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Gourmet Puglia
May 11 - 18, 2025
8 Day Tour from Bari to Martina Franca
May 11-18, 2025
This regional affordable small group adventure of the Italian region of Puglia, (also called Apulia), focuses on traditional experiences involving local food and wine. Your Apulian experience begins in Bari and continues in Martina Franca, where you will spend six nights. Martina Franca is perched on a hilltop in Val D’Itria, a beautiful valley in Puglia famous for olive oil production and the traditional conic houses called Trulli, and it is the ideal base for exploring the region. The historic centre is a memorable maze of winding alleys, where whitewashed simplicity sits side by side with baroque extravagance.
Known as the “heel of the boot” of Italy, Puglia remains a favorite holiday destination thanks to breathtaking landscapes, enchanting coastline, and culinary traditions. Among the highlights of this regional Italy vacation you can look forward to the visit of Alberobello and the old towns of Bari and Lecce, as well as other charming towns surrounded by olive tree dotted countryside. Your budget-minded vacation in Italy is never short on great food and drink, especially on this itinerary.
Olive oil, orecchiette pasta, local cheese, Primitivo wine and capocollo cured meat are only some of the mouthwatering delicacies you will taste during this week. Of course, you will also learn how to cook some delicious recipes for your friends and family back home on the included cooking class. The memories of your regional tour of Puglia will remain with you forever!
For additional tour dates, please inquire.
Itinerary
Sun, May 11: Bari, Metropolitan City of Bari, Italy
Mon, May 12: Bari, Metropolitan City of Bari, Italy
Tue, May 13: Martina Franca, Province of Taranto, Italy
Wed, May 14: Alberobello, Metropolitan City of Bari, Italy
Thu, May 15: Martina Franca, Province of Taranto, Italy
Fri, May 16: Lecce, Province of Lecce, Italy
Sat, May 17: Ostuni, BR, Italy
Sun, May 18: Return Home
Full Itinerary
All this. Included.
All this. Included.
The world is within reach with everything you need for perfectly affordable touring. Big experiences come in small packages, so this tour is limited to a maximum of just 28 guests per departure. Cosmos includes hand-selected accommodations, guided sightseeing, and seamless transportation between destinations—with value-minded travel lovers in mind. Explore with expert Cosmos Tour Directors and Local Guides, complimentary headsets, and private, first-class, air-conditioned motorcoach with free Wi-Fi. Enhance your free time to explore like a local with your CosmosGO mobile app!
Highlights
UNESCO World Heritage Sites
World Heritage Sites are designated by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for having cultural, historical, scientific or other form of significance. The sites are judged to contain cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity.
The following UNESCO World Heritage Sites can be seen or visited on this vacation:
- The Trulli of Alberobello
Your Local Expert
With GLOBUS, there’s no better way to get to know your destination than through the eyes of a Tour Director. We’d like you to meet one of our Tour Directors, who average over a decade of experience and are representative of the type of expert that will be with you on your vacation.
Tour Director
Roberto Masala
Escorting tours for more than 20 yearsI have always loved traveling since I was young. It is the best way to learn about different cultures, discover new experiences, meet new people, and create amazing memories that last a lifetime. I call myself a life enthusiast and, being Italian, a proper foodie! Being a Tour Director is the perfect blend of doing what you love while working. Whenever I'm touring around Italy, my aim is always to share my passion for art, history, local traditions, and all the beauty that makes this country so fascinating to the world. Exceeding customers' expectations is the best reward I get from doing this job that I love.
Hand-Picked Hotels
We’ve vetted and hand-selected the best hotels around the world with location, comfort, and style in mind. Enjoy first-class hotels in each destination, and check in with the confidence that we’ve already checked everything out for your comfort and convenience.
Bari
B&B Hotel Bari
- Superior, tourist-class (Hotel as shown or similar)
The Hotel is located in the elegant area of Carcassi in Bari, only 2 km away from the commercial and historical center of the city and a 10-min drive of Bari harbor. All of the 62 large air-conditioned rooms feature a small sitting area and a balcony, a flat-screen TV, Free Wi-Fi, minibar and desk. The bathrooms are equipped with hairdryer and complimentary toiletries.
Martina Franca
Park Hotel San Michele
- First-Class (Hotel as shown or similar)
Private Touring & Promos
Private Touring:
Globus European Private Touring enables you to experience all of the attractions, sights and highlights of your selected Globus tour as a private experience - delivered just for you and your traveling party. With Private Touring, you'll have your own dedicated Tour Director, your own private transportation and driver, and your own professional local guides. All with greater flexibility in pace and your experience.
For your selected tour, there will be additional per-person cost for the size of your party - from 1 to 24. This additional supplement is reduced with each traveler you add to your party.
6 guests in a party: $1,572*
18 guests in a party: $127*
Promotions:
Save 50% on the Single Supplement on select 2025
- May 11, 2025
- October 5, 2025
Save up to $300 per couple on select 2025
- May 11, 2025
Prepare for Take Off
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Rather than spending hours researching flights to coordinate with your vacation start and end dates, let us handle the work. And when we book your flights, if there are any changes to your vacation schedule, we make the air changes for you. As a completely independent company, we have no ties to any one airline. We negotiate the lowest possible airfares with the world’s finest carriers on your behalf.
Cosmos offers 2 air options—Flex Air and Instant Purchase Air. Flex Air allows flexibility if you want to make changes to your vacation schedule. Instant Purchase Air may offer additional airline options but has more restrictions. Some vacations may only offer one Air-type option.
Low Air-Inclusive Prices & Free Airport Transfers
Regardless which air option you choose when you book your air-inclusive Cosmos vacation, the transfer to and from the airport to your start and end hotel is included (on published departure and return dates). This can be a substantial savings and give you peace of mind. Airport transfers for US and Canada tours will not be included and are not available for purchase.Land-only vacation clients who make their own air arrangements on regularly scheduled direct or nonstop flights (not chartered flights) into terminals may purchase our airport transfer service.
Booking your Vacation with Air
Guaranteed air-inclusive prices—air is only available to passengers traveling from the United States and only available when booked in conjunction with a land vacation. An additional non-refundable $300 air deposit is required for Flex Air booked in conjunction with any land vacation (i.e. air-inclusive vacation). Air can only be booked by Cosmos in conjunction with a vacation package. Instant Purchase Air requires air payment in full at time of booking (i.e. air-inclusive vacation) plus non-refundable per person service fee ($30 for North/Central America, $50 for Europe/Middle East and $80 for all other destinations). Once booked, Instant Purchase Air is non-refundable, and non-changeable. Some vacations may only offer one Air-type option. However, once your air schedule is confirmed and Cosmos has received your full air and land deposit, your air-inclusive vacation price is guaranteed.Cosmos reserves the right to ticket passengers upon receipt of full land and air deposits thus any subsequent changes and/or revisions to airline reservations (including name corrections) after receipt of full land and air deposit are subject to revision fees and/or airline imposed change or cancellation fees. Generally, these fees are up to $300 but in some instances may be up to 100% of the ticketed price. Any change or correction to your air reservation name could be subject to higher fares, new schedule, and/or cancellation.
Travel Terms & Conditions
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