The Hivemind Podcast · 2026-06-18 · 46 min
The Itria Valley and the seaside towns of Puglia offer Travel Advisors one of southern Italy's most textured and least-understood destination stories, where centuries-old masserias, trulli architecture, clifftop coastal towns, and a growing luxury property scene come together in a region that rewards more context than most clients arrive with. Elisa De Pascalis, Sales Manager at Southern Visions, a DMC rooted in southern Italy with deep expertise across Puglia, grew up in Lecce, returned to the region in 2017, and has spent years designing itineraries for Travel Advisors. She walks through how clients can get there, how to approach the inland versus coastal accommodation decision, what seasons serve which travel styles, and what experiences make Puglia genuinely hard to forget. She also shares how Southern Visions' dedicated biking division and vintage Fiat 500 touring program give Travel Advisors experiential angles most competitors cannot offer.
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