PUGLIA FOOD IMMERSION 

SEMPTEMBER 30TH – OCTOBER 04TH 2018 

 FULLY BOOKED

3 days and 4 nights exploring Puglia up and down: we will discover the heart of the region through its food and the artisans who produce it, sipping olive oil, feeling the texture of a real mozzarella “fior di latte”, biting a fragrant focaccia, drinking amazing white wine from Locorotondo, tasting local typical rural cuisine, strolling up and down in the white old towns and in the millenary olive trees fields.

A soul-travel thought and guided by Flavia Giordano (Spaghetti ABC). A soul travel that will amaze you!

Day 1, Sunday April 15th – Meeting in Bari, metropolitan vibes

Afternoon: arrival at Bari airport in the afternoon, transfer and check-in at the hotel in Bari.

Dinner and night: welcome dinner at a crowded well-known pizzeria to start breathing Apulian atmosphere: pizza and local antipasti…

Night in hotel.

Day 2, Monday 16th – Altamura, the capital of bread, and Bari

Morning: after breakfast, we are going to discover Altamura, one of the Apulian towns where to find the very best local products. Walking food and tasting tour:

• visit of an awarded cheese maker. Cheese tasting of mozzarella “fior di latte”, caciocavallo and blue cheese;

• visit of an historical local bakery with wood oven. Focaccia and “Pane di Altamura PDO” (Protected Designation of Origin) tasting;

Afternoon: visit of an artisanal coffee roaster in Gravina di Puglia with coffee and tea tasting. Walk in Gravina old town, perched on the edge of a ravine riddled with caves..

Dinner in Bari: extra virgin olive oil tasting at a contemporary oleoteca, guided by a cultural association with a real passion for extravirgin olive oil. We’ll learn about local olive oil cultivars and we’ll have a food pairing dinner, guided by one of Gambero Rosso olive oil guide food writers.

Night in hotel in Bari.

Day 3, Tuesday 17th Locorotondo and Cisternino in the valley of trulli and Polignano by the sea

After breakfast, Locorotondo is waiting for us. Around 10 a.m. visit of a high quality winery producing “Bianco di Locorotondo DOC” (Controlled Designation of Origin): wine tasting.

Around 13 p.m., lunch in a typical taverna in town, to taste inimitable rural cuisine from Puglia.

Late afternoon and night: arrival, check-in and night in a nice B&B in the old part of Polignano a Mare, a lovely maritime little town well known for its romantic terraces by the sea.

Free dinner and night in Polignano.

Day 4, Wednesday 18th – Among centenarian olive trees and towards coastal towers…

Morning: After breakfast, we will travel to the unique countryside between Ostuni and Fasano, where monumental olive trees grow. Around 10.30 a.m. short guided walk on a road where once the historical Via Appia Traiana was. Unconventional aperitivo under the trees and by a millennial Dolmen.

Lunch at a “social restaurant” in San Vito dei Normanni, that is part of a project about inclusion, gastronomy and design to involve disadvantaged people.

Meeting with a tomatoes producer and seedsaver. If the weather and the logistics allow, visit of an “agribeach” in the nature reserve area of Torre Guaceto, with a synergistic garden by the sea..

Fish dinner and night in Polignano.

Day 5, Thursday 19th – Back home

Morning: After breakfast, check-out and transfer to Bari airport by bus. Hugs and kisses!

 

Price (starting from):

€ 1.070,00 per person  >>> based on a group of 16-20 travellers.

€ 1.200,00 per person  >>> based on a group of 12-15 travellers.

Double room single use supplement: € 240,00

FULLY BOOKED

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