Note: This draft itinerary is subject to modifications. There are some other activities planned but not on the schedule based upon weather conditions. I will let you know the additions on site for planning purposes.
Arrival at Canne Bianche
Dinner – Autentico Wine & Restaurant
MENU
STARTERS (to share)
Cheese board, mint-flavoured bread balls with yellow datterino tomato ketchup, fried shrimps and squids, “Zucchine alla poverella” (lightly marinated zucchini)
MAIN COURSE
Sea bass roulade served on a soy cream and Mediterranean sauce
DESSERT
Gelato
Private Cooking Class with Hotel Chef
TROCCOLI & BRASCIOLE (typical traditional Sunday dish)
Guests will learn how to prepare fresh homemade pasta (troccoli) and brasciole (stuffed meat rolls cooked in tomato sauce)
Polignano a Mare Super Street Food Walking Tour
Time for shopping in Alberobello and private guided walking tour with Francesco. Orecchiette cooking class
Gianfranco Fino tour and wine tasting followed by lunch at winery
Exploration and private tour of Matera
A visit to this UNESCO World Heritage Site (city of caves, and it is the third-oldest continually inhabited city in the world) with a private guide, followed by lunch
Catamaran tour to explore the coast between Polignano a Mare and Monopoli
Dine Apulian Style Together
MENU
STARTERS (to share)
Seared calamari with scapece vegetables and mint zucchini, cuttlefish salad with grilled cardoncelli mushrooms, catalana of prawns, zucchini flower stuffed with buffalo mozzarella on basil sauce, tuna tataki with vegetarian couscous and sweet & sour mayo
FIRST COURSE
Tubettini pasta with scorpionfish and yellow and red cherry tomatoes
MAIN COURSE
Mixed grilled seafood (shrimp, octopus, swordfish) and grilled vegetables
DESSERT
Tasting of traditional Apulian pastries
Private local guided Lecce food and history tour with time for shopping
Lunch at Tipico Restaurant
Mozzarella experience at Masseria Seppunisi
Olive mill tour, olive oil tasting and lunch at Masseria Narducci
Farewell Dinner at Masseria Salamina
Experience includes Tour of the Masseria and the ancient olive grove and harvest from the garden
The dinner, a four-course tasting menu with wine pairing that will take place in the Greenhouse surrounded by the vegetable garden.
The menu includes:
An aperitif with show cooking, 3 starters (shared), 1 first course (pasta),
1 main course, 1 dessert
Tasting of 4 different wines of the best local Apulian Wineries
Departures