Gourmet Puglia

Gourmet Puglia

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$1933

Gourmet Puglia

8 Days

Visiting: Arrive In Bari, Italy, Bari, Martina Franca, Alberobello, Lecce, Cisternino, Ostuni, Europe

Tour operator:

Cosmos

Tour code:

6250-2025

From:
$2187
$1933 Barrhead discount: -$254 -12%

NB: Prices correct on 11-Jun-2024 but subject to change.

Tour Overview

This regional affordable vacation of the Italian region of Puglia, (also called Apulia), focuses on traditional experiences involving local food and wine. Your adventure begins in Bari and continues in Martina Franca, where you will spend six nights. Martina Franca is perched on a hilltop in Val D’Itria, a beautiful valley in Puglia famous for olive oil production and the traditional conic houses called Trulli, and it is the ideal base for exploring the region. The historic centre is a memorable maze of winding alleys, where whitewashed simplicity sits side by side with baroque extravagance. Known as the “heel of the boot” of Italy, Puglia remains a favorite holiday destination thanks to its breathtaking landscapes, enchanting coastline, and culinary traditions. Among the highlights of this regional Italy vacation you can look forward to the visit of Alberobello and the old towns of Bari and Lecce, as well as other charming towns surrounded by olive tree dotted countryside. Your budget-minded vacation in Italy is never short on great food and drink, especially on this itinerary. Olive oil, orecchiette pasta, local cheese, Primitivo wine and capocollo cured meat are only some of the mouthwatering delicacies you will enjoy during this week. Of course, you will also learn how to cook some delicious recipes for your friends and family back home by enjoying an included cooking class. The memories of your tour of the Puglia region of Italy will remain with you forever!

Places You'll See

B&B Hotel Bari

Park Hotel San Michele

B&B Hotel Bari

Park Hotel San Michele

Itinerary

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Day 1: Arrive In Bari,Italy

Location: Arrive In Bari, Italy

Welcome to Italy! Check into your hotel. The rest of the day is free for you to explore with the help of the CosmosGO app. Tonight, meet your Tour Director and travel companions.
ARRIVE IN BARI, ITALY Welcome to Italy! Check into your hotel. The rest of the day is free for you to explore with the help of the CosmosGO app. Tonight, meet your Tour Director and travel companions.

Day 2: Bari,Martina Franca

Location: Bari, Martina Franca

Meals Included: Breakfast, Dinner

Start your Puglia discovery with a guided sightseeing tour of Bari. This seaside city skirting the Adriatic Sea boasts Italy’s longest waterfront and an interesting maze of alleyways, courtyards, and historical palaces. When strolling through the narrow streets of Bari vecchia (old Bari), pause to marvel at the local women preparing typical Apulian orecchiette pasta, made traditionally by hand. Today’s Distance: 46 mi/ 75 km
BARI–MARTINA FRANCA Start your Puglia discovery with a guided sightseeing tour of Bari. This seaside city skirting the Adriatic Sea boasts Italy’s longest waterfront and an interesting maze of alleyways, courtyards, and historical palaces. When strolling through the narrow streets of Bari vecchia (old Bari), pause to marvel at the local women preparing typical Apulian orecchiette pasta, made traditionally by hand.
Today’s Distance: 46 mi/ 75 km (B,D)

Day 3: Martina Franca

Location: Martina Franca

Meals Included: Breakfast

Get to know the host town of your Puglia foodie adventure on an orientation tour. Discover local cheese and “capocollo” ham. Of course, you will have an opportunity to taste some of these traditional delicacies.Today’s Distance: 13 mi/ 20 km
MARTINA FRANCA Get to know the host town of your Puglia foodie adventure on an orientation tour. Discover local cheese and “capocollo” ham. Of course, you will have an opportunity to taste some of these traditional delicacies.
Today’s Distance: 13 mi/ 20 km (B)

Day 4: Martina Franca,Alberobello,Martina Franca

Location: Martina Franca, Alberobello, Martina Franca

Meals Included: Breakfast

On the included half-day excursion to Alberobello, discover the iconic Trulli. These dwellings, dating from as early as the mid-14th century, are made of roughly worked limestone boulders collected from neighboring fields. Characteristically, they feature pyramidal, domed, or conical roofs built of corbelled limestone slabs. These remarkable Trulli houses were included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage sites in 1996. The rest of your day is at leisure. Today’s Distance: 17 mi/ 28 km
MARTINA FRANCA–ALBEROBELLO–MARTINA FRANCA On the included half-day excursion to Alberobello, discover the iconic Trulli. These dwellings, dating from as early as the mid-14th century, are made of roughly worked limestone boulders collected from neighboring fields. Characteristically, they feature pyramidal, domed, or conical roofs built of corbelled limestone slabs. These remarkable Trulli houses were included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage sites in 1996. The rest of your day is at leisure.
Today’s Distance: 17 mi/ 28 km (B)

Day 5: Martina Franca

Location: Martina Franca

Meals Included: Breakfast

Spend some time discovering Martina Franca on your own, rest, or consider an optional excursion to Altamura, city of ancient palaces, churches and cloisters, known in Italy and beyond for its loaves of bread baked in wood-burning ovens and prepared according to ancient tradition; and Matera, one of the oldest, still inhabited cities in the world preserving evidence of human settlements since the Palaeolithic period in its natural caves carved into the rock.
MARTINA FRANCA Spend some time discovering Martina Franca on your own, rest, or consider an optional excursion to Altamura, city of ancient palaces, churches and cloisters, known in Italy and beyond for its loaves of bread baked in wood-burning ovens and prepared according to ancient tradition; and Matera, one of the oldest, still inhabited cities in the world preserving evidence of human settlements since the Palaeolithic period in its natural caves carved into the rock. (B)

Day 6: Martina Franca,Lecce,Martina Franca

Location: Martina Franca, Lecce, Martina Franca

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch

One of the highlights of this tour is the included day trip to Lecce. This seaside city enchants visitors with an unmistakable style, boasting monuments dating back to Roman times and, most notably, extraordinary baroque buildings that proudly bare the characteristic blonde color of the local stone. The city center’s vibrant and bustling atmosphere will entice you with its elegant, timeless alleyways and delicious local delicacies, such as the “pasticciotto,” made with sweet short pastry and typically filled with a delicious Italian custard. Learn more about regional food by joining the exciting, included cooking class, to learn hands-on how to prepare traditional orecchiette pasta and savor it with other local specialties, paired with local wines, and good company.Today’s Distance: 62 mi/ 100 km
MARTINA FRANCA–LECCE–MARTINA FRANCA One of the highlights of this tour is the included day trip to Lecce. This seaside city enchants visitors with an unmistakable style, boasting monuments dating back to Roman times and, most notably, extraordinary baroque buildings that proudly bare the characteristic blonde color of the local stone. The city center’s vibrant and bustling atmosphere will entice you with its elegant, timeless alleyways and delicious local delicacies, such as the “pasticciotto,” made with sweet short pastry and typically filled with a delicious Italian custard. Learn more about regional food by joining the exciting, included cooking class, to learn hands-on how to prepare traditional orecchiette pasta and savor it with other local specialties, paired with local wines, and good company.
Today’s Distance: 62 mi/ 100 km (B,L)

Day 7: Martina Franca,Cisternino,Ostuni,Martina Franca

Location: Martina Franca, Cisternino, Ostuni, Martina Franca

Meals Included: Breakfast

Learn about olive oil and acquire a taste for different olive oil flavors on the included tour of a local olive farm. Continue the exploration of local towns with great traditions by spending time in Ostuni, where the ancient citadel was built on top of a hill and fortified by walls. The town is commonly referred to as "the White Town" (La Città Bianca in Italian) for its white walls and its typically white-painted architecture.Today’s Distance: 37 mi/ 59 km
MARTINA FRANCA–CISTERNINO–OSTUNI–MARTINA FRANCA Learn about olive oil and acquire a taste for different olive oil flavors on the included tour of a local olive farm. Continue the exploration of local towns with great traditions by spending time in Ostuni, where the ancient citadel was built on top of a hill and fortified by walls. The town is commonly referred to as "the White Town" (La Città Bianca in Italian) for its white walls and its typically white-painted architecture.
Today’s Distance: 37 mi/ 59 km (B)

Day 8: Martina Franca

Location: Martina Franca

Meals Included: Breakfast

Your Puglia vacation ends with breakfast this morning.
MARTINA FRANCA Your Puglia vacation ends with breakfast this morning. (B)

Accommodation

Bari:B&B Hotel Bari
Martina Franca:Park Hotel San Michele

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WE saw so much. The tour director Mladin was very knowledgeable and made the experience so enjoyable. The bus driver Paul was so nice and helpful. A couple of the hotels had no refrigerators to keep the water cold. We had to carry our own luggage to and from the rooms. There should have been porters to help us. Over all we had a great time.

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