Puglia is the "heel" of the "boot" Italian. This region has a narrow and elongated, and in the southern stretches between the Adriatic Sea and the Sea lonio, forming the Salento peninsula. Due to its geographical position is a sort of bridge between East and West. Apulia is the region of southern plains. The Apennine chain, in fact, arrived in the vicinity of Apulia, the only grazes. In its territory there are different geographical areas: the Gargano, Murge, Salento, Tavoliere the Capitanata. ll Gargano promontory is a mass that stretches to the Adriatic Sea. Given its location, is also called "the spur of Italy".
Murge, an arid plateau that is approximately 500 meters in height, has showy as karstic caves of Castellana.

The Salento peninsula is a part of Puglia. The territory of calcareous origin is subjected to erosion of rainwater. The water penetrates the soil to form underground rivers and digs deep crevasses in time: the ravines. Tavoliere is a vast alluvial plain, the second largest after the Pianura Padana. Once swampy and unhealthy, it is now very fertile as a result of its remediation. The name derives from the fact that the area was recorded in the Tabulae censuariae, the land ownership of Imperial Rome. The Capitanata is the small mountainous stretch of mountains of Daunia (1152 m). The rivers of Italy, because of scarce rainfall and the limestone soil, are few and poor water. Flow mainly in the area of Tavoliere. The main ones are the Ofanto and Fortore, born dall'Appennino and throw in the Adriatic. The most important lakes in the region, the Lesina and Varano, are found along the Gargano coast, close to the sea. Lake Lesina is special because it has salt water. The coasts of Puglia is flat and low only to the Gargano, and in some places south of Otranto, become high and rocky. Belongs to the archipelago of Puglia Tremiti, with the three islands of San Nicola, San Domino and Capraia.