance.