Can you handle a trullo move?

Yes — restored trulli are routine UK acquisitions in Alberobello and the Itria Valley. Smaller-vehicle access for the final stretch; sometimes hand-trolley for the village centre.

Is the Salento a long ground leg from Bari?

Yes — Lecce is about 2 hours' drive south of Bari, and onward to the southernmost Salento adds another hour. We bake this into route timing.

Can you use the Patras-Bari ferry route?

For some southern Puglia moves the Patras (Greece) → Bari ferry route is available, particularly where the move involves a Greek-side leg. Discussed at quote stage.

How do moves to a masseria work?

Masseria estates often have long unsealed driveways; we transfer to a smaller vehicle at the gate or main hardstanding. Sometimes the masseria has its own service-vehicle access protocol.

Is Puglia a popular emerging UK destination?

Yes — substantially fastest-growing UK expat region in Italy over the past decade. Trulli, masserie, and Salento coastal property all attracting British buyers.

UK → Puglia

Removals to Puglia
and the Salento heel

UK→Puglia specialist service to Bari, Lecce, Brindisi, the trulli country (Alberobello, Locorotondo, Cisternino), Ostuni, Polignano, the Salento. Trulli access, masseria handling, ferry alternative via Greece.

Quote to Puglia

The Puglia corridor

Moving to Puglia
— what we know about it

Puglia is the corridor that has shifted character most over the past decade. Once a relatively quiet rural Italian destination, Puglia has become one of the fastest-growing UK expat regions in Italy. The trulli houses (Alberobello, Locorotondo, Cisternino), the white-washed coastal towns (Polignano, Monopoli, Ostuni), the Salento heel (Lecce, Otranto, Gallipoli), and the inland masserie (fortified farmhouse estates) have drawn substantial British attention since the mid-2010s.

Bari is the regional capital — large port city with active container traffic, reasonable lorry access in the modern outer city, and a listed historic centre (Bari Vecchia) with severe pedestrian-only access. The Bari Vecchia waterfront medieval-walled town requires small-van shuttle. Modern Bari (the Murattiano grid built by Murat in the early 19th century) has wide boulevards and standard apartment access.

The trulli country — Alberobello especially, but also Locorotondo, Cisternino, Martina Franca — is logistically distinctive. The cone-roofed trulli houses are typically small, rural, and accessed via narrow village lanes with sometimes pedestrian-only village centres. Restored trulli used as residential or holiday properties are common UK acquisitions; the move-day logistics require careful planning. We transfer to smaller vehicles at village outskirts; sometimes hand-trolley for the final stretch.

The Salento — the heel of Italy from Lecce south to Santa Maria di Leuca — has its own distinctive Baroque architecture and a substantial UK community in Lecce itself, the inland masserie around Carovigno and Ostuni, and the coastal towns (Otranto, Gallipoli, Santa Cesarea Terme). One alternative route worth knowing: for southern Puglia destinations, the ferry from Patras (Greece) to Bari is occasionally cheaper than the long Italian road leg from northern entry points — relevant where the move involves a Greek-side stopover.

Cities & towns we serve

Where we deliver
in Puglia

Bari Vecchia

Medieval walled centre; pedestrian-only; small-van shuttle from outside the walls.
Bari Murattiano (modern centre)

Wide grid boulevards; standard lorry access.
Trulli country (Alberobello, Locorotondo, Cisternino, Martina Franca)

Narrow village lanes; smaller-vehicle final-mile transfer; sometimes hand-trolley.
Coastal towns (Polignano, Monopoli, Ostuni)

White-washed coastal centres; ZTL/pedestrian zones in old towns.
Lecce

Baroque centre; ZTL permit; standard outer access.
Otranto / Gallipoli (Salento coast)

Walled coastal towns; specific gate access.
Masserie (rural Brindisi-Lecce arc)

Fortified farmhouse estates; rural access; often long unsealed driveways.
Gargano peninsula (Vieste, Peschici)

Northern Puglia; coastal cliff villages; established UK retirement.

Local terms & paperwork

Italian paperwork
specific to Puglia

Codice fiscale Italian tax code

Apply at the Italian consulate or at any Agenzia delle Entrate office in Puglia.

Permesso di soggiorno Italian residence permit

Apply at the relevant Questura within 8 days. Bari and Lecce are the busiest; smaller provinces have shorter waits.

Trullo Cone-roofed limestone house

Distinctive Pugliese architecture. Restored trulli used as residential property are common UK acquisitions.

Masseria Fortified farmhouse estate

Traditional Puglia rural building. Many converted into residential or boutique-hotel use; UK acquisitions common in the Brindisi-Lecce arc.

Questure & comuni

Where you'll apply
for your permesso di soggiorno

Questura di Bari: for permesso di soggiorno in Bari and Bari province.
Questura di Lecce: for the Salento.
Questura di Brindisi: for Brindisi and the Adriatic-Salento coast.
Questura di Taranto: for Taranto and the Ionian coast.
Questura di Foggia: for the northern Puglia (Gargano, Tavoliere).
Questura di Bari (Sezione Bari nord): for the Murge plateau and the trulli area.