Shape the Flavour
In a working masseria, learn to shape orecchiette and braid mozzarella by hand, then lunch in Locorotondo and an olive oil tasting at a local mill.
Destinations · Apulia
Apulia, the Italy that still feels like a secret.
Whitewashed towns, trulli among the olive groves and the generous kitchen of the South.
Why go
Whitewashed hill towns, trulli rising out of olive groves, an Adriatic coast of hidden coves, and a kitchen built on bread, olive oil and mozzarella still warm from the dairy. Apulia is southern Italy at its most generous, and still far from the crowds of the Amalfi Coast.
Puglia
When to go
- April – June
- Wildflowers, mild days, the countryside at its greenest.
- July – August
- Long sea days and village festivals. Book early.
- September – October
- The grape and olive harvests, warm sea, quieter towns.
- November – March
- Slow travel, olive oil season, the towns as locals live them.
What you'll live
Apulian Culinary Lesson
An evening in the kitchen garden, picking the vegetables you'll cook into the region's oldest recipes, followed by dinner.
Pottery & Wine
A morning at the potter's wheel with a local artisan, a vineyard lunch with tasting, and a walk through baroque Martina Franca.
Tradition and Modernity in Old Bari
The alleys of Bari Vecchia, lunch in a local trattoria and an afternoon learning the art of the Italian aperitivo cocktail.
On request
An Open-Sea Getaway
A private boat day along the coast, with swimming stops and lunch on board.
A journey idea: 7 days in Apulia
- Day 1: Arrival in Bari, private transfer to the Itria Valley.
- Day 2: Alberobello and the trulli, then Locorotondo at sunset.
- Day 3: Shape the Flavour: bread, mozzarella and olive oil.
- Day 4: A day at sea along the Monopoli coast.
- Day 5: Pottery & Wine, and Martina Franca.
- Day 6: Old Bari and the aperitivo lesson.
- Day 7: Departure, or continue to Matera or the Salento.
Every journey is designed around you. This is only a starting point.
How we travel
No packages, no group tours. Every day is shaped around you, with a private driver who stays with you from morning to evening, and one team in Italy that takes care of everything.