Taranto Tours

Orecchiette is one of the most traditional specialties from Puglia, but you may not know the trick to making this unique ear-shaped pasta. With this countryside cooking class, learn how to turn out orecchiette like a true Italian nonna and discover other classic dishes made with seasonal herbs and vegetables grown in the Itria Valley. Celebrate your new skill with a four-course meal featuring your freshly made pasta.

Our chefs have worked in professional kitchens and have learned Puglian traditional recipes handed down through generations. They will give you a fun, hands on experience where you will learn techniques of Italian cooking that you can easily repeat at home. You will learn how to make the authentic pasta from our region, orecchiette 'little ears', using a special technique still practised by cooks daily when making the family lunch. Our guests always enjoy the Italian family style environment that we create. Vegetarians and vegans welcome, Puglian cooking traditionally features wonderful local vegetables.

Learn to make a delicious and authentic Italian meal during this 5-hour cooking class. Meet your guide at your accommodation and head to the class to begin creating your 4-course meal. Follow your guide and learn various cooking techniques to make classic dishes such as eggplant parmesan and tiramisu. Then, sit down and enjoy the fruits of your labor with some delicious local wine before heading back to your hotel.

The tour of the medieval village is a unique, cultural and exciting experience. We will let you know the whole history of our beautiful white city.

- Visit a wine cellar immersed in the Apulian countryside and discover the history of the family and how the local wine is produced - Walk in the vineyard to discover the secrets of the wine varieties - Join a tasty four-course lunch paired with four local wines

Among captivating scents and colors, you can walk among millenary olive trees, visit the underground and epigean oil mill, learn about the evolution of the rural world of the last centuries in the annexed museum of peasant civilization, discover the processes that lead to the birth of extra virgin olive oil and taste farm products. An experience of taste and culture that will surprise you and leave you satisfied.

In just an hour you can visit the most interesting places in the old town and in the Umbertino village. Our slogan is "the best way to visit the city of two seas". In fact, it often happens that you are just passing through our capital, you stop only for a few hours, a fleeting meal and you are disappointed to have noticed a beautiful city but that for reasons of time we did not linger as it would have deserved because the territory is quite extensive, what better opportunity then to speed up everything by spending a pleasant hour letting yourself be guided aboard a nice Calessino bee? Seeing is believing.

Take the worry out of your departure to Brindisi Airport and pre-book a private transfer to suit your group size (up to 8 people). Avoid the long lines for taxis at the hotel, and travel in the comfort of a Premium car or minivan.

Take the worry out of your departure to Brindisi Airport and pre-book a private transfer to suit your group size (up to 8 people). Avoid the long lines for taxis at the hotel, and travel in the comfort of a Premium car or minivan.

Boat trips, Boat parties, Boat trips, Boat fishing, enchanting places, with the possibility of seeing dolphins. There are no time or time constraints. Guaranteed fun.

Enjoy the Italian hospitality and professionalism that only a professional sport-fishing champion can offer you on the boat. Learn to snorkel, catch various fish, and enjoy an adrenaline-pumping trip.

Visit the top towns in the Valle d’Itria plus sample the valley’s premier wines in a single day with this all-inclusive tour. Taste wines at both a 16th-century “masseria” estate and a contemporary cellar, then explore the old town of Locorotondo and relax over lunch. Afterwards, marvel at Alberobello’s UNESCO-listed “trulli” dwellings with a guided tour and cap off the day by sipping traditional "rosoli" liqueur on a panoramic terrace.

Private guided tour exploring the white city of Ostuni, with its panoramic views of the olive groves and the Adriatic coast. You will experience one of the most typical old towns of Puglia and learn about its ancient origins.

With its whitewashed homes and magnificent cathedral, Ostuni is a highlight of Puglia’s Itria Valley. Take in its old town in just a few hours with this walking tour led by a private guide. Admire the main square and Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta and learn about their history and architecture, then stroll along lanes lined with traditional workshops to the Aragonese walls to take in the views over the countryside.

The narrow alleys that climb up to the summit, the colorful fixtures on the whitewashed walls painted in lime. Take it easy. Our drivers - qualified and highly professional - will show you the history of this magnificent village.

The guided tour starts from Piazza Castello square, the center of the major monuments of interest. Here we will visit the ruins of the Doric Temple of Poseidon dating back to the 6th century. B.C. with two Doric columns that bear witness to the ancient Magno-Greek temple. The tour continues with the visit of the Aragonese castle inside which there is the Navy: the first tower was built by the Byzantines in the eleventh century and over the centuries was expanded to the current conformation. Very close to the castle you will visit and travel the revolving bridge, symbol of Taranto, connecting the island of Borgo Antico with the peninsula of Borgo Nuovo. About 90 meters long, it was inaugurated in 1887 and overlooks a large navigable canal that unites the two seas: the Mar Grande with the Mar Piccolo. The tour concludes with a visit to the Cathedral of San Cataldo, built by the Byzantines in the second half of the tenth century, although remodeled with a Baroque façade in the mid-1700s.

We bring to your accommodation/holiday home one of the most important culinary traditions of Pugliese cuisine: HANDMADE PASTA. This experience will not only allow you to carry in your luggage back home the satisfaction of having been part of the preparation of 3 types of pasta with your own hands, but also to have learned techniques and tricks that you can put into practice to delight your family and friends on their way home. The experience includes the preparation of 3 types of fresh pasta: Orecchiette, Tagliatelle and a stuffed egg pasta, but the experience does not end here, for each type of pasta we will prepare a sauce/dressing for an explosion of flavor. At the end, all seated, to taste the prepared dishes, accompanied by a starter that our local chef will offer us.

Take a small-group walking tour of the “White City” of Ostuni, and hear its history from a local guide. You’ll get to know the secrets of the town’s historic center, where whitewashed houses sashay down the hillside against the backdrop of the sea. Impressive photo points and a stop to try the region’s best gelato are among the highlights.

Take the worry out of your departure to Bari Airport and pre-book a private transfer to suit your group size (up to 8 people). Avoid the long lines for taxis at the hotel, and travel in the comfort of a Premium car or minivan.

Enjoy an authentic dining experience on a family-run farmhouse and learn how to make authentic Apulian mozzarella from an expert cheesemaker.

Spend time in a local’s home in Ostuni, learning the tricks to make fresh pasta and tiramisu in local style. Taking part in an intimately sized small group of just 12 other people, the class shows you how to roll and cut fresh pasta by hand as you learn about the food traditions of Puglia from your Cesarine host — a local who belongs to a network of home cooks who preserve culinary traditions in the region.

The experience of our team will lead you towards the discovery of the true and authentic soul made in the south, made up of food and wine excellence, typical crafts and sites of historical and cultural interest. "Landing on South Italy" is a true airline, the only Italian company in southern Italy authorized to perform commercial flights with passengers, as it is licensed by ENAC, the National Civil Aviation Authority and specific aeronautical insurance.

Discover sailing in a relaxing and complete day. The activities focus on both the sport of sailing and sailing. Therefore we offer sailing courses (regatta - cruise - nautical license), educational cruises (skipper courses) and pure pleasure cruises along the Ionian coasts. We also organize evenings with dinner and overnight on board, Boat & Breakfast, weekly or weekend cruises, parties and anniversaries, New Year's Eve and mid-August nights in the Great Sea, as well as daily excursions for hire. All with the help of an experienced skipper, a federal sailing instructor and a sailor / hostess (for long cruises).

Metaponto is one of the most important ancient cities in Basilicata and has been symbol of the Hellenic culture. It is characterized by important archeological sites such as the Archeological Park of Apollonio Licio and the wonderful Tavole Palatine.