Baroque Treasures of Puglia
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Highlights
- Visit to the famous "Forno delle Monache," a traditional bakery once run by nuns
- Enjoy a hands-on cooking class to learn to prepare the local specialties of focaccia pugliese and orecchiette
- Enjoy a two hour walking tour of Bari including the Palazzo Normanno, the two cathedrals, the fish market, and don't miss the streets of the old city where local women make pasta by hand
- Enjoy highlights such as the Piazza Sant'Oronzo, the Basilicata of Santa Croce, and the Duomo
- Enjoy an organic, farm-to-table meal of local specialties with wine
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- Buffet Breakfast daily, hotel taxes, and service
- Private car transfers with English speaking driver on arrival, departure, and throughout
- Two nights in Lecce
- Two nights in Ostuni
- One night in Altamura
- Two nights in Polignano
- Wine tastings at private wineries in Lecce, Ostuni, and Locorotondo
- Visit to famous "Forno delle Monache" in Altamura with bread and pastry tasting
- A lunch of local organic products in Ostuni at a private Country Estate
- Hands on orecchiette cooking class with English instruction followed by lunch with wine
- Local guided walking tours of Lecce, Ostuni, Locorotondo, Alberobello, Altamura, Matera, and Bari
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