The Coratina, one of Italy's most prized olive cultivars, carries this city's name: bitter, peppery, rich in polyphenols, it is why Corato's mills appear in oil guides worldwide. The Murgian town, its medieval core drawn in concentric rings, lives around Piazza Cesare Battisti and the nineteenth-century municipal theatre.
The territory climbs toward the Alta Murgia: sheepfolds, way-stations and drystone walls almost to Castel del Monte, which belongs to neighbouring Andria but is ten minutes away. Bread, oil and wine: here the table is a statement of identity.
Near Corato
The closest destinations covered by our editors, with straight-line distance.
