Savouring the Salento 2014: Our Puglia Tour is a Triumph!
September’s Savouring the Salento Tour is in the books! And we couldn’t be happier with our 2014 Puglia Tour. Where do we begin? The food was fabulous. The wine was delicious. Lecce, relaxed after the August tourism explosion, returned to its serene best. The sun came out to reveal the innate beauty of Puglia’s most stunning cities – Otranto, Gallipoli, Alberobello and Ostuni – for our visits. Our excursions – Truffle Hunting with Giuseppe and his adorable dogs, and fishing o
Guest Blog: Mangia! Mangia! The Espressino Travel Guide to Eating in the Salento
When we were approached by Beautiful Puglia to write a guest blog, it didn’t take long for us to decide what we wanted to focus on. Food. Delicious. Nutritious. Fun. Fabulous food. Everywhere in Puglia there are amazing things to eat. But in the Salento, the area South of Brindisi where we’ve based our Italian Food Tours, taste is taken to new heights on a daily basis. Ciceri e Tria. Seafood fresh from two seas. Pizza. Pasticciotti. Gelato. Sometimes it’s hard to say basta! T
Faces of Puglia
We were recently joined in Lecce by our great friend, the amazing photographer Adam Blasberg. When he wasn’t sipping Negroamaro and searching for the next seafood feast (it was his Italian vacation after all), Adam took the opportunity to unleash his camera and snap some shots of the incredible people that the Espressino Travel team is lucky enough to work with on our Foodie Tour of Puglia. We’ll be integrating these wonderful portraits into the site in the near future, but o
Puglia Perfection: Our Lecce Top Ten
Unmissable Puglia Holiday Experiences in the Beating Heart of the Salento Apologies for the radio silence! We’ve been so ludicrously busy perfecting our Puglia Tour since we arrived in Italy, we’ve barely had time to sit down and pen a few words. What have we been up to? What haven’t we been up to? Once we touched down in Rome we pounded the streets of the capital, visiting dozens of hotels, guesthouses and B&Bs. We want to be able to ensure that International guests spending
The New York Times Goes Cooking in Lecce
The travel experts in the New York Times have spoken. And they’re as excited as we are about the unique and spectacular cuisine of Lecce and the Salento. Read all about the art of Cucina Povera and the growing popularity of Puglian Cooking Classes in this story starring our own incomparable instructor, Gianna Greco of Cooking Experience Lezioni di Cucina Salentina, along with our friends at Lecce’s most entertaining restaurant, Alle Due Corte. If you would like to learn the s
Gianna Greco, Star of Salentine Cuisine and RAI TV
You don’t need to speak the language to enjoy this jaunt around stunning Lecce with Italian Travel show Sereno Variabile. A flagship program from Italy’s National broadcaster, RAI, there are plenty of architectural and cultural treasures from the most beautiful city in Puglia. RAI only works with the best, which is why when they wanted to speak with an expert on the food of the region, they chose Espressino Travel’s cooking teacher, our own Queen of Salentine Cuisine, Gianna
