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