Top Bari Dining Experiences

"Velo Service offers a variety of tours and experiences but this one was probably one of the most authentic. Giada, our tour guide, managed a group of seven tourists speaking 3 different languages and she did it quite well, all while being knowledgeable and entertaining. We got to visit all the major landmarks of the city and got to learn their history as well as making a few stops to try local foods (getting to skip the line at Panificio Fiore was great). The tour led us along the Lungomare where there was a surprise performance by a local tarantela musician in which we got to participate. The tour concluded with a small pasta class on how to make orecchiette, which was taught by Donna Carmela, who is somewhat of a local celebrity and institution. It would take us years to reach her level of expertise at making this deceptively simple looking pasta, but it was a joy to watch her work. Of course, we also got to try the orecchiette with a simple tomato sauce. It was truly an authentic experience."

"Me and my partner came to Bari to learn something about the local food culture. We spent a lovely evening with Cristina and her mother making orechiette, a tipical pasta pugliese. The hosts welcomed us very warmly and they love to share their knowledge about cooking and local food. It is a really authentic cooking with nonna experience. This is really rare to find and at the end of the evening we felt that we recieved much more than we gave. Totally recommend it, 5 stars from us :-)"

"Informative, friendly guide! Great fun cycling around and very enjoyable pasta experience. Also offered to keep the bikes after if we wanted! 10/10!!"

"Our Guide Georgina was knowageable of Bari's food and wine, but her relationships with local resturant Owners made all our stops more personal."

"Fantastic very friendly and helpful. We had a small group of 8. Our guides English was very good. Don’t eat before excellent food"

"Visiting Azienda Agricola Mazzone was a great experience for me and my friends. The owners were very kind, friendly and always ready to answer all our questions. We've learned a lot about the wine production process. Delicious wine paired with awesome homemade food make us want to go back soon!"

"a wonderful moment !! the guide was super nice, a time planned to swim. everything was perfect !!! Thanks"

"Our tour guide was extremely knowledgeable he showed us many of the interesting parts of each of the cities that we visited it was a very good time"

"Our tour guide Falicita was very friendly and helpful and made us feel very welcome to the town of Bari. The food tasting was great."

"Our guide was such a joy the wine was the best I’ve ever tasted learning about how the wine is made and the length of time and preparation going into it was fascinating"

"Tour was very interesting and our guide Vito is fantastic and very passionate about Puglia and Italy. I highly recommend this tour to see two Unesco places in one day."

"Thank you Vito for showing me the magic of Puglia. Your passion and knowledge are evident in the way you speak about your home. Will definitely have to come back."

"This cooking class was Perfect ! Manuela, the host was super lovely, her English is amazing and has some great stories to tell Would 100% recommend as the food also turned out amazing and Manuela had prepared a few extra dishes for us to try after the pasta, which were also delicious. Manuela also went above and beyond helping us and giving us tips for the rest of our trip, in terms of where to go and what to do. Very helpful! Would love to visit Manuela and her beautiful home again. Thank you for everything!!!"

"Juanita made us part of her family. We cooked laughed and learned. She Is magical in the kitchen. Highly recommend this for an afternoon of great food and fantastic company"