Typically 1 night Bari (arrival), 2 nights Ostuni, 2 nights Lecce.Group transfers by van can be arranged from Rome or Naples, pricing on request.The six-night program (€3900) includes a stay in the UNESCO zone of Matera. Ground transportation arrive/depart Bari.Morning and afternoon activities (cooking classes, village visits, artisan visits, tastings).5 nights accommodations in unique properties (inquire about the 6-night program that includes one night in Matera).irresistible sweets such as pasticciotto.fresh, fresh seafood including sea urchins and.
creamy burrata and other divine cheeses.exquisite fresh local seasonal vegetables.Other specialties made from semola flour: taralli, focaccia barese, pasta such as orecchiette and cavatelli, and a peasant recipe made from 'burnt' wheat.Semola breads (including the famous Basilicatan bread of Altamura).We'll taste the DOC and DOCG wines from traditional grapes such as Primitivo, Negroamaro, Bombino Nero, Nero di Troia, and more.Īlong the way, we will discover the typical products of the area: With 60 million olive trees in the region (1 olive tree for every Italian citizen), some of them very ancient, there is no shortage of olive oil in Puglia, and we will learn much about this very essential ingredient. We will visit just a few areas, Murgia and the Itria Valley, Bari, and the Salento to the south, areas that are quite diverse. This has created a colorful tapestry of culture which we'll see this in the amazing baroque architecture of Lecce, the curious stone trulli of Alberobello (a UNESCO World Heritage Site), and the Castello del Monte (also UNESCO), a true fusion of Arabic, medieval europe, and eastern features. This narrow peninsula has seen waves of conquerers from the Greeks of Magna Graecia, ancient Romans, and Byzantines to the Normans, Swabians, Angevins, Aragonese, the Spanish, and Ottoman Turks.
Puglia, Italy's "heel of the boot," is a unique region strategically placed in the Mediterranean on the historic path to vanquish new lands.