Authentic Food & Wine Tours, Cooking Classes in Puglia with locals

Are you planning to visit Puglia? Terrachevive.com will show you how to spend your time enjoying the best food and wine tours, cooking classes of Apulian recipes. Experience Apulia in the most authentic way with locals.
We’ll show you the most tasty side of our region, bringing you to the places where typical products are made.
Choosing our cooking classes, you will cook with your hands and learn processes and secrets of many traditional recipes. With the help of experienced cooks, in suggestive and characteristic locations, you will taste local dishes as soon as they are made.
Come here and enjoy Apulia in the most authentic way with us. Nature, culture and excellent food are waiting for you!

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We live our territory daily, so we know it very well, in all its most authentic side, and all we want is to share it with you.

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We selected for you the best experiences to taste the superb cuisine of Puglia and discover the authentic food and wine culture of one of Italy’s most beautiful regions.

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Food & wine tours, cooking classes in Puglia: authentic experiences with locals

Puglia offers a huge selection of food and wine experiences to be lived in Salento, Valle d’Itria and Gargano areas. A large territory with many typical and high quality culinary specialties.
Choose the food and wine experience that best reflects your tastes or ask for advice on which could best suit your needs.
As people born and raised in Puglia, we will give you the proper information. Choose what you’d like to do, we’ll take care of the rest!

Bread

Cheese factories

Olive oil mills

Wineries

Cooking classes

Homemade pasta

Italian pizza

Mozzarella & burrata

OUR GUESTS’ WORDS

  • Esperienza meravigliosa all'interno di una Masseria zona Martina Franca. Ho richiesto disponibilità per fare un corso di pasta fresca e Marco ci ha trovato la soluzione perfetta! Con poco preavviso ha organizzato il corso e la visita guidata organizzata esclusivamente per me e mio marito con pranzo finale. Abbiamo scoperto tante cose interessanti e trascorso due ore davvero piacevoli. Super consigliato, il prezzo è più che corretto per l'esperienza fatta. Grazie mille ancora

    Manuela Salierno Avatar Manuela Salierno
    December 28, 2022

    A wonderful way to spend a few hours! Marco is a fantastic, passionate local guide and his enthusiasm made the whole experience better for us. Highlights were cycling through the ancient olive groves and of course the oil tasting at the end. Thank you, Marco! Highly recommend.

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    Lucy Rabbitte Avatar Lucy Rabbitte
    August 21, 2024

    Marco and chef Davide gave a very warm welcome at Davide’s family trullo. Lots of interesting history. We learned about making bread, pasta in various traditional shapes and a simple but delicious sauce. Dinner was served using what we made with some additional traditional dishes from Davide’s kitchen. Washed down with delicious wines. Adults and kids all enjoyed the experience and eating our wonderful dinner.

    charlotte leigh Avatar charlotte leigh
    August 21, 2024
  • We had an incredible time with Marco and Umberto. Our daughter (3.5) talks about it constantly. They were both so wonderful with her, and she (and we!) learned so much. Highly recommend this experience.

    Rebecca VanZandt Avatar Rebecca VanZandt
    July 25, 2022

    We had a 5-star experience with Marco. He was very helppful during the organisation of the program and was very nformative during the event. We highly recommend him and will definitely return!

    Ágnes Molnár Avatar Ágnes Molnár
    April 28, 2022

    A great experience to learn about life in Masaria Marco is an excellent and very interesting guide. Thank you

    eyal elhanati Avatar eyal elhanati
    June 25, 2022
  • We had a wonderful pizza making experience here in Locorotondo. The hosts of the farmhouse Francesca and Ana made us feel really welcome and were very patient and helpful when showing us how to make the dough and then rolling it out ready for the toppings. There was a great selection of toppings and it was great to see the oven lit with just olive twigs and branches collected from the farm. We had so much to eat and the homemade almond biscuits, and coffee and orange liqueurs were amazing. Thank you so much to Marco for helping us with the translating too. Highly recommended!

    Richard Cave Avatar Richard Cave
    May 24, 2022

    We enjoyed 2 fantastic local experiences whilst on holiday in Puglia. After contacting Terra Che Vive by email, Marco was super helpful in organising an olive oil tasting and tour, as well as an authentic private pasta making class. Both experiences were in beautiful settings with very friendly and informative guides/cooks. Terra Che Vive really helped to provide the absolute highlights of our time in the region.

    Matt Styant Avatar Matt Styant
    September 15, 2022

    Our host was exceptional and very kind, providing us with a variety of local foods to try, along with stories to go with them. The experience itself was very intimate and authentic, as we prepped 3 types of pasta in an old wine cellar and ate our preparations (and then some) on the back patio. We learned a great deal about Italian living and the food was absolutely delicious. The intention is to do this anytime were in the Puglia region!

    Claire Loughran Avatar Claire Loughran
    September 10, 2022

Our guest's words

  • A wonderful morning at the farm, enjoyed seeing the animals, the cheese making, and the tasting session – no need for lunch that day ! Marco was a great guide, very informative, will recommend our family to return.

    Steven H.
    UK
  • It was a great way to understand how wine is made and to taste it! Marco was even fluent in German!
    Many thanks for the great experience!

    Laura A.
    Germany
  • A spectacular morning in Puglia! Making cheese in the dairy, preparing pasta and bread with Grandma in the kitchen, touring the farm, and then a veritable feast for lunch. A must do experience!

    Laura and Rory
    USA
  • Best thing I have ever done on vacation! Interesting, educational, exciting, fun! And so good tasting…You were all so friendly and welcoming.

    Annbritt
  • Everything was wonderful from the moment I contacted Marco until we left the shop. This was a fantastic experience and great beginning to our trip!

    Christina C.
  • An amazing experience on a great location. The host was superb, the visit interesting and cool and the tasting…out of this world! Great way to spend some hours in our Puglia vacation.

    Valeer V.
    Belgium
  • We loved every minute of this experience. Tour was very interesting, even kids enjoyed it. Food was super abundant, fresh and tasteful. Highly recommend.

    Annice M.
    UK
  • We thoroughly enjoyed our visit! The guide was excellent ! We were surprised and appreciative of the olive oil samples we received. This experience was the highlight of our day!

    Diane H.
    Canada
  • The tour was very infomative and Rosaria and her husband were great hosts. We could tell how passionate both are about the masseria and the production of their olive oil. I would definitely recommed the tour. It was a very lovely experience.

    Sabine T.
    Germany
  • We had the most amazing day. Everyone who we met was incredibly nice and welcoming. They gave us a really great tour of the farm and not only that but the mozzarella is delicious! Would highly recommend and thank you so much!

    Olivia S.
    New Zeland
  • Marco and his team were fantastic, my family is friends switzerland and australia and the Italian pasta making experience was wonderful. Nonna was amazing and the food was delicious. Highly recommend if you want an authentic experience.

    Kristel
    Australia

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