Does 'On the other side of the peninsula, off the tourist track in the peninsula's  heel,  are the curiously romantic landscapes of Puglia, from its centuries-old trulli constructions to the medieval fortresses of the German emperors.' stand independently of the premise 'Puglia is crammed with tourism.', neither following nor contradicting it?
On the other side of the peninsula, off the tourist track in the peninsula's  heel,  are the curiously romantic landscapes of Puglia, from its centuries-old trulli constructions to the medieval fortresses of the German emperors.###Puglia is crammed with tourism.