The trulli of Alberobello: a town in two halves

Trulli in Rione Aia Piccola, Alberobello — the residential quarter still lived in. Photo: Benjamin Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0

Alberobello holds more than 1,500 trulli and joined the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1996. But the town is two places — Rione Monti, the celebrated tourist quarter, and Rione Aia Piccola, still residential, still quiet, containing the experience the famous half lost to its own success.