Puglia Walking Tour

We have also planned tour meals in restaurants designed to showcase the region’s cuisine, with the specific venues all carefully selected by us, in order to provide a variety of food styles over the week.

The meals included each day are listed on the itinerary.

vegetarian, vegan, meat

Transport for the tour is included. This covers transport to and from all the destinations listed in the itinerary, as well as pick up and drop off in Bari. We use professional drivers, good quality vehicles. The vehicle size is selected to match the group size.

During this tour you stay in traditional ‘massseria’ accommodation. A ‘masseria’ is a large farmhouse, and previously these were fortified, largely self contained rural centres.

The masseria, where you will stay, Masseria Salamina has been tastefully renovated as a 4 star boutique accommodation provider (see www.masseriasalamina.com ). By staying in the masseria you will be directly experiencing Puglia’s history. Set amongst olive groves and fig trees, the buildings were constructed in the 17th century. The property was established as an agricultural enterprise even earlier, and it is still operating as a farm.

Around the grounds you will see numerous aspects of times gone by, giving an insight into the lifestyle here in centuries past – you are immersed in history.

For this week, you live amongst it.

But we don’t forget the needs of the present! The masseria offers all you would expect during your time here, such as wifi, air conditioned rooms, and a

swimming pool.

And as well as our other restaurants during the week, we also dine in the masseria’s own excellent restaurant which serves food grown right on their

own organic farm.

This tour is accompanied by one of our Tour Leaders for the entire week. They are on hand to help with anything you might need. They lead you on the walks, but are there for more than just finding the way - they will provide the back story to what you are seeing.

Physical Requirements

As this is a walking tour we require that participants have an adequate level of fitness and health to ensure that you are able to complete the tour. Tour participants should satisfy the following criteria:

•Be able to walk for the distance of each walk during this tour (up to 12 km / 7.5 miles and up to 4 hours, refer to the itinerary for specific details of each day’s walk).

•Have sufficient stability and mobility to be able to walk on uneven surfaces and unpaved paths.

•Be able to handle walking on inclines, declines and steps (both ascending and descending).

•Be able to tolerate varied weather conditions (heat, wind, etc.)

We would expect that you are currently living an active lifestyle. This may include daily walks or similar physical activity.