Itinerary
- Day 1
Bari to Ostuni
You'll meet up in Bari and then drive to Ostuni, a white-washed hilltop town with narrow streets that overlook olive groves below. After checking into Masseria Salamina, a 17th-century fortified farm surrounded by olive and fig trees, you'll settle in and have your first dinner featuring local Pugliese dishes paired with regional wine.
- Start point
- Bari, Bari, Italy (We pick up wherever people are arriving or staying - Bari airport, train station or hotels, 14:00)
- Meals
- Dinner (Three courses with wine included - introduction to Puglia cuisine)
Included Activities
- Visit Ostuni (la città bianca)
- Explore narrow streets of Ostuni
- Check in at Masseria Salamina
Landmarks Ostuni Masseria Salamina - Day 2
Ostuni
This morning starts relaxed as you tour the 400-year-old farm and its historic citrus garden. You'll watch a cheesemaker work through traditional mozzarella production using milk from herds nearby, and taste regional wines. Later, a hands-on cooking session focuses on typical Puglia dishes with seasonal ingredients, and you'll eat lunch together afterward from what you've prepared.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch (Three courses with wine included - dishes prepared during cooking session)
Included Activities
- Cooking lesson with local chef on Puglia cuisine
- Tour of 400-year-old fortified farm and agrumeto (citrus garden)
- Mozzarella making demonstration by local cheesemaker
- Wine tasting from Puglia
- Hands-on cooking session and lunch preparation
- Day 3
Ostuni to Alberobello to Polignano a Mare
You head to Alberobello, a UNESCO site known for its cone-roofed trulli houses built 300 to 400 years ago. Walking the narrow streets, you'll learn about the cryptic symbols painted on rooftops and have time to shop around. From there, you'll travel to Polignano a Mare, a coastal town perched above turquoise waters, where lunch features Adriatic seafood at a waterfront location.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch (Three courses with wine included - Adriatic cuisine at seafront location in Polignano a Mare)
Included Activities
- Guided exploration of Alberobello
- Learn about trulli history and roof cone symbols
- Free time to browse shops in Alberobello
Optional Activities
- Swimming at Polignano a Mare beach
Landmarks Alberobello Polignano a Mare Piazza Vittorio Emanuele - Day 4
Ostuni
Early on, you'll go to the local weekly market with your chef to pick out fresh seasonal produce grown within the region. Back at the property, you'll harvest vegetables and herbs from the garden, then prepare and share lunch together. In the afternoon, visit an organic extra virgin olive oil farm with ancient Roman agricultural traces, where you'll taste and compare different olive oil varieties made on site.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch (Three courses with wine included - prepared with locally sourced market ingredients)
Included Activities
- Visit to local weekly market with chef
- Market shopping for lunch ingredients
- Harvest vegetables and herbs from property garden
- Lunch preparation with chef
- Visit to organic extra virgin olive oil farm
- Olive oil degustation and tasting
- Day 5
Ostuni to Matera
Today you travel to Matera in Basilicata, one of the world's oldest settlements with Bronze Age cave dwellings still visible. A local guide shows you the sassi cave area, a typical rock-carved house, and a Byzantine church carved directly from stone. After lunch with Basilicata specialties, you'll return to the masseria for the evening, when you and your chef prepare traditional seafood dishes from the Puglia coast.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch (Three courses with wine included - Basilicata region specialties), Dinner (Three courses with wine included - traditional coastal Puglia seafood dishes)
Included Activities
- Visit to UNESCO World Heritage site Matera
- Guided tour with local guide
- Explore sassi cave area
- Enter typical rock-carved house
- Visit cave church with Byzantine frescoes
- Seafood cooking session with chef
- Prepare traditional coastal Puglia dishes
Landmarks Matera Sassi di Matera - Day 6
Ostuni
You'll visit a family-run winery in Valle d'Itria, touring vineyards to see how limestone soils shape the terroir and wine character. Tasting their traditional wines including fiano minutolo and susumaniello, followed by a light lunch at the winery itself. The afternoon is free to relax, then you head out for your final dinner at a Michelin-starred restaurant that serves modern takes on local Pugliese ingredients.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch (Light lunch at winery), Dinner (Four courses with wine included - Michelin-starred restaurant featuring modern Pugliese cuisine)
Included Activities
- Winery tour in Valle d'Itria
- Vineyard visit and terroir education
- Wine tasting of traditional Puglia varieties
- Light lunch at winery
- Day 7
Ostuni to Bari
Your last morning, you'll have breakfast at the masseria before transport takes you back to Bari for departure at 11 a.m., wrapping up your week exploring Puglia's food, wine, and regional history.
- End point
- Bari, Bari, Italy (We drop off at Bari airport, train station and hotels, 11:00)
- Meals
- Breakfast
