Top Puglia Dining Experiences

the place, the atmosphere and of course Grandma Tetta's experience! So many laughs in company: you will learn how to make three types of homemade Salento pasta which we will then taste during dinner together with local cold cuts and cheeses.

Dive into the Italian way of life by living just like the locals do. Immerse yourself in a private dining experience at a local's home, enjoy an exclusive cooking demo and taste authentic recipes treasured in family cookbooks passed down by real Italian Mammas. Feel the warmth of Italian hospitality as you connect with local people. Enjoy a 4-course menu including starter, pasta, main course with side dish, dessert with drinks included (water, selection of red and white wines from regional cellars and coffee). This experience is held by Cesarine: Italy’s oldest network of 1000+ home cooks all over the country in more than 500 cities. They are passionate and welcoming hosts that open the doors of their own homes to curious travellers for immersive culinary experiences.

Maurizio and Nadia, in the company of their 2 Labradors, are waiting for you in their home to cook Apulian specialties, enjoying a selection of excellent wines. You will taste lunch or dinner together, following the traditions of Salento cuisine, spending 4 hours between preparation and tales of the territory.

Don't lose the opportunity to become a "pizzaiolo" (pizza-maker) and a great tiramisu maker! Enter a local home, connect with an expert home cook and discover how Italian mamma and nonnas used to prepare awesome pizza at home. With this private hands-on cooking class, you will learn how to make pizza and tiramisù from scratch from a real Italian family. To complete your feast, enjoy what you have prepared for lunch or dinner with a selection of local wine included. Have fun putting your cooking skills to the test and amaze your friends and family with a pizza party once you come back home! This experience is suitable for families with children of all ages. Le Cesarine is Italy’s oldest network of home cooks all over the country in more than 120 cities. They are passionate and welcoming hosts that open the doors of their own homes to curious travellers for immersive culinary experiences.

You can't visit Italy without trying at least one pasta dish... So, we'll teach you two! Learn how to roll 'sfoglia' (fresh pasta) by hand and how to prepare 2 simple different kinds of pasta (filled pasta + fresh pasta) from scratch with your Cesarina. As the icing on the cake you will learn to prepare also the iconic Tiramisu. Share your passion for the Italian cuisine as you make new friends in this hands-on cooking class. It's a great way to truly experience Italian culture. • Learn to roll 'sfoglia' (fresh pasta) by hand • Learn to make 2 iconic pasta types • Learn to make the iconic tiramisu • Small-group cooking class with a maximum of 12 people. Share your passion for the Italian cuisine with other lovely guests • Enjoy an Italian Aperitivo to warm-up Cesarine is Italy’s oldest network of home cooks all over the country. They are welcoming hosts that open the doors of their own homes to curious travellers for immersive culinary experiences.

I offer visitors the opportunity to learn about the world of olive oil, from plant cultivation to milling, from the point of view of our company, in business since 1949. Along with this it will be possible for guests to taste the gastronomic specialties of Gargano, not only oil, but also a choice of wines, cheeses and other products. At the request of those interested you can also visit our olive grove, where you can enjoy a moment of relaxation in the shade of our old trees!

Visit a winery in Lecce of over 150 years learning more about wine together with an expert and enjoying a delicious brunch

Would you like to discover the most authentic side of Italian gastronomy and share it with other enthusiasts of the “cucina italiana”? Enjoy this shared Market tour and typical Dining experience. Visit the vibrant local market and learn about the seasonal produce and secret ingredients. Then, head to your Cesarina’s house to enjoy a 3-course dining experience, showcasing the authentic regional dishes stored in the cookbooks of your host. You will take part in an experience which is so much more than just a lunch or dinner. You will make new friends, feel like one of the family and live like the Italians do.

Puglia’s regional cuisine is kept alive in the countryside, which are often tricky to access for those who aren’t familiar with the rural areas. Enjoy truly authentic dishes along with an open-air opera performance with this exclusive experience that combines a farmhouse cooking class with a sunset dinner accompanied by some of the most beloved Italian arias sung by professional musicians.

Immerse yourself in a private pasta and tiramisu-making class in a welcoming home, learn the secrets of the region's most famous pasta dishes and tiramisu and taste the fruit of your labour for lunch or dinner accompanied by local wines. During this private lesson, you will learn how to prepare 2 pasta recipes and the tiramisu dessert from scratch. Your Cesarina will reveal the tricks of the trade of these iconic recipes. Have fun putting your cooking skills to the test and amaze your friends and family once home with an Italian meal! This experience is suitable for families with children of all ages. Le Cesarine is Italy’s oldest network of home cooks all over the country in more than 120 cities. They are passionate and welcoming hosts that open the doors of their own homes to curious travellers for immersive culinary experiences.

Choose the food and wine experience Tasting of organic Apulian wines in the vineyard of an old farmhouse and give yourself a unique and exclusive memory of Puglia. You will discover how an ancient fortified farmhouse is made. You will visit a farm, which produces one of the best Apulian wines, walking through the rows of its wonderful vineyard and from its tower you can admire the breathtaking surrounding landscape. After stimulating your eyes, it will be time to taste: you can taste, in an exclusive location among the rows of the vineyard, the organic wines produced from the precious grapes grown here. You will conclude the experience with a rich lunch or dinner. Tasting of 5 Amastuola organic wines paired with 5 courses including aperitif, appetizers, first course and dessert.

With this experience, you will get to see and hear all the different steps required o transform olives into precious extra-virgin olive oil. You will also get to taste genuine products and you can even buy products to take with you or have them shipped home by paying the shipping fees.

The experience takes place in our private home, where it will be possible to discover our world made of alchemy, concoctions and many plants! You will understand how the world of the bar and that of plants are closely connected. We will explain how to collect, dry and obtain infusions, flavored syrups and liqueurs, to be drunk alone or to be mixed; we conclude with the preparation and tasting of drinks made with ingredients based on spontaneous plants, aromatic herbs and seasonal fruit.

The owner of the farm will respond directly to the curiosity of the visitors who will participate in the excursion, who will accompany them in every phase of the experience, telling them all the aspects that characterize the production of a quality extra virgin olive oil, clarifying the best known ones and also revealing the most secretly guarded ones. The purpose of the experience on the one hand is to inform visitors about the technical data relating to oil production, on the other hand to give the emotion of taking part in obtaining one of the most precious products of our culinary tradition.

Dive into Manfredonia like a local foodie. Explore your Cesarina's most trusted artisanal food shops, tasting as you go. Visit a selection of small local shops, learn about the typical products of the city while tasting them. A delicious way to discover Manfredonia and its gastronomy! • Street food tasting tour • Explore your Cesarina's most trusted artisanal food shops • Sample some of Manfredonia typical street food staples • Do some sightseeing in Manfredonia as you walk from tasting to tasting • Small-group tour with a maximum of 12 people for an authentic food experience Le Cesarine is Italy’s oldest network of home cooks all over the country in more than 120 cities. They are passionate and welcoming hosts that open the doors of their own homes to curious travellers for immersive culinary experiences.

If you have a special love for all that is Italian, this tour is for you. The vineyards of Negroamaro, located in eastern Salento, in the hinterland of the Idruntino, are located about 30 minutes by car from the city of Lecce and Otranto. A half day to discover the perfect landscapes to taste world-famous wines.

welcome to faboulous main cities; Bari and Lecce discoverings, pick up 9,30am from your hotels and transport to visit BARI the capital of Puglia included the most catholic oldest church of the world VISIT! narrow wonderful street visit etc. transport to the capital of the amazing architectural city ( baroque pugliese STYLE! ) LECCE visit !! in the TOUR is included a stop for lunch (complete lunch) around 12,30pm in a wonderful typical restaurant!! included wine.. ENJOY !!!!

Discover Puglia’s diverse landscapes and rich heritage on this 4-day sightseeing and cooking experience. Stay overnight in a charming bed-and-breakfast in seaside Bari, venturing out each day with a professional guide to explore regional highlights like the distinctive Trulli architecture of Alberobello, Gargano National Park, the UNESCO-listed Shrine of Saint Michael and the mountain villages of Monti Dauni. Cap off the tour with a cooking class at the private home of a chef, where you’ll learn to prepare classic Puglian dishes using fresh local ingredients.

welcome!  with this wonderful activity you will entry in a fantastic world! the world of the Italian family from Puglia....pick up from your accomodation, Puglia airports, cruise ports of Puglia, train stations of Puglia, etc. 9am

The city of Lecce is known for both its Baroque architecture and excellent street food. With this experience, discover the best of both without getting footsore by combining sightseeing and food tasting in a single bike tour. Zip through the picturesque lanes of the old town to take in the historic palaces and churches, stopping to sample local delicacies like “puccia”, “taralli”, and “pettole” washed down with Puglian wines.

Lecce is famous for its traditional handicrafts, papier-mâché figures, and artisan products, and this 3-hour shopping tour offers the inside scoop on shopping in the city. Admire landmarks such as Santa Croce Basilica, Porta Napoli, and Saint Oronzo square on a rickshaw ride; shop for souvenirs at luxury boutiques and ateliers; then relax with a traditional Italian aperitivo.

Don't lose the opportunity to become a "pizzaiolo" (pizza-maker) and a great tiramisu maker! Enter a local home, connect with an expert home cook and discover how Italian mamma and nonnas used to prepare awesome pizza at home. With this private hands-on cooking class, you will learn how to make pizza and tiramisù from scratch from a real Italian family. To complete your feast, enjoy what you have prepared for lunch or dinner with a selection of local wine included. Have fun putting your cooking skills to the test and amaze your friends and family with a pizza party once you come back home! This experience is suitable for families with children of all ages. Le Cesarine is Italy’s oldest network of home cooks all over the country in more than 120 cities. They are passionate and welcoming hosts that open the doors of their own homes to curious travellers for immersive culinary experiences.

Don't lose the opportunity to become a "pizzaiolo" (pizza-maker) and a great tiramisu maker! Enter a local home, connect with an expert home cook and discover how Italian mamma and nonnas used to prepare awesome pizza at home. With this private hands-on cooking class, you will learn how to make pizza and tiramisù from scratch from a real Italian family. To complete your feast, enjoy what you have prepared for lunch or dinner with a selection of local wine included. Have fun putting your cooking skills to the test and amaze your friends and family with a pizza party once you come back home! This experience is suitable for families with children of all ages. Le Cesarine is Italy’s oldest network of home cooks all over the country in more than 120 cities. They are passionate and welcoming hosts that open the doors of their own homes to curious travellers for immersive culinary experiences.

Dive into Otranto like a local foodie. Explore your Cesarina's most trusted artisanal food shops, tasting as you go. Visit a selection of small local shops, learn about the typical products of the city while tasting them. A delicious way to discover Otranto and its gastronomy! • Street food tasting tour • Explore your Cesarina's most trusted artisanal food shops • Sample some of Otranto typical street food staples • Do some sightseeing in Otranto as you walk from tasting to tasting • Small-group tour with a maximum of 12 people for an authentic food experience Le Cesarine is Italy’s oldest network of home cooks all over the country in more than 120 cities. They are passionate and welcoming hosts that open the doors of their own homes to curious travellers for immersive culinary experiences.