Mosaics and Martyrs: The Espressino Travel Guide to the Best of Otranto
Of all the beautiful and fascinating towns in Puglia, none have the rich and dramatic history of Otranto. Perched in a natural harbour on the Adriatic Coast, Otranto has witnessed Byzantine and Norman glory days, suffered a brutal Turkish invasion, gave birth to the castle that inspired the gothic novel and, after all that, somehow reinvented itself as a great town for sun, shopping and seafood. In 2010 the historic centre of Otranto was recognized by UNESCO, announcing its i
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
The Ost’ with the Most: Espressino Travel’s Six Essential Experiences in Ostuni, Puglia
The Espressino Travel team first visited Ostuni seven years ago, and we immediately fell in love with this spectacular yet quiet hill town, while simultaneously we wondered why its stunning piazzas weren’t full of visitors. Seven years later, that question has been definitively answered. Ostuni is now rightfully on the Puglia must-see list, its intricate and otherworldly Centro Storico, complete with dazzling views of the Adriatic and endless olive groves, unlike anywhere els
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
Guest Blog: Summer in the Salento
We were honoured to be asked by our friends at Browsing Italy to write a guest blog post about the Salento, the corner of Puglia we’ve chosen to base our Italian Food Tours. As we’re always eager to share our enthusiasm about this amazing, but still relatively undiscovered, corner of Italy, it was our pleasure to reveal our Top 10 Tips for the Best Possible Vacation Experience in the Salento. With so much to choose from – towns, food, wine, beaches, on top of the unique cultu
MurgiAMO Magic!
The Espressino Travel team took a well-earned break from perfecting our Food Tours in Puglia this past week, accepting an invitation to MurgiAMO, a four-day festival celebrating the food, art and culture of another fabulous area within the heel of the Italian boot: La Murgia. North of our beloved Salento, the home of our Italian culinary tours, La Murgia stretches inland from the stunning and historic town of Trani all the way to the famous sassi cave homes of Matera in neigh
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
