Tours in Taranto

Visit an authentic Apulian Masseria and find out how Mozzarella, Burrata, Caciocavallo and many other typical products of southern Italy are made. You will taste both fresh and seasoned cheeses, typical cold cuts and much more... all in complete relaxation. An experience that will make you learn about the history of a small farm and its great craftsmanship! The visit is usually carried out in English, in order to find a common language for our guests, but you can ask for some explanations in French, since our guide speaks French too. As the activity takes place on a farm and partially outdoors, it is advisable to wear closed shoes and suitable clothes for outer temperatures. Pets are welcome, except for the visit inside the mozzarella factory; we inform you that there are some pets on the farm.

An experience to live our traditions and know the origins of our cuisine in the typical Apulia buildings: i trulli surrounded by a peaceful nature. The art of making the orecchiette (our traditional pasta) is part of a ritual made also of soil and wind, a time in the countryside, slowly spent for preparing our lunch collecting wild herbs, fruits, tomatoes, melons and all that our organic garden seasonaly produce.The same slow time lived by our grandmothers to prepare the daily lunch for all the family. At home, a pastry board, the flour and the wind will be the simple ingredients to make our Orecchiette. We will learn to do this particular pasta, its variations and many other secrets will be revealed. We will then partecipate to prepare meat sauce, vegetables and cheese and all necessary for lunch. We will taste all our preparations.

- Visit a wine cellar immersed in the Apulian countryside and discover the history of the family and how the local wine is produced - Walk in the vineyard to discover the secrets of the wine varieties - Join a tasty lunch with taralli, olives, focaccia, entrées and a board of local cured meats and cheeses paired with four local wines or a traditional full apéritif. Transfer available at additional cost upon request.

Immersed in a centuries-old olive grove, you will have the almost unique opportunity to walk in the vineyards of Ottavianello, Impigno and Francavidda, minor vines that have almost disappeared. The tasting of the two Ostuni DOCs, accompanied by a tasty aperitif based on typical products, will make you immerse yourself in the rural atmosphere of our past.

The winery visit is a sensory experience and a chance to learn about the precious grape varieties that are used to make the amazing wines of the Valle D’Itria. You’ll see the 16th century Masseria and Trulli as well as the ultra-modern winery where you can understand the processes from harvesting to production right through to bottling and dispatch. There will be a tasting of 4 different wines with savoury snacks. A quick visit of Locorotondo , the “the medieval round town” , then a tasty light lunch including typical food from the Farm and “Locorotondo DOC” local wine . Then, on to Alberobello. A Unesco World Heritage site since 1996, the historic centre is made up oftwo distinct regions. We’ll visit an ancient Trullo and meet a genuine local Trullo Master who willdescribe the construction techniques of the Trulli. At the end of the tour a tasting of typical “rosoli” can be sampled on a stunning panoramic terrace up amongst the cones and pinnacles of the surrounding Trulli.

The narrow alleys that climb up to the summit, the colorful fixtures on the whitewashed walls painted in lime. Take it easy. Our drivers - qualified and highly professional - will show you the history of this magnificent village.

Private guided tour exploring the "white city" of Ostuni. You will have the possibility to discover one of the most suggestive old towns of Puglia and learn about its ancient origins, accompanied by a licensed tour guide only for you.

Visit of a traditional farm dating back to 1800, where, from 5 generation, different kind of cheese have been produced from the milk milked by its own grazing cows. It is possible to see the whole production process, from the manual milking of the “Frisona” cows to the cheese tasting. Our guests can also enjoy themselves : following the instructions of the Master Cheese Maker they can try to make mozzarella and fresh cheeses such as giuncata or primosale. Final tasting of fresh and seasoned cheeses with the honey produced in the farm and bread baked in a wood oven , with a good glass of local wine.

The tour of the medieval village is a unique, cultural and exciting experience. We will let you know the whole history of our beautiful white city.

Ostuni is one of the main tourist destinations of Puglia, called "White City" for the houses painted with white lime in the historical center. The guided tour of Ostuni will start from Libertà square, where there is the grand palace of the municipality and where stands the baroque column of Sant'Oronzo, almost 21 meters high. In Libertà Square you will also visit the archaeological excavations of the ancient walls and the defensive tower before taking Cattedrale street, full of local craft shops, commercial activities and typical local food product. You will then reach the cathedral dedicated to Santa Maria Assunta built in the fifteenth century. The façade is characterized by three elegant ogival portals and a large rose window of 24 rays. Following the tour will continue along the Aragonese walls where you can admire a beautiful landscape of the Valle d'Itria until you reach the Porta Nova gate, one of the ancient gate of the town.

In a single tour you will be able to discover the wonderful Valle d'Itria, with its characteristic trulli, the countryside that surrounds them and splendid examples of Martinese Baroque.

In just an hour you can visit the most interesting places in the old town and in the Umbertino village. Our slogan is "the best way to visit the city of two seas". In fact, it often happens that you are just passing through our capital, you stop only for a few hours, a fleeting meal and you are disappointed to have noticed a beautiful city but that for reasons of time we did not linger as it would have deserved because the territory is quite extensive, what better opportunity then to speed up everything by spending a pleasant hour letting yourself be guided aboard a nice Calessino bee? Seeing is believing.

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 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.

It rises in the Murge plateau between the Itria Valley and the gates of Salento, it has origins of the sixteenth century. Its business has four generations that for decades has preserved the traditional spirit of the Apulian farms. The protagonists of this zootechnical reality are the cows. Every day they are milked and their high quality milk, used in the company's dairy, becomes the main source from which it all begins. The commitment of expert hands in the production of latex and cheeses at km0, guarantees our customers freshness and goodness.

Among captivating scents and colors, you can walk among millenary olive trees, visit the underground and epigean oil mill, learn about the evolution of the rural world of the last centuries in the annexed museum of peasant civilization, discover the processes that lead to the birth of extra virgin olive oil and taste farm products. An experience of taste and culture that will surprise you and leave you satisfied.

Explore the 3 districts of Matera: Civita’ and the most fascinating part of the old town, named “Sassi”: Sassi Barisano and Caveoso. The guide will pick you up and bring you to Matera where you will start the guided walking tour. Stop 1 - MATERA - 2 hours. The stones of Matera is a real cultural landscape, capable of perpetuating from the most distant prehistoric past to the modern times.During the walking tour which lasts approx. 2 hours, our professional guides will show you the Sassi and take you to visite inside of a cave house to see the tools, the furniture, the lifestyle of the people that lived in THE SASSI OF MATERA , will take you back in time. transfer - 1 hour Stop 2 Alberobello 90 minutes The first trulli showed up in the prehistoric age being part of an ancient settlement in the Itria Valley.Still, the oldest trulli we know today are in Alberobello, dating back to the 14th Century. A visite inside of a trullo will show you the magic of this place.

The Ape Calessino tour of the Itria Valley is a magical tour to discover the magical colors and flavors of Puglia.

We bring to your accommodation/holiday home one of the most important culinary traditions of Pugliese cuisine: HANDMADE PASTA. This experience will not only allow you to carry in your luggage back home the satisfaction of having been part of the preparation of 3 types of pasta with your own hands, but also to have learned techniques and tricks that you can put into practice to delight your family and friends on their way home. The experience includes the preparation of 3 types of fresh pasta: Orecchiette, Tagliatelle and a stuffed egg pasta, but the experience does not end here, for each type of pasta we will prepare a sauce/dressing for an explosion of flavor. At the end, all seated, to taste the prepared dishes, accompanied by a starter that our local chef will offer us.

We will spend 8 hours aboard our Gozzo Sorrentino to discover the Tarantina Coast, departure at 10.00 and we will visit various points of Mar Piccolo and Mar Grande, making various stops to dive into the water and relax, the excursion will last 8 hours with a maximum of 10 people to be accommodated on board. We will start from the Sant'Eligio pier located in the old city of Taranto, we will pass by the swing bridge and Aragonese castle for customary photos, entrance to the small sea up to the stone bridge, and then we will go out towards the great sea towards San Vito to make the first swim stop , after some time spent there we will reach the Salento coast road where we will stop to dive into the crystal clear waters of the various beaches of Marina di Leporano (blue flag 2023) it is possible to anchor to swim in total relaxation and safety accompanied by an excellent prosecco . return at 18.00 to the starting point. Also ideal for celebrating an anniversary with friends and relatives…

We want to offer you a service where you can combine a pugliese kitchen of high quality in the privacy and comfort of your own house or in the chosen holiday accommodation (holiday homes, apartments, masseria) Let yourself be carried away by the aromas and flavors of our cuisine. You can select our already defined menu or if you prefer we can customize or adjust them for vegetarian, vegan, celiac or any other need.

The plain of the centuries-old olive trees is a huge flat expanse, in which there are about 250,000 olive trees, many of them millenary. Immerse yourself in this unique landscape by e-bike. Visit an ancient farm and discover its secrets. Listen to the knowledge related to the cultivation and the olive harvest. Embrace a thousand-year-old olive tree. Taste the local products in the farm.

The guided tour starts from Piazza Castello square, the center of the major monuments of interest. Here we will visit the ruins of the Doric Temple of Poseidon dating back to the 6th century. B.C. with two Doric columns that bear witness to the ancient Magno-Greek temple. The tour continues with the visit of the Aragonese castle inside which there is the Navy: the first tower was built by the Byzantines in the eleventh century and over the centuries was expanded to the current conformation. Very close to the castle you will visit and travel the revolving bridge, symbol of Taranto, connecting the island of Borgo Antico with the peninsula of Borgo Nuovo. About 90 meters long, it was inaugurated in 1887 and overlooks a large navigable canal that unites the two seas: the Mar Grande with the Mar Piccolo. The tour concludes with a visit to the Cathedral of San Cataldo, built by the Byzantines in the second half of the tenth century, although remodeled with a Baroque façade in the mid-1700s.

Boat trips, Boat parties, Boat trips, Boat fishing, enchanting places, with the possibility of seeing dolphins. There are no time or time constraints. Guaranteed fun.

Enjoy an authentic dining experience on a family-run farmhouse and learn how to make authentic Apulian mozzarella from an expert cheesemaker.