A holiday in the country to discover the most authentic values of the old land of Brindisi. A landscape steeped in classic elements: geometrically outlined fields, olive groves as far as the eye can see, vineyards with their tidy rows, orchards of almond trees, long lines of dry-stone walls dividing up the space, a host of trulli. Rather like tents turned to stone, the trulli sparkle among their green surroundings, showing their white pinnacle with mysterious symbols decorating the convex shape of the cone: crosses, half-moons, stars. Mysteriousness and magic of that profoundly Christian, peasant culture, naively linked with naturalistic symbolism. Sitting to one side, in aristocratic isolation, the old manor houses are the most exciting discovery in a land so rich in architectural and environmental identities. The farming history of the south has grown up around these stone manuscripts. In their structure the manor houses still bear the signs of past opulence expressed in the rich elegance of the master residence, their scenic staircases and the many coats of arms and inscriptions on the walls. Visiting manor houses to discover not the motionless remains of a world on which the sun has now set, but active and dynamic organisms, able to reinvent a role for themselves, opening their doors to tourists to offer a satisfying holiday in contact with