How to Impress and Amaze your Friends and your Family

Experience our most popular 4-day, 3-night package, operative all year round!

Discover the secrets of Alta Murgia: its gorgeous UNESCO World Heritage sites, the silent wilderness of Alta Murgia National Park, the taste of its healthy and tasty countryside food.
Meet the locals, joining their social events in leisure time.
Learn to cook yummy Italian traditional recipes with the support of a local Chef.
Enjoy wine tastings and extra-virgin olive oil tastings at selected wineries and oil mills.*
Back home, impress and amaze your friends and your family with your new cooking skills!

* Optional tours

A GLIMPSE OF ALTA MURGIA, IN PUGLIA

PROGRAMME

Day 1

Fly from your selected airport to Bari International Airport (timetable adjustable according to your flight schedule)

Meet our bus driver at the arrival lobby, board our coach, relax and enjoy a smooth bus transfer to the Alta Murgia plateau

Make yourself at ease at our selected agriturismo (farmhouse)

Enjoy a welcome dinner and experience the magic of Puglia countryside cuisine

Day 2

Bus transfer to Castel del Monte, UNESCO World Heritage. Learn all about the mysteries of the Castle, a must-see in Italy

Have fun at our Centro del Gusto Cooking School! Show-cooking session with our Resident Chef: "The Basics of Puglia Food Specialties"

Lunch at Centro del Gusto - Enjoy the specialties our Chef made for you during the show-cooking session

(Optional) - Visit (max 30' bus drive) to a traditional Alta Murgia winery; in-site DOC wines tasting session

Centro del Gusto: put yourself to the test and let our Chef train you in our entry-level crash course on Puglia cuisine! Session 1: "The Secrets of Home-Made Pasta"

Dinner time at Centro del Gusto: enjoy what you learnt to cook during your first lesson! (relax: our staff will always be supporting you, no room for mistakes!)

Try your luck at tombola (the traditional Italian Bingo) and win local food specialties to bring back home!

Day 3

Bus transfer to Matera, UNESCO World Heritage, European Capital of Culture 2019. Visit the unbelievable old town where dwellings are dug out in stone; a must-see in Italy!

(Optional) - On your way back from Matera: (optional) visit to a traditional Alta Murgia winery and in-site tasting session of Alta Murgia DOC wines

Back to Centro del Gusto: let our Chef transform you in a highly promising trainee! Session 2: "Panzerotto, the authentic Pugliese street food"

Dinner time at Centro del Gusto: Panzerotto night! enjoy what you learnt to cook and fill your panzerotto with your favourite stuffing

Join the Festa di Arrivederci! Meet the locals in a Karaoke and dancing night and promise them to be back again in Alta Murgia

Day 4

(Optional and subject to your outbound flight schedule) Guided tour to Bari City’s Old Town, including St Nicholas’ Basilica and the Swabian Castle

HEALTHY AND TASTY COUNTRYSIDE FOOD IN ITALY. YOUR AMAZING HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE.