Puglia- Italy
08.04.15 - Guillaume - 716lavie
Flights Paris-Bari with Ryan Air
Flights Paris-Brindisi twice a week
Go during the off season in May or September
Rent a car to get around
Puglia is a beautiful region, and it’s becoming more and more popular. The heel of the boot is still one of the crown jewels of Italy: the harsh beauty of the landscapes, the villages on the hillsides by the sea, or perched on hills, that omnipresent baroque art, a cuisine that is considered by many, as well as Italians, as one of the best in the country.
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San Nicolas on May 9th in Bari
Gioia del Colle for its renowned wine Primitivo, a fruity native wine of Puglia, widely renowned in Italy and Europe.
After that you could go down to Mottola, home to byzantine rocky churches, place in gravinas, which are canyons excavated by erosion and former rivers, nowadays spread by Mediterranean bush and flora. From Mottola you can go to Castellaneta Marina or Ginosa Marina for a bath, it is only 30 minutes by car and great sandy beaches. May will be fine for swimming, trust me, if you are used to the Atlantic French beaches.
After that, heading back to Bari, you can go to Torre Guaceto, a lovely naturalistic reserve, or stop at Ostuni the so called ‘White city’ for its houses. Then you can try the local meat, everything in Ceglie Messapica at Fornello da Ricci, or in Cisternino is tasty too.
Bari
Biancofiore
Corso Vittorio Emmanuele 11, 13
70122 Bari
Tel : 080 523 5446
“One of my favorite spots on my trip: exceptional food, bosses are serious, cozy setting, average prices, a sure shot!”
Ostuni
La Taverna “da Maurizio”
C.da Rosamarina n 12, SS 379 Uscita PiloneRosamarina
72017 Ostuni
Tel : +39 0831 350433
“It’s not on my favourites list but Taverna “da Maurizio” is good option for a good dinner when you’re in the lowland between Ostuni and the sea, an area that doesn’t have so many options”
Polignano a Mare
Osteria di Chichibio
Largo Gelso, 12
70044 Polignano A Mare
Tel : +39 080 424 0488
“L’Osteria di Chichibio is THE good restaurant in the region, the vital step that you have to do, not cheap, but still affordable nonetheless. The ultimate experience for amazing seafood.”
Ostuni
La Taverna de Maurizio
Taverna del Duca (Locorotondo) shouldn’t be skipped. It’s only meat here, no fish…
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Orecchiette
Frise
Pizzi
Greco
Primitivo
d’orecchiette alle cime di rape, the pasta special with brocoli shoots
and some local food such as Pizzi (bread mixed with olives, or tomatoes, or cereals ), ciciri et fria (pasta with local vegetables). Please also try Negramaro, a massive red wine from the Salento zone (southern part of Puglia).
Then go to Lecce for its marvellous Baroque style, in the old town you can have pasticciotto the tipical dessert, similar to Neapolitan
Lecce
00 Doppiozero
Via Guglielmo Paladini, 2
Lecce
Tel : 39 0832521052
Quanto Basta
Via Paladini 17
73010 Lecce
Tel : 347 008 3176
Pastificio Benedetto Cavalieri
Antico forno di Matera
Via Cererie, 49
75100 Matera Matera
Tel : +39 0835 334138
Ferme aux Fromages
Caseificio Aziendale Lamapecora
Chez Tauro Nicolo
Fasano
Tel : 080 442 08 43
Pescheria 2 mari
Piazza Amati 8
Savelletri, Fasano
only raw fish, Puglia’s specialty
