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Find the best base for vacation in Puglia - the Puglia Guys
Our most FAQ from visitors planning a Puglia vacation is “where is the best base for…?”. We weigh up the pros and cons of Puglia’s best known destinations.
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Visiting Puglia in 2025?
Find the best base for your vacation in Puglia. Our insider insights include key take-aways on getting here and getting around, working out the best itinerary, road trips and day trips.
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Find the best base for your vacation in Puglia. Our insider insights include key take-aways on getting here and getting around, working out the best itinerary, road trips and day trips.
#Puglia #PugliaTravel #PugliaGuys
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Foggia doesn’t get much love. Not many visit from elsewhere in our region, nor do many tourists, unless to trace family roots. But Puglia Guy team member Andrea studies there, and Henry (the dog) rather liked it!
Read about Henry’s visit below.
Read about Henry’s visit below.
Foggia in southern Italy is an interesting place that's well off the tourist trail that we enjoyed lots, especially the food markets, and laid back #beeroclock.
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November 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Foggia doesn’t get much love. Not many visit from elsewhere in our region, nor do many tourists, unless to trace family roots. But Puglia Guy team member Andrea studies there, and Henry (the dog) rather liked it!
Read about Henry’s visit below.
Read about Henry’s visit below.
November 13, 2025 at 9:45 AM
New Puglia Podcast episode.
Not everyone visiting Puglia wants to go it alone. Some travellers prefer the security and structure of a guided experience.
We speak with Luca Oliva of Puglia With Locals, a specialist travel designer and certified tour leader.
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Not everyone visiting Puglia wants to go it alone. Some travellers prefer the security and structure of a guided experience.
We speak with Luca Oliva of Puglia With Locals, a specialist travel designer and certified tour leader.
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Guided Travel In Puglia
Podcast Episode · The Puglia Podcast · 12/11/2025 · 45m
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November 12, 2025 at 6:46 AM
New Puglia Podcast episode.
Not everyone visiting Puglia wants to go it alone. Some travellers prefer the security and structure of a guided experience.
We speak with Luca Oliva of Puglia With Locals, a specialist travel designer and certified tour leader.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Not everyone visiting Puglia wants to go it alone. Some travellers prefer the security and structure of a guided experience.
We speak with Luca Oliva of Puglia With Locals, a specialist travel designer and certified tour leader.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
November 11, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Lunch today was super delicious. On the point of ordering something else, the server suggested something off menu.
Truly a celebration of Puglia. And with the mussels from Taranto, making it totally a celebration of surf and turf.
Spaghetti with cime di rapa and cozze tarantine.
#ItalianFood
Truly a celebration of Puglia. And with the mussels from Taranto, making it totally a celebration of surf and turf.
Spaghetti with cime di rapa and cozze tarantine.
#ItalianFood
November 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Lunch today was super delicious. On the point of ordering something else, the server suggested something off menu.
Truly a celebration of Puglia. And with the mussels from Taranto, making it totally a celebration of surf and turf.
Spaghetti with cime di rapa and cozze tarantine.
#ItalianFood
Truly a celebration of Puglia. And with the mussels from Taranto, making it totally a celebration of surf and turf.
Spaghetti with cime di rapa and cozze tarantine.
#ItalianFood
Today’s Puglia road trip will take us along and put us on the Via Appia, somewhere between Tarentum (Taranto) and Brundisium (Brindisi).
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If you haven’t yet discovered the most comprehensive Roman Road project, be sure to visit
itiner-e.org
#ItalyTravel #TravelAddicts #TravelBloggersCommunity
November 11, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Today’s Puglia road trip will take us along and put us on the Via Appia, somewhere between Tarentum (Taranto) and Brundisium (Brindisi).
If you haven’t yet discovered the most comprehensive Roman Road project, be sure to visit
itiner-e.org
#ItalyTravel #TravelAddicts #TravelBloggersCommunity
If you haven’t yet discovered the most comprehensive Roman Road project, be sure to visit
itiner-e.org
#ItalyTravel #TravelAddicts #TravelBloggersCommunity
Tomorrow’s destination for some more baroque churches in Puglia.
November 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Tomorrow’s destination for some more baroque churches in Puglia.
What a difference a week makes.
Our dried fruits, enjoying a pre-Christmas bath in their favourite Puglia liquors.
We’re just a week away from the start of our Puglia Kitchen Christmas baking.
Our dried fruits, enjoying a pre-Christmas bath in their favourite Puglia liquors.
We’re just a week away from the start of our Puglia Kitchen Christmas baking.
November 10, 2025 at 11:24 AM
What a difference a week makes.
Our dried fruits, enjoying a pre-Christmas bath in their favourite Puglia liquors.
We’re just a week away from the start of our Puglia Kitchen Christmas baking.
Our dried fruits, enjoying a pre-Christmas bath in their favourite Puglia liquors.
We’re just a week away from the start of our Puglia Kitchen Christmas baking.
Tomorrow a few of the team are taking a 16km trip to a nearby town that we regularly visit. But this time we’ll stay overnight to experience it as a destination for our Puglia guides. Because we always pay for accommodation we do a lot of travelling off season for more affordable accommodations!
November 10, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Tomorrow a few of the team are taking a 16km trip to a nearby town that we regularly visit. But this time we’ll stay overnight to experience it as a destination for our Puglia guides. Because we always pay for accommodation we do a lot of travelling off season for more affordable accommodations!
Orecchiette with cime di rapa, garlic, anchovy and chilli is Puglia’s signature winter pasta — simple, bitter, salty and utterly satisfying. A seasonal favourite in our Puglia Kitchen.
#ItalianFood #recipeoftheday #FoodSky
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#ItalianFood #recipeoftheday #FoodSky
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Puglia Kitchen Recipes | Orecchiette with Cime di Rapa
Discover how to cook cime di rapa the authentic Puglian way — a simple, bold recipe with orecchiette, garlic, chilli and extra virgin olive oil.
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November 9, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Orecchiette with cime di rapa, garlic, anchovy and chilli is Puglia’s signature winter pasta — simple, bitter, salty and utterly satisfying. A seasonal favourite in our Puglia Kitchen.
#ItalianFood #recipeoftheday #FoodSky
www.pugliaguys.com/2025/11/08/p...
#ItalianFood #recipeoftheday #FoodSky
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Orecchiette con cime di rapa. The most iconic of Puglia’s regional dishes.
Our #PugliaKitchen recipe will follow shortly- after we have digested and enjoyed this queen of Puglia’s dish!
Our #PugliaKitchen recipe will follow shortly- after we have digested and enjoyed this queen of Puglia’s dish!
November 8, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Orecchiette con cime di rapa. The most iconic of Puglia’s regional dishes.
Our #PugliaKitchen recipe will follow shortly- after we have digested and enjoyed this queen of Puglia’s dish!
Our #PugliaKitchen recipe will follow shortly- after we have digested and enjoyed this queen of Puglia’s dish!
For lunch in the Puglia Kitchen we are cooking Puglia’s most iconic pasta dish.
Orecchiette with cime di rapa (and no, it’s not turnip tops)!
Luigi has decided that Lulu doesn’t have the #caturday monopoly on the cime: he loves it too!
Orecchiette with cime di rapa (and no, it’s not turnip tops)!
Luigi has decided that Lulu doesn’t have the #caturday monopoly on the cime: he loves it too!
November 8, 2025 at 12:02 PM
For lunch in the Puglia Kitchen we are cooking Puglia’s most iconic pasta dish.
Orecchiette with cime di rapa (and no, it’s not turnip tops)!
Luigi has decided that Lulu doesn’t have the #caturday monopoly on the cime: he loves it too!
Orecchiette with cime di rapa (and no, it’s not turnip tops)!
Luigi has decided that Lulu doesn’t have the #caturday monopoly on the cime: he loves it too!
November 8, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Fish on Friday in the Puglia Kitchen.
November 7, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Fish on Friday in the Puglia Kitchen.
Another rustic but flavour packed lunch at the most local
Of local spots in Ostuni. After some discussion we have decided against adding it to our Puglia Guys Ostuni guide. It would change the nature of the place, and it would be lost to the locals!
Of local spots in Ostuni. After some discussion we have decided against adding it to our Puglia Guys Ostuni guide. It would change the nature of the place, and it would be lost to the locals!
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Another rustic but flavour packed lunch at the most local
Of local spots in Ostuni. After some discussion we have decided against adding it to our Puglia Guys Ostuni guide. It would change the nature of the place, and it would be lost to the locals!
Of local spots in Ostuni. After some discussion we have decided against adding it to our Puglia Guys Ostuni guide. It would change the nature of the place, and it would be lost to the locals!
From late November through early January, towns and villages across Puglia light up for Christmas.
One of the first to officially welcome Christmas is Taranto. At 3 a.m. on 22 November, the bands strike up and the city wakes to the scent of frying pettole.
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One of the first to officially welcome Christmas is Taranto. At 3 a.m. on 22 November, the bands strike up and the city wakes to the scent of frying pettole.
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Christmas in Puglia | Taranto - the Puglia Guys
In Taranto, Christmas starts early. At 3 a.m. on 22 November, the bands strike up their pastorali and the city wakes to the scent of frying pettole. The Festa di Santa Cecilia marks the true start of ...
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November 6, 2025 at 7:17 AM
From late November through early January, towns and villages across Puglia light up for Christmas.
One of the first to officially welcome Christmas is Taranto. At 3 a.m. on 22 November, the bands strike up and the city wakes to the scent of frying pettole.
www.pugliaguys.com/2025/11/03/c...
One of the first to officially welcome Christmas is Taranto. At 3 a.m. on 22 November, the bands strike up and the city wakes to the scent of frying pettole.
www.pugliaguys.com/2025/11/03/c...
There’s nothing better than a Halloween film. One that creeps, or slashes.
But the scariest film that we watched this Halloween was, by far, and probably for many years (and at least the next 3-ish), A House of Dynamite.
But the scariest film that we watched this Halloween was, by far, and probably for many years (and at least the next 3-ish), A House of Dynamite.
November 2, 2025 at 5:21 PM
There’s nothing better than a Halloween film. One that creeps, or slashes.
But the scariest film that we watched this Halloween was, by far, and probably for many years (and at least the next 3-ish), A House of Dynamite.
But the scariest film that we watched this Halloween was, by far, and probably for many years (and at least the next 3-ish), A House of Dynamite.
Our Christmas baking is a little behind schedule. Suddenly it’s the day after tutti i santi, and we need to get back on schedule.
Soaking our dried fruits (including our Puglia Kitchen garden dried figs) with a very Puglia liquor: Elisir San Marzano, from the town of its name in Taranto.
Soaking our dried fruits (including our Puglia Kitchen garden dried figs) with a very Puglia liquor: Elisir San Marzano, from the town of its name in Taranto.
November 2, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Our Christmas baking is a little behind schedule. Suddenly it’s the day after tutti i santi, and we need to get back on schedule.
Soaking our dried fruits (including our Puglia Kitchen garden dried figs) with a very Puglia liquor: Elisir San Marzano, from the town of its name in Taranto.
Soaking our dried fruits (including our Puglia Kitchen garden dried figs) with a very Puglia liquor: Elisir San Marzano, from the town of its name in Taranto.
Cooking in the Puglia Kitchen.
The soffritto - it’s not about sweating the trinity of onion, carrots and celery. It’s slowly frying it off until it becomes fragrant and starts to stick to the base of the pan.
Slow and steady, like life in Puglia. Herbs added 15 mins in.
#ItalianFood #foodie
The soffritto - it’s not about sweating the trinity of onion, carrots and celery. It’s slowly frying it off until it becomes fragrant and starts to stick to the base of the pan.
Slow and steady, like life in Puglia. Herbs added 15 mins in.
#ItalianFood #foodie
November 2, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Cooking in the Puglia Kitchen.
The soffritto - it’s not about sweating the trinity of onion, carrots and celery. It’s slowly frying it off until it becomes fragrant and starts to stick to the base of the pan.
Slow and steady, like life in Puglia. Herbs added 15 mins in.
#ItalianFood #foodie
The soffritto - it’s not about sweating the trinity of onion, carrots and celery. It’s slowly frying it off until it becomes fragrant and starts to stick to the base of the pan.
Slow and steady, like life in Puglia. Herbs added 15 mins in.
#ItalianFood #foodie
We’ve known for days what this week’s Puglia Kitchen Sunday lunch is going to be.
Now it’s Puglia’s “not-summer” season, comfort eating soul-food comes top of the list.
#ItalianFood #recipeoftheday #foodsky
www.pugliaguys.com/2025/03/01/p...
Now it’s Puglia’s “not-summer” season, comfort eating soul-food comes top of the list.
#ItalianFood #recipeoftheday #foodsky
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The Puglia Kitchen Pasta e Fagioli Barese | the Puglia Guys
In Bari, pasta e fagioli is made with a local ingredient that takes it to another level of pleasure: ricotta forte, creamy and with a strong, tangy flavour.
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November 2, 2025 at 7:58 AM
We’ve known for days what this week’s Puglia Kitchen Sunday lunch is going to be.
Now it’s Puglia’s “not-summer” season, comfort eating soul-food comes top of the list.
#ItalianFood #recipeoftheday #foodsky
www.pugliaguys.com/2025/03/01/p...
Now it’s Puglia’s “not-summer” season, comfort eating soul-food comes top of the list.
#ItalianFood #recipeoftheday #foodsky
www.pugliaguys.com/2025/03/01/p...
We finally got round to updating our Taranto guide with an excellent further accommodation and restaurant recommendation following our September stay.
Don Alfredo B&B
Trattoria al Pescatore
#Puglia #Italy
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Don Alfredo B&B
Trattoria al Pescatore
#Puglia #Italy
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Troubled Taranto, The Beauty Underneath | The Puglia Guys
Taranto could have been one of Southern Italy’s most beautiful cities. But condemned to industrialisation and a long decay, we discover the beauty underneath.
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November 1, 2025 at 8:11 AM
We finally got round to updating our Taranto guide with an excellent further accommodation and restaurant recommendation following our September stay.
Don Alfredo B&B
Trattoria al Pescatore
#Puglia #Italy
www.gaypugliapodcast.com/2023/01/10/t...
Don Alfredo B&B
Trattoria al Pescatore
#Puglia #Italy
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Happy Halloween from our Puglia Kitchen garden.
October 31, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Happy Halloween from our Puglia Kitchen garden.
This is Padre Pio. Who battled with demons in Puglia.
Made a saint by Pope John Paul II - his troubled story tells of evil in Gargano, the spur of Italy’s boot.
Pio’s stigmata bled until his death. In 1968.
His was a contemporary battle against demons, one recognised by the church of Rome.
Made a saint by Pope John Paul II - his troubled story tells of evil in Gargano, the spur of Italy’s boot.
Pio’s stigmata bled until his death. In 1968.
His was a contemporary battle against demons, one recognised by the church of Rome.
October 29, 2025 at 7:16 PM
This is Padre Pio. Who battled with demons in Puglia.
Made a saint by Pope John Paul II - his troubled story tells of evil in Gargano, the spur of Italy’s boot.
Pio’s stigmata bled until his death. In 1968.
His was a contemporary battle against demons, one recognised by the church of Rome.
Made a saint by Pope John Paul II - his troubled story tells of evil in Gargano, the spur of Italy’s boot.
Pio’s stigmata bled until his death. In 1968.
His was a contemporary battle against demons, one recognised by the church of Rome.
And so it is that the last of our Puglia Kitchen garden tomatoes are used to make a fresh tomato sauce (marking the last home made fresh tomato sauce for the season).
#ItalianFood #FoodSky #recipeoftheday
#ItalianFood #FoodSky #recipeoftheday
October 29, 2025 at 11:57 AM
And so it is that the last of our Puglia Kitchen garden tomatoes are used to make a fresh tomato sauce (marking the last home made fresh tomato sauce for the season).
#ItalianFood #FoodSky #recipeoftheday
#ItalianFood #FoodSky #recipeoftheday
In this Halloween special we take you deep into Puglia’s Gargano where faith and fear have shared the same mountains for centuries.
From Padre Pio, the friar who bore the stigmata and claimed to battle demons in the skies above his monastery, to werewolves.
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From Padre Pio, the friar who bore the stigmata and claimed to battle demons in the skies above his monastery, to werewolves.
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From Saints to Shadows: The Dark Legends of Gargano
Podcast Episode · The Puglia Podcast · 29/10/2025 · 36m
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October 29, 2025 at 6:11 AM
In this Halloween special we take you deep into Puglia’s Gargano where faith and fear have shared the same mountains for centuries.
From Padre Pio, the friar who bore the stigmata and claimed to battle demons in the skies above his monastery, to werewolves.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
From Padre Pio, the friar who bore the stigmata and claimed to battle demons in the skies above his monastery, to werewolves.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...