"Salento in barca"

"Salento in barca" provides tours on a traditional fisherman boat and organizes tailored solutions based on culinary, diving or snorkelling and naturalistic interests.

During your trip you will enjoy the beauty of the rocky and sandy beaches of the Ionian Sea, from Gallipoli to Porto Cesareo and Santa Maria di Leuca…having the opportunity to swim in crystal clear water.

Truffles for everybody

"SALENTO TRUFFLES”

Truffle’s Festival at Corigliano d’Otranto (Lecce, Puglia, Italy)

2nd edition jun 20 - 29 2008

A ten days event fully dedicated to the famous fungus of which Salento’s woods and fields are rich, both white and black variety.

Truffle hunting

The white truffle is one of the finest delicacies. The most precious, aromatic and expensive truffles grow in Italy and, though it’s not well-known, Puglia is one of the regions where you can find it!
For over 25 years, Giuseppe, our famous hunter, has been dedicated to hunting and preserving the Salentino white truffle. He arranges exiting excursions with his truffle hounds to search for this famed fungus. Giuseppe welcomes you to enter his world made of his family, home, dogs and woods. After the truffle hunting, totally immersed in the countryside, he will prepare a memorable truffle lunch.

Cheese making

Mrs. Griffin learning to make mozzarella and caciotta......
Mozzarella is one of the most famous Italian words abroad. This delicious cheese, which comes from Southern Italy, has a prominent role in Pugliese cuisine and is widely known all over the world. Its name derives from the dialect word mozza, meaning to cut, because of the method of working.
You will be shown the mozzarella making process and, if you like, you can participate in the shaping of the cheese. But more importantly, you will take part in a tasting of different local, home-made cheese: burrata, giuncata, ricotta and many others.

Olive oil tasting

Puglia is the most important region in Italy when it comes to olive growing. The territory is characterized by the presence of century-old olive trees, which probably better represent the Mediterranean civilization. The olive oil produced here is strictly extra-virgin and an essential part of everyday Pugliese cuisine.You will be shown an underground limestone mill or Frantoio, where a guide will explain the way the mill was used and show you the traditional techniques for making Olive Oil. Afterward you will take part in a tasting of different varieties of oils and traditional food.

Wine tasting

Grape growing, spread all over the provinces, is an important resource for the region of Puglia, whose production represents15% of all wine produced in Italy.
Enjoy a half-day tour in one of our old wineries whose long tradition is synonymous of great quality and experience. After hearing the history of the winery and its production, you will be shown part of the wine making process. Your guided visit will end with a tasting of different varietals together with some typical Pugliese food.

Cooking Class

Pugliese cuisine, born of a poor region, is now gaining appreciation because of the quality of local products form the land and sea.
Vegetables, grains, cheese and fish are the base of traditional everyday meals which are enhanced by the flavour of Pugliese Olive Oil.
The ingredients are ingeniously brought together creating unforgettable, healthy and genuine flavours.
This food is based upon the home cook and because of this, recipes usually lack specific quantities.
Our hands-on cooking classes will enable you to ‘feel’ this unusual way of preparing food and to bring a little bit of Puglia home with you!

Food from Apulia

Pugliese cuisine, born of a poor region, is now gaining appreciation because of the quality of local products form the land and the sea.
Vegetables, grains, cheese and fish are the base of traditional everyday meals which are enhanced by the flavour of Pugliese Olive Oil.
The ingredients are ingeniously brought together creating unforgettable, healthy and genuine flavours such as orecchiette with fresh tomato or ciceri e tria (pasta with chik-peas) or soup and an infinite number of delicious plates.