Buongiorno Cakies! It’s Amanda, popping in with the Puglia travel post I promised! I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to get it together, but you know.. new baby and a business, and a home renovation thrown in there for good measure. But I’m finally putting my experiences in Puglia down on paper (well, screen). I’ve had SO many of you email me saying you’re planning a trip to this area, so I hope it helps in your travel plans!
Travelers tend to visit Italy for its food, history, landscape and culture rather than its beaches. In Puglia, all of those come together magically. A big draw to this region, beyond all the chic whitewashed architecture and crystal clear water is the agriculture. They produce most of the olive oil (more than any other Italian region), wine, tomatoes, artichokes, eggplant and wheat (for pasta!). So wherever you go, the food and wine is superb and likely came from nearby. Plus, burrata was invented HERE, people! That alone is the main reason to go. Once you’ve had burrata from Puglia, you’ve pretty much tasted heaven. And first of all, a disclaimer.. this was only my first trip here, so I am by no means an expert on the region, but we did travel throughout many of the southern parts of the region and I took lots of mental notes. I’ve received many questions asking how we traveled here, and we flew from Los Angeles to Rome and then right into Bari. I’d recommend flying into Bari u...