Europe
Il Sextantio Hotel- Sleeping in a Cave in Matera Italy
Sleeping in a cave; Le Grotte della Civita, Sextantio in Matera Italy
Otranto and the Salentine Coast
Otranto and the Salentine Coast
Restaurants in Lecce-Il Vico Del Gusto, Trattoria Nonna Tetti, Trattoria Le Zie
Lecce was no exception in terms of the high quality of the food we had all over Puglia. When researching for the trip, several restaurant’s names came up over and over again and I dutifully added them to my list.…
Palazzo Gorgoni in Lecce, Italy
There are tons of hotels and B&Bs in Lecce and searching through them was more of a challenge than I expected. Then we found Palazzo Gorgoni, recommended to us by Silvestro Silvestori who owns The Awaiting Table, a cooking school…
Lecce, Puglia’s Baroque City
A photographic tour of the Baroque city of Lecce in Puglia, Italy.
Valle D’ Itria, Puglia Italy Part 2-Martina Franca
On our last day in the Valle d’Itria we drove to Martina Franca. We lucked out and parked on the street which led straight to the the main square at the Piazza XX Settembre where the walking tour in the…
Il Cortiletto Restaurant-A Fresh Look at Puglian Food
Lunch at Il Cortiletto in Speziale, Puglia In Italy, Sunday is traditionally a big day for families to go out to eat for lunch. At 1:30pm, the tiny dining room of Il Cortiletto, which has only five or six tables,…
Valle D’ Itria, Puglia Italy Part 1
The coastal region south of Bari in Puglia is called the Valle D’ Itria and encompasses part of the provinces of both Bari and Brindisi. It’s probably best known for the thousands of trulli (whitewashed round houses with conical roofs…
