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The Dolmen La Chianca and the Santa Croce Caves: Bisceglie Exploration
Bari, Puglia, Italy
$58.97
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Overview
The Dolmen La Chianca and the Santa Croce Caves tour in Puglia offers a unique journey through ancient history and stunning landscapes. This exploration combines prehistoric sites with breathtaking coastal views, perfect for those seeking an off-the-beaten-path experience.
- 🏺 Start your adventure at Dolmen La Chianca, a prehistoric megalithic tomb dating back to the Bronze Age.
- 🌊 Walk along the coast, discovering a fantastic shoreline filled with sea caves inhabited since the Neolithic era.
- 🕵️♂️ Explore the Caves of Ripalta, where historical materials from ancient inhabitants have been found.
- 🌾 Admire the picturesque Apulian rural landscape featuring traditional dry stone walls and charming straw huts.
- 🌼 Stroll through a meadow of spontaneous orchids, showcasing the natural beauty of the region.
- 🏖️ Reach Cala Pantano, a small inlet formed by erosive furrows, perfect for taking in the serene surroundings.
- 🚐 Enjoy convenient hotel pick-up and private transportation for a hassle-free experience.
- 🗣️ Benefit from an English-speaking guide who will share insights into the region's rich history.
- 🛢️ Visit and taste local products at an oil mill, enhancing your culinary experience of Puglia.
- 🎟️ Entrance to Grotta Santa Croce included, allowing you to explore this significant archaeological site.
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The Dolmen La Chianca and the Santa Croce Caves: Bisceglie Exploration
Pickup included
Pickup included
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
- Hotel pick-up
- Private transportation
- Visit and tasting in the oil mill
- Entrance ticket to Grotta Santa Croce
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Dolmen Della ChiancaFrom the ancient Posta Santa Croce walking along the roads of transhumance in Puglia, an unprecedented path between the Murgia and the Adriatic in a very little known place despite the proximity to the urban centers of Bisceglie and 2 Corato. A little off the beaten path and extremely interesting for the landscape and historical relevance it includes. On our way we will immediately find the Dolmen La Chianca, a prehistoric megalithic tomb from the Bronze Age. Crossing one of the typical blades of this area we will reach a vast complex of karst origin characterized by the presence of caves where in 1955 a femur belonging to an adult individual of Homo sapiens neandertalensis was found.
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Grotta di Santa CroceThere have been found evidence of human presence from the Middle Paleolithic to the Bronze Age. Numerous primitive animal remains, stone tools and Neolithic paintings were also found in 1955. Remained in a complete state of neglect and neglect, the caves have been revalued by the Scout Group of Bisceglie since 1975 and made accessible to the public since 1990, with the approval and collaboration of the Municipality of Bisceglie and the Archaeological Superintendence of Puglia. In 1997 the University of Siena was also involved in several excavations that brought to light a Neolithic mat. Finally reopened after the execution of static consolidation works carried out in autumn 2021.
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Zona Pantano-RipaltaCoasting the sea with a fantastic coastline full of sea caves that were inhabited since the Neolithic period, as attested by the materials found by Majellaro and Prelorenzo. We will discover the Caves of Ripalta. Along this stretch of the Via Francigena you can also admire the typical Apulian rural landscape with its dry stone walls, straw huts and small houses. We will continue on a short stretch of pebble beach, and then through a fantastic meadow of spontaneous orchids we will be able to reach the coves, small bays created by the blades, erosive furrows typical of the Apulian landscape, which convey the rainwater from the Murge karst plateau towards the Adriatic Sea.
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The Dolmen La Chianca and the Santa Croce Caves: Bisceglie Exploration
Bari, Puglia, Italy
$58.97
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they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
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