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Accommodation

4 nights premium hotel accommodation La Chiusa di Chietri (or similar) In Puglia, it’s all about the slow and mellow moments – and that’s what this countryside hotel excels in. Surrounded by five acres of olive groves and aromatic Puglian scrub, it’s an oasis of rural calm – with a large outdoor pool in which to while away indigo-tinted evenings listening to the crickets. Level-up your wind-down with a session in the on-site Aura Sylva Spa, designed to replicate the ancient trulli that symbolise this part of the country.

Meals

3 Breakfasts 2 Lunches 2 Dinners

Transport

Shared ground transport

Guide

Local insider

Others

Visit to Alberobello and Locorotondo Guided vineyard tour and wine tasting Olive oil mill tour and tasting Pasta-making class Visit to Ostuni Guided street food tour of Bari Visit to Putignano Mozzarella workshop and dinner

Not included:

Optional

Other activities and services are not included.

Insurance

Insurance is not included.

Flights

Flights are not included.

Others

Any entrance or optional tour fees Any airport transfers to/from the hotel Any other meals Drinks during meals (unless otherwise specified) Porterage and gratuities Any other personal expenses

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Day 1 Welcome To Puglia
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Welcome To Puglia

After arriving at Bari airport, make your own way to your stunning hotel, La Chiusa di Chietri (or similar four-star), in the lush Itria Valley. After dropping your bags in your room, it’s off for an authentic Puglian dinner and drinks at a local masseria, where you’ll get to know your fellow travellers.

Accomodation:

La Chiusa di Chietri (or similar four-star hotel)

Activities included:

Welcome dinner and drinks
Day 2 Explore Two Trulli Beautiful Towns
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Explore Two Trulli Beautiful Towns

After breakfast at your hotel, you’ll be picked up and driven to the town of Alberobello, home to Puglia’s famous trulli huts. You’ll be met here by our Local Insider, who’ll lead you along flagstone-paved streets, lined with the whitewashed trulli buildings – many of which have been repurposed as boutique craft shops, delis and fairytale-pretty homes. From Alberobello, it’s a short hop south to the hilltop town of Locorotondo, which sits like a white crown on a green velvet cushion of vineyards and olive groves. Wander its medieval centre, a honeycomb of laundry-hung alleyways and plant-filled piazzas, with a spectacular church at its heart. After a break for lunch, you’ll head onto the Pastini winer t of the afternoon is yours to spend however you like – by the pool at your hotel, perhaps, with a glass of wine in hand?

Accomodation:

La Chiusa di Chietri (or similar four-star hotel)

Included activities:

Local Insider-led tour of Alberobello and Locorotondo

Tour of Pastini winery with a tasting session
Day 3 Learn To Make Pasta The Puglian Way
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Learn To Make Pasta The Puglian Way

Set your alarm an hour earlier this morning as, after breakfast, you’ll be whisked across the sunrise-gilded countryside to an olive oil mill in Cisternino. Here, you’ll not only get to see this ancient tradition in action (and how it has been modernised in recent times), but you’ll get to sample the peppery, freshly pressed olive oil – Puglia’s pride and joy. Wheels greased, it’s onto the day’s main course – literally, with a pasta-making class at an authentic masseria. You’ll learn how to make the region’s signature shapes: orecchiette, cavatelli and strascinati, before tucking into a homemade lunch with wine. After lunch, it’s onto the whitewashed city of Ostuni, rising out of the landscape like a crumbly meringue. Here, our Local Insider will take you on a meandering tour of its artisanal shops, baroque churches and spectacular viewpoints. After the tour, you’ll return to your hotel for the evening.

Accommodation:

La Chiusa di Chietri (or similar four-star hotel)

Included activities:

Olive oil mill visit and tasting

Puglian pasta-making class with lunch

Tour of Ostuni with a Local Insider
Day 4 Tuck Into A Street Food Tour Of Bari
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Tuck Into A Street Food Tour Of Bari

You might want to take it easy at breakfast today, as this morning it’s all about Bari and its street food scene. After being shuttled to the city, you’ll meet up with our Local Insider, who’ll introduce you to the city’s signature snacks – from salty, oily, still-warm focaccia, to meaty salami and refreshing gelato. Still hungry? Take the free lunch break to sniff out anything you might have missed. From Bari, it’s onto pretty Putignano, famous for its biscuit-coloured baroque architecture and annual carnival, thought to be the oldest in Europe. You’ll have time for a wander around the atmospheric streets, before heading off for your final activity of the day: a mozzarella-making workshop at a rural masseria. It’s surprisingly hungry work, which is why you’ll be well fed with homemade panzerotti afterwards – a fried, calzone-like snack, and a Puglian speciality.

Accommodation:

La Chiusa di Chietri (or similar four-star hotel)

Included activities:

Street food tour of Bari

Visit to Putignano

Mozzarella-making workshop
Day 5 It’S Time To Say Arrivederci
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

It’S Time To Say Arrivederci

Today’s your last day, so after a final hotel breakfast, spend what’s left of the morning making the most of that Puglian sun. After check-out, make your way to Bari airport, where you’ll say so long to the gang before heading off on whatever adventure comes next.

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Foodie Puglia

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Itinerary of your trip Foodie Puglia

Welcome To Puglia

Explore Two Trulli Beautiful Towns

Learn To Make Pasta The Puglian Way

Tuck Into A Street Food Tour Of Bari

It’S Time To Say Arrivederci

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