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

  • Organizzazione perfetta. Oltre ogni aspettativa. Magica escursione in bici. Spettacolare degustazione di prodotti enogastronomici pugliesi. Davvero squisiti! Con i bambini abbiamo vissuto ore spensierate a contatto con la natura pedalando tra gli ulivi millenari della Puglia. Assolutamente più che consigliata! Grazie per questa esperienza sensoriale a 360° gradi.....

    Alfredo Punzi Avatar Alfredo Punzi
    May 12, 2022

    Wow what a special night to remember! Terre Che Vive and Marco really treated us well by arranging a special pizza making night for my friend’s birthday at our trulli villa. Marco and Davide setup early and literally took care of everything. They shared the best tips and tricks for making delicious authentic pizza and also treated us to some local side dishes. This is a must do at your rental or go to where they are. Both Marco and Davide are very talented at what they do and all around very kind wonderful people who made us feel right at home in Puglia!

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    Maura Cullen Avatar Maura Cullen
    June 8, 2024

    Great authentic experience at a dairy farm doing the cheese maker for a day private tour. Learned a lot about the process and made some delicious cheese. A very memorable day, highlight of our trip to Italy! At the end we had a huge spread of cheese we made, some other cheese they make on the farm, wine, bread, bruschetta, and cured meats.

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    Olivia Alves Avatar Olivia Alves
    August 2, 2023
  • We had a blast taking the mozzarella cheese making class. Marco helped with all the translations. This is a great activity for kids as well as adults. We loved being about to tour the farm and buy other products. It was awesome tasting the cheese during the whole process. We learned so much about the cheese making process and fun to just do something different.

    Gretchen Drybola Avatar Gretchen Drybola
    April 2, 2022

    We had to pleasure of planning 3 experiences with Terra Che Vive. Marco was extrtemely helpful with our planning. The cooking class in Locorotondo was beautiful! The women who hosted were so lovely and kind and the demonstration was perfect! But even better was the food!! We also toured an olive oil farm with tasting included. The tour and olive oil tasting was exceptional! Lastly, we went to a winery which has been run by a family for generations. The wine and food was lovely and the setting was beautiful! Thank you Marco for the opportunity to share in the beautiful culture of Puglia!

    Rose Gargiulo Avatar Rose Gargiulo
    October 6, 2024

    My husband and I just got back from a 3+ week trip to Italy, starting in Tuscany and ending in Puglia. During that time we saw amazing sites and had many, many unforgettable experiences but few, if any, will be as memorable as the time we spent with Marco and Umberto at a dairy farm outside Martina Franca where we learned about and participated in the mozzarella and burrata cheese-making process. Marco, the owner of Terra Che Vive but also our guide during this experience, could not have been more knowledgeable or enthusiastic, and Umberto, the master cheese-maker, could not have been more welcoming. The whole adventure, including the cheese "tasting" (WAY more than a tasting) of the cheeses we helped make, along with meats and wine, was unequivocally great. When in Puglia, do this!

    Carol Swetow Avatar Carol Swetow
    October 28, 2023
  • Cheese your and tasting put a nice finishing touch to our visit to Apulia. Very informational, to die for fresh mozzarella and burrata, lovely masseria. The light cheese and meats were obviously exceptional. Wished it was a smaller crowd but still very enjoyable. DO NOT LEAVE WOTHOUT TRYING THE VANILLA ICE CREAM.

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    Evan S Avatar Evan S
    October 12, 2023

    We had a wonderful time doing the pasta making class with Marco and la signora Francesca! Such a beautiful location and what great people to teach us to make traditional Pugliese pasta. This was the highlight of our time in Puglia! We haven't stopped talking about the delicious lunch that followed the experience! Complimenti! Grazie mille!

    Riccardo Caimano Avatar Riccardo Caimano
    February 8, 2023

    Clelia & Raffaella were wonderful! We went into Clelia’s home and learned all about simple but beautiful Puglian food, as well as two wonderful Puglian women and their amazing dog, Jame. We can’t wait to cook the food at home in England, and we cannot thank them enough for their kindness and this memorable experience.

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    Sara Ledger Avatar Sara Ledger
    June 5, 2024

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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