Puglia Food Wine Cooking and Culture Tour

Gastronomic Puglia Immersion -
Puglia Food, Wine, Cooking and Culture Tour

Italy Tours – Gastronomic Puglia Immersion – Food, Wine, Cooking and Culture Tour

Discover Puglia

Experience the country, sea and city as we take you on an exciting culinary and cultural journey of Puglia and its surrounding towns. Known for its whitewashed truillo traditional dome-houses, century-old farmhouses and hundreds of kilometres of Mediterranean coastline. Puglia is definitely worth a visit if you want fresh, tasty and local food. Among the dishes that most strongly define the traditional Puglian cuisine, are the orecchiette with broccoli rabe, Apulia focaccia, Fava Bean Puree and Chicory Greens just to cite a few. Furthermore, the wines of Puglia are admired wherever they go.

Aside from the beaches and gorgeous sea villages, Puglia has a rich archaeological heritage and boasts 3 UNESCO World Heritage sites: Castel del Monte, Alberobello and the Sanctuary of San Michele Arcangelo. A special mention should be dedicated to Lecce commonly nicknamed “the Florence of the south”. Together with the city’s Baroque architectural monuments, churches and religious buildings, there are Greek influences in the utilization of the renowned “Lecce stone”. culture.

Tour Highlights

Visit the traditional workshops and delight in both the old-style and modern ceramics, of Grottaglie the ceramics capital of Puglia.
We’ll meet a local cheese-maker to discover more about mozzarella’s wildly indulgent cousin, burrata.
Wake up in beautiful 4 and 5 star accommodation.
Visit the city of Matera, UNESCO World Heritage Site. The city is filled with ‘sassi’, ancient cave dwellings restored for current use as homes, shops and restaurants
Take in the breathtaking views of coast and mountains.
Learn to cook authentic Puglian food.
Most of all, sample mouth-watering menus. From wine, olive oil and cheese tastings, to full degustations, alfresco lunches, banquets and more.

Why Choose This Tour

This tour is ideal if you only have a limited holiday schedule. Or rather, if you are wanting to experience a different part of Italy that boast being one of the top travel destinations and the Florence of the South. In addition, this Food Tour is perfect to tack onto your existing holiday plans.

We offer a relaxed planned itinerary as part of this tour. Therefore, if you like to have all the logistics taken care of to allow for flexibility and spontaneity this tour is for you. Whether you are a seasoned traveller or rather, this is your first time overseas, you are welcome. Perfect food tour for singles, or for couples who enjoy the comradery of a group setting.

Above all, if you enjoy meeting new people and new experiences. This Food Tour is for you. This is a unique, bespoke food tour tailored to a maximum of 12 people. It is not necessary to have great cooking skills, just a love of beautiful food.

Destination:

Travelling to: Puglia

Lecce
Gallipoli
Ostini
Alberobello

Grottaglie
Ceglie Messapica
Matera
Itria Valley

Locorotondo
Martina Franca
Adriatic Sea

Dates: 5th May – 15th May 2021

Tour Length: 11 Days 10 Nights

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Puglia Tour in Detail:

Why You Will Love This Tour

Guided Tours of Puglia

Enjoy 11 days and 10 nights in delicious Puglia. This is an all-inclusive Personally Escorted of Puglia.

This tour of Puglia includes some of Puglia’s historic and well-noted cities and sights. This includes Lecce, Gallipoli, Ostini, Alberobello, Grottaglie, Ceglie Messapica,
Matera, Itria Valley, Locorotondo, Martina Franca, Adriatic Sea to name a few. In this tour of Puglia, visit the vibrant fresh food markets. Here you can shop for seasonal local produce and enjoy cooking classes with speciality chefs.

Much Love Puglia Food Wine and Culture Tour offers you a wonderful introduction to Puglia. We visit some of the most popular historical sites, in Puglia. We also take you to places that are a little off the beaten track and not listed in travel books. This gives you the opportunity to further engage with Puglia. You can immerse yourself with the Puglian culture, gastronomy and people.

Food, Wine and Cooking

We don’t opt to just give you the tourist menus, and the cheapest places to eat at, but hand select each venue and menu so that you are eating a variety of foods that are farm to table. It is important to us to include restaurants and meals that are part of the Slow Food movement, biological and use ingredients locally grown to that town or region.

Cultural Destinations

We visit the city of Matera, UNESCO World Heritage Site. Matera is perched high on a beautiful hillside and has only recently seen by foreign eye. The city is filled with ‘sassi’, ancient cave dwellings restored for current use as homes, shops and restaurants. The Passion of Christ was filmed here and as you walk around you will truly feel like you have stepped back in time.

Accommodation

Beautiful and historical 4 and 5 star accommodation options.

Tour Guides

Australian/Sicilian Chef, TV Presenter and Food Writer, Dominique Rizzo. Also planned and coordinated in conjunction Sicilian counterpart Gianluca D’ Alia from Paesaggio Sicilia Travel.

A Taste of The Itinerary

A taste of the itinerary

Day 1

At around 7pm we will meet in the hotel bar of the Risorgimento and head straight out to a wonderful café nearby for an apertivo and a general introduction to our week. We will carry on to dinner for a feast of authentic local Salentino food, like tiella with potatoes and mussels or fave e cicorie – fave bean purée and chicory. Welcome to Puglia! D.

Day 2

After breakfast we meet up with our guide for a Street Food tour of Lecce, combining the astonishing Baroque architecture that has earned it the nickname, the Florence of the South with delicious local snacks. If you have any room left after all the tastings, you are free for lunch at one of the cities many eateries. At 5pm we will meet up with local chef, Gianna Greco, to visit the simple food market, the Mercato Porta Rudiae, to buy food for her evening cooking class. Gianna has a beautiful cooking school right in the heart of Lecce. We’ll enjoy learning many recipes followed by dinner and wine tasting. B/ D

Day 3

This morning we are heading west, to Gallipoli on the Ionian coast. We will meet with Anna Maria on Corso Roma in the beautiful old town for your cooking class and lunch. First collect some seafood from the local fishermen. The fish market is lively, and captivating and Anna Maria is a skilled teacher and will be happy to welcome you to her cooking school for some delicious local dishes. Free time in Lecce this afternoon for some delectable shopping and a light aperitivo for dinner at one of our favourite haunts. B/L/D

To discover more of this Pure Food journey contact me for your full itinerary.

Tour Inclusions and Highlights

Inclusions

Fully guided tour, 10 days, 9 nights in the beautiful scenic surrounds of Puglia, the food bowl of the southern region, forming the heel of Italy’s “boot,”
An outstanding culinary travel experience
Peace of mind knowing you are with the most professional travel and tour company in Puglia
All shuttles related to the itinerary, including arrival and departure transfers from and to Brindisi Airport
Local guides with insider knowledge of the region’s secrets and mysteries
Special activities each day including wine tasting, cheese tasting, olive oil tasting
3 nights’ lodging at 5 star Risorgimento Resort
7 nights’ lodging at the luxurious Ostuni Art Resort – booked exclusively for our group
3 cooking courses (with local chefs)
10 breakfasts; 8 lunches and 9 dinners. Where lunches are not provided, or only light dinners are included, morning activities, food tastings and cooking classes are of ample abundance
Beverages as per the itinerary
Street food and market tour of Lecce
2 Wine tasting and estate tours
Olive oil tasting
Tall ship experience sailing in the Adriatic
Free time to explore, shop and relax
All accommodation and hotel taxes
Admission to all historical sites, galleries and museums mentioned in the itinerary

The fee does not include:

Airfares to and from Bridsisi
Everything not included in itinerary (Tour Inclusions)
General expenses – phone calls, laundry, room upgrades
Transfers outside of the tour dates, personal transport outside the tour dates, excess baggage, security and government taxes outside the tour dates
Beverages and meals outside of described “Tour Inclusions”
Room service beverages and meals when not participating in the scheduled meals
Tourist Taxes where applicable
Tips for guides
Travel and medical Insurance

It is your responsibility to ensure personal settlement of any extra charges is made to the hotel or provider of any service not included in the inclusions.

Costs, Terms & Conditions

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