Tag: food
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The smallest village with the biggest party!
’The smallest village with the biggest party’. Diso ready to pay homage to the ‘Santi nosci’ Filippo and Giacomo After a year of fervent preparations, Diso is preparing to honor its Patron Saints Filippo and Giacomo, once again confirming itself as ‘the smallest town with the biggest party’. In Diso the preparations for the festival…
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We’re Back!
Our lives have been put on hold for over 2 years, but now it’s time to take back control, time to live, to laugh and to create new memories. We’re relaunching our Pulgian Pleasures wines tours and this year we want to offer you more! New intriguing wineries, with interesting stories to tell, with like…
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High life to paradise: From NYC a place that never sleeps to Puglia, a piccola paradise.
Here’s Martin Markovitz’s account of his life changing decision to move to Puglia. Thanks for sharing your story with Puglian Pleasures Martin. One year ago today, Jeanne and I stepped off the plane from New York. We haven’t looked back since. We traded in a noisy, overcrowded, polluted, gruff and impersonal situation for a life…
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Pizzica in the Piazza: 22nd September 2016
Come and join us for a fabulous evening at Corso Vittorio Veneto, San Michele Salentino for ‘Pizzica in the Piazza’ from 9pm onwards. Summer is drawing to an end but we’re not letting it go just yet! Let’s festeggiare insieme!!! Watch the ‘Senature’ Pizzica group perform live in the small piazza outside Corso Vittorio Veneto, vineria…
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Cultural Differences: Italian v English
Being a British expat living ‘la dolce vita’ in Italy, I see many cultural differences between the two countries, so I thought I’d share some of my observations with you! When an Italian friend says ‘arrivo‘, which means ‘I’m arriving’, what they actually mean is, they’re running late and haven’t even left the house yet!…
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Mirage Restaurant on the Beach: Torre Santa Sabina
Located directly on the beach at Torre Santa Sabina, Mirage is a fabulous restaurant and bar, that not only offers spectacular views out to sea and the quaint tower of Santa Sabina but the steaks here are absolutely incredible (my personal favourite in this region!). Whether you’re looking for a light snack (stuzzhicini), lunch or…