Dear Reader,
If you are planning your vacation in Puglia and dream of authentic experiences immersed in trulli or driving along small country roads in a classic Fiat 500, then this article is dedicated to you!
Below you will find a complete list of tours with all the activities that ApulianClub Association offers to promote Apulian food, wine & traditions of this beautiful region:
1) Monopoli Calessino Street Food Tour – Aboard a tuk tuk or calessino, you’ll take a comfortable tour of Monopoli’s historic center and driving through the narrow alleys of the old town, making stops to sample the city’s best street food. An Apulian-style breakfast, pasticciotto and cappuccino. In an old bakery we will taste panzerotto, the King of Apulian street food and wine tasting of Primitivo wine in typical bottega.
2) Dinner at a trullo – A family will prepare focaccia, pizza, salami, cheeses, eggplant parmigiana. Ending with homemade desserts, wine and Apulian liqueurs
3) Panzerotti Workshop – At 5pm, we will go in a bakery that makes the best panzerotti in the city, we will prepare panzerotti together and we will drink a beer.
4) Burrata, focaccia, Primitivo wine & Fiat 500 tour – On board of Fiat 500, in a cheese shop you will prepare burrata, mozzarella with your own hands and observe the precious Apulian cheeses. There will be a workshop and an interesting tasting of local products. Driving in Monopoli’s countryside, we will arrive in a Casale where we will prepare focaccia together. We will also have a wine tasting in a cellar with 2 apulians wines, white Locorotondo and Primitivo.
5) Fornello Pronto – In Castellana Grotte, we will go for dinner at a butcher’s shop. You select the cut & they will prepare it the way you prefer.
6) Boat Tour – Aboard a typical motor boat used by Apulian fishermen, we will depart from Monopoli to reach the shores of Polignano a mare. We will be able to stop in the beautiful waters to take a few dips; we will have an aperitif on board with prosecco.
7) Pool & aperitif or barbecue – A day at a Villa with a beautiful pool & an apulian aperitivo or barbecue.
8) Visit Alberobello & experience an aperitif in a trullo – We will visit Alberobello, the city of trulli. Following, we will visit an ancient trullo, a family will be waiting for us for an incredible tasting of homemade food (focaccia, pizza, bread, salami and cheeses) and wine.
9) Fiat 850 & Octopus picnic – Driving along the coast road that leads to the sea, we will reach our location and set up the barbecue to prepare our roasted octopus, which will be served inside a sandwich with stracciatella pugliese and sun-dried tomatoes. We will serve excellent prosecco.
10) Apulian cooking class with mamma Maria! We will prepare orecchiette or a typical tiella “Riso, patate e cozze”
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Associazione Buongustai ApulianClub
To request more info or book your tour you can write to me here: Instagram Robi Petrus or you can send an email to: robipetrus@libero.it