Excursions

Spreading the Enological culture, telling its fascinating and ancient history, providing tourists with a warm welcome, typical of these latitudes. These are some of the goals that we constantly achieve by promoting the wine routes, guaranteeing, to tourists and visitors from all over the world, an experience of growth of their knowledge on the subject, without ever neglecting the playful aspect. Short courses, in-depth studies and tastings for beginners and more refined palates. The itineraries are numerous and cover the entire region, Prices vary based on the wineries chosen and the type of experience.

From Gargano to Salento, the olive tree, with its silvery foliage, accompanies the gaze in every corner of Puglia. Young or thousand-year-old, slender or bent by the wind, this is the symbolic plant of the region, which boasts a heritage of 60 million olive trees, as many as the inhabitants of the entire nation. A true museum under the sky. It is a heritage that for millennia has marked the productive life of the region, thanks to its ancient origins testified by the fossil traces of spontaneous olive trees found in the territory and which still survive today with 13 native cultivars of the region, among which the most renowned are the Cima di Bitonto and Mola, the Coratina, the Ogliarola, the Cellina and the Peranzana. And, like wine, extra virgin olive oil is the witness of a thousand-year-old culture that closely ties the Apulians to their land, to be discovered at the table, by visiting museums and companies, and in the many underground oil mills. The itineraries are numerous and cover the entire region. Prices vary based on the wineries chosen and the type of experience. In some periods of the year, such as autumn, it is possible to participate in the olive harvest and follow the entire production chain, guided by experts who will provide practical lessons on pairing with foods and dishes of the different qualities of Evo.

Matera is also known as the city of Sassi, precisely because of the peculiarity and uniqueness of its historic center. Dug and built close to the Gravina di Matera, a deep gorge that divides the territory in two, the Sassi di Matera, districts that constitute the ancient part of the city, extend into two valleys, which look east, slightly lower than the surrounding territories, separated from each other by the rocky spur of Civita.

The Sassi of Matera are an urban settlement resulting from the various forms of civilization and anthropization that have occurred over time. From the prehistoric ones of the entrenched villages of the Neolithic period, to the habitat of the rock civilization (9th-11th century), which constitutes the urban substratum of the Sassi, with its neighborhoods, walkways, canals, cisterns; from the civitas of Norman-Swabian origin (11th-13th century), with its fortifications, to the subsequent Renaissance expansions (15th-16th century) and Baroque urban arrangements (17th-18th century); and finally from the hygienic-social degradation of the 19th and the first half of the 20th century to the evacuation ordered by national law in the 1950s, up to the current recovery begun with the 1986 law.

Lecce preserves in its rich architectural heritage numerous churches, renowned for their Baroque style, so much so that the city has been called The Capital of Baroque or the Florence of the South. The churches of maximum splendor are all found in the Historic Center. An artistic and cultural itinerary among the Baroque churches of Lecce and its most important palaces.

The Beautiful City, that kalè polis of the Greeks that opens to the sea in which it is set and to which it owes its history, is a city that welcomes and defends itself at the same time, it is the port that from its roadstead has seen cargoes of oil leave that have illuminated the great European capitals, it is the island that has given refuge and protection to those fleeing the raids on the mainland, it is the proud city that has stood alongside Taranto and opposed the Roman legions. Gallipoli has the smell of the sea and those who visit it cannot ignore this symbiosis.

Castel del Monte has an exceptional universal value for the perfection of its forms, the harmony and the fusion of cultural elements from Northern Europe, the Muslim world and classical antiquity. It is a unique masterpiece of medieval architecture, which reflects the humanism of its founder: Frederick II of Swabia. With this motivation, in 1996, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee meeting in Mérida (Mexico), included the castle, built by Frederick II of Swabia around 1240, in the World Heritage List.

So much history immersed in a blue sea that has two coastlines divided by a port that was the point of departure and arrival of many trades with the Holy Land. On one side the western shore and on the other the eastern shore. Barletta also owes a lot to its sea and its beaches of fine sand that are well suited to attracting many families in the summer months.

A guided tour that will offer you the opportunity to visit and learn about the main points of historical and cultural interest of the ancient village and to come into contact with the local food and wine tradition. A route along the streets of Bari Vecchia admiring the best of medieval architecture and above all having the opportunity to observe the most important fortifications of the old city, along the seafront overlooking the Adriatic and then entering the streets of the ancient village to reach symbolic places such as the Basilica of San Nicola and the Castello Svevo.

Guided walking tour in the historic center and ancient oven with bread and focaccia tasting. The city of Altamura has many peculiarities that make it known and a destination for visitors. It is known above all for its archaeological heritage and for the architectural beauties of its historic center.