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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.
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Rainy days in Puglia are well suited to a pizza lunch in Locorotondo.
Pizza “sciamanìnne” (dialect for “let’s go!”)
Pomodoro, fior di latte, salame piccante, peperoni.
Tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese, spicy sausage, peppers.
€ 9,00
Pizza “sciamanìnne” (dialect for “let’s go!”)
Pomodoro, fior di latte, salame piccante, peperoni.
Tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese, spicy sausage, peppers.
€ 9,00
November 19, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Rainy days in Puglia are well suited to a pizza lunch in Locorotondo.
Pizza “sciamanìnne” (dialect for “let’s go!”)
Pomodoro, fior di latte, salame piccante, peperoni.
Tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese, spicy sausage, peppers.
€ 9,00
Pizza “sciamanìnne” (dialect for “let’s go!”)
Pomodoro, fior di latte, salame piccante, peperoni.
Tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese, spicy sausage, peppers.
€ 9,00
We are always thrilled when someone feeds back on how helpful our suggestions for a visit to Puglia are.
Whether you’re planning a visit, or looking for recommendations when you are here, our Puglia Guys guides to Puglia are packed full of local tips and insights.
#TravelAddicts #ItalyTrip
Whether you’re planning a visit, or looking for recommendations when you are here, our Puglia Guys guides to Puglia are packed full of local tips and insights.
#TravelAddicts #ItalyTrip
November 19, 2025 at 6:04 AM
We are always thrilled when someone feeds back on how helpful our suggestions for a visit to Puglia are.
Whether you’re planning a visit, or looking for recommendations when you are here, our Puglia Guys guides to Puglia are packed full of local tips and insights.
#TravelAddicts #ItalyTrip
Whether you’re planning a visit, or looking for recommendations when you are here, our Puglia Guys guides to Puglia are packed full of local tips and insights.
#TravelAddicts #ItalyTrip
A very Puglia breakfast.
Including fior di latte mozzarella, capocollo di Martina Franca and a pasticciotto (or two).
Including fior di latte mozzarella, capocollo di Martina Franca and a pasticciotto (or two).
November 18, 2025 at 7:31 AM
A very Puglia breakfast.
Including fior di latte mozzarella, capocollo di Martina Franca and a pasticciotto (or two).
Including fior di latte mozzarella, capocollo di Martina Franca and a pasticciotto (or two).
Yesterday in Locorotondo we enjoyed a classic Puglia cucina povera antipasti for lunch.
Simple, local, delicious.
Simple, local, delicious.
November 17, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Yesterday in Locorotondo we enjoyed a classic Puglia cucina povera antipasti for lunch.
Simple, local, delicious.
Simple, local, delicious.
Puglia travel tips for 2026.
Looking for a central base with easy access to public transport, and train connections via Brindisi to Bari and Lecce, and to Taranto?
With a vibrant and compact historic centre, but off the main tourist track?
How about Mesagne?
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Looking for a central base with easy access to public transport, and train connections via Brindisi to Bari and Lecce, and to Taranto?
With a vibrant and compact historic centre, but off the main tourist track?
How about Mesagne?
www.pugliaguys.com/2025/11/14/m...
Love Puglia | Mesagne City Guide - the Puglia Guys
Discover Mesagne, Puglia — a heart-shaped historic town near Brindisi with baroque charm, Messapian sites, great food, and a relaxed local vibe.
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November 16, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Puglia travel tips for 2026.
Looking for a central base with easy access to public transport, and train connections via Brindisi to Bari and Lecce, and to Taranto?
With a vibrant and compact historic centre, but off the main tourist track?
How about Mesagne?
www.pugliaguys.com/2025/11/14/m...
Looking for a central base with easy access to public transport, and train connections via Brindisi to Bari and Lecce, and to Taranto?
With a vibrant and compact historic centre, but off the main tourist track?
How about Mesagne?
www.pugliaguys.com/2025/11/14/m...
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Puglia.
Locorotondo in Puglia’s Valle d’Itria is well known for its festive displays and Christmas lights. It starts off, in mid-November, Puglia’s Christmas season.
Next stop: Taranto for a 4am start on 22 November when we celebrate St. Cecilia.
Locorotondo in Puglia’s Valle d’Itria is well known for its festive displays and Christmas lights. It starts off, in mid-November, Puglia’s Christmas season.
Next stop: Taranto for a 4am start on 22 November when we celebrate St. Cecilia.
November 16, 2025 at 2:36 PM
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Puglia.
Locorotondo in Puglia’s Valle d’Itria is well known for its festive displays and Christmas lights. It starts off, in mid-November, Puglia’s Christmas season.
Next stop: Taranto for a 4am start on 22 November when we celebrate St. Cecilia.
Locorotondo in Puglia’s Valle d’Itria is well known for its festive displays and Christmas lights. It starts off, in mid-November, Puglia’s Christmas season.
Next stop: Taranto for a 4am start on 22 November when we celebrate St. Cecilia.
Mesagne, Puglia - population just under 27,000, number of churches, just over 50.
This is the Chiesa Matrice. The mother church, dominating Piazza IV Novembre.
This is the Chiesa Matrice. The mother church, dominating Piazza IV Novembre.
November 15, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Mesagne, Puglia - population just under 27,000, number of churches, just over 50.
This is the Chiesa Matrice. The mother church, dominating Piazza IV Novembre.
This is the Chiesa Matrice. The mother church, dominating Piazza IV Novembre.
Puglia, Italy. A happy place. Where we live.
November 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Puglia, Italy. A happy place. Where we live.
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).
If you haven’t yet discovered the most comprehensive Roman Road project, be sure to visit
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#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
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.