- Masseria Brancati is a 500 year old farm/fortress build over 2,000 year old tombs!
- Hobbit cave houses with olive trees growing on the roof. Where else but Puglia can you see this crazy stuff!
- Olive oil was like gold 500 years ago. This place was a fortress as well as a farm.
- Masserias even had their own chapels for the family ad the workers.
- Ancient pizza oven! Well: not really. Pizzas did not exist 500 years ago, but this cave oven was used for bread.
- Our guide was a wealth of information about this amazing little-known history.






