The Puglia Podcast
Episodes
Wine Tasting in Puglia
18 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Wine tasting in Puglia comes in many forms. Across the region, there are countless opportunities to visit local cantine, where tastings are typically ...
Bari Vecchia Walking Tour and City Guide - Part 2
04 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Continuing our Bari Vecchia guide, we shift perspective. We move away from ticking off sights, and focus on what to notice. Because what defines Bar...
Bari Vecchia Walking Tour and City Guide - Part 1
17 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Brilliant Bari Vecchia — Bari's historic old town — is one of the most compelling parts of our regional capital. Once a city most people passed th...
Puglia 101: Essential Tips for First-Time Visitors
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Puglia is one of Italy's most surprising destinations. Many travellers arrive expecting the familiar rhythms of "Italian tourism", only to discover th...
When is the Best Time to Visit Puglia?
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Knowing the best time to visit Puglia helps you plan realistically. Three factors really matter: weather, tourist numbers, and whether your chosen des...
Guided Travel In Puglia
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Not everyone visiting Puglia wants to go it alone. Some travellers prefer the security and structure of a guided experience. It allows for connection ...
From Saints to Shadows: The Dark Legends of Gargano
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this Halloween special, the Puglia Guys take you deep into the Gargano — Puglia's wild northern promontory where faith and fear have shared the s...
A Taste of Puglia | 20 Traditional Dishes to Try
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Puglia, food isn't just something you eat – it's how you understand the region itself. Every dish tells a story of the seasons, the land, the sea...
Olive Oil Tasting at Frantoio Savoia
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Olive oil is the lifeblood of Puglia's landscape, culture and cuisine. With over 60 million olive trees, Puglia is Italy's top olive oil producer, acc...
Slow Travel in Puglia, Plus Tips for Travelers from the USA
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Puglia we embrace a slower pace of life. Il dolce far niente (sweet idleness). It's part of our culture, reflected in all of our daily rituals. We ...
Monopoli City Guide
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Take a Chance. Advance to Go! Welcome to Monopoli (the city in Puglia, not the board game). Adjacent to and sometimes overshadowed by its near neighbo...
Alberobello City and Walking Tour Guide
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Think of Puglia and you will probably picture Alberobello's trulli - as iconic as Polignano a Mare's Lama Monachile - and just as likely to grace the...
What's a Masseria?
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The masseria is one of the defining features of Puglia's landscape. And, let's get one thing straight: a masseria is not a villa. Where northern Ita...
Polignano A Mare City Guide
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We visit Polignano a Mare, the place with the iconic beach you've probably seen in every guide book to Puglia. The eating is great, from polpo panini,...
Matera City Guide | From Caves to Culture
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We take a trip out of Puglia to nearby Matera, in the neighbouring region of Basilicata. According to Keith Jenkins, founder and publisher of Velvet...
A Practical Guide to Driving in Puglia
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Driving in Puglia is a convenient and practical option for getting around our region, whether you're hopping between towns or heading to the beautiful...
Taranto City Guide | The Beauty Underneath
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Taranto's old town - the borgo antico - is one of our favourite places to visit in Puglia. Much neglected by visitors, like the city itself, Taranto i...
What to See During Settimana Santa (Holy Week) in Puglia
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We preview Holy Week in Puglia, the week leading up to Easter. During Holy Week many towns in Puglia hold elaborate processions and ceremonies to comm...
Pizzica, Pizzica! Celebrating Puglia's Traditional Folk Music.
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We were asked about the music that we use in our opening and closing podcast credits. It is pizzica music, old folk music from Salento, the southern p...
Martina Franca City and Walking Tour Guide
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We are back in Puglia's Valle d'Itria, visiting Martina Franca. Known for its great food and baroque architecture, we walk around the town, discoverin...
Gallipoli City and Walking Tour Guide
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Gallipoli has become a hotspot for travellers seeking both history and hedonism. The summer season sees a seismic shift as Gallipoli becomes synonymou...
Otranto City and Walking Tour Guide
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We walk you around Otranto, its city beaches and visit geologically stunning and popular nearby beaches along the coast, including the Grotta della Po...
Bari Eating Out and Restaurant Guide
05 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Puglia is considered to be Italy's 2nd most visited foodie destination. With Andrea in his home city Bari, Puglia's regional capital, we eat out in th...
Ostuni City Guide (2025 Edition)
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We visit Ostuni, Puglia's città bianca - the White City. Because we live in Puglia all year round we keep our finger on the pulse. Insider tips and h...
Plan the Perfect Puglia Itinerary
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We don't all travel equally. Some travel solo, in couples or groups, with families, and with different expectations and aspirations. That's why...
Spaghetti all'Assassina
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Spaghetti all'assassina is the iconic pasta dish of Bari, Puglia's regional capital. It's unlike any other pasta dish you might have tried. On his vis...
Lecce City Guide 2025
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our insider travel guide to Lecce, Puglia. What to see and do, and our guide to traditional food, as well as our favourite places to eat. From a pasti...
Find the Best Base for Vacation in Puglia
31 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the rebooted Puglia Podcast by the Puglia Guys, Puglia ambassadors. Puglia offers endless choices: where to go, when to visit, how to ge...
Accessible Puglia: A Wheeler In Ostuni
26 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
LEGACY EPISODE. For reboot start at WELCOME TO PUGLIA. We literally grabbed Regan and Allie off the street for this short episode. The sisters are ...
Eat Puglia 2022
26 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
LEGACY EPISODE. For reboot start at season 2 WELCOME TO PUGLIA. Food is an integral part of Puglia's identity. Puglia is Italy's biggest producer o...
LGBT+ History Month Italia
27 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
LEGACY EPISODE. For reboot start at season 2 WELCOME TO PUGLIA. As Italy's first ever LGBT+ History Month draws to an end we speak to one of its co...
The BIG 2021 Guide to Alberobello, Puglia
17 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
LEGACY EPISODE. For reboot start at season 2 WELCOME TO PUGLIA. Undisputed capital of the trulli in the gorgeous Valle d'Itria, Alberobello is one ...
The BIG 2021 Guide to Polignano a Mare, Puglia
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
LEGACY EPISODE. For reboot start at season 2 WELCOME TO PUGLIA. Benvenuti a Polignano a Mare. Welcome to Polignano a Mare and to our city guide pod...
Puglia In Love
14 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
LEGACY EPISODE. For reboot start at season 2 WELCOME TO PUGLIA. As a Valentine's Day bonus, we speak to wedding planner Viola from Emotions in Pugl...
Best of Puglia 2020 Survey | The Results
01 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
LEGACY EPISODE. For reboot start at season 2 WELCOME TO PUGLIA. 3,154 votes were cast in our Best of Puglia 2020 survey. We asked our local gay com...
3 Weeks in Puglia | Our Puglia Road Trip - part 2
18 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
LEGACY EPISODE. For reboot start at season 2 WELCOME TO PUGLIA. Greg and Andrea live in northern Italy but spent three weeks travelling all around ...
3 Weeks in Puglia | Our Puglia Road Trip - part 1
03 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
LEGACY EPISODE. For reboot start at season 2 WELCOME TO PUGLIA. Greg and Andrea live in northern Italy but spent three weeks travelling all around ...
From Puglia with Festive Love, and Pizza.
13 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
LEGACY EPISODE. For reboot start at season 2 WELCOME TO PUGLIA. David and Scott stop off in Lecce for a spot of Christmas atmosphere and pizza (Lec...
Halloween Tales of Terror from Spiaggia d'Ayala
27 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
LEGACY EPISODE. For reboot start at season 2 WELCOME TO PUGLIA. While staying at Lune Saracene at Spiaggia d'Ayala in Campomarino inspired by Scott...
The Naked Podcast Part 2 | Let's Talk About Sex
30 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
LEGACY EPISODE. For reboot start at season 2 WELCOME TO PUGLIA. For the second naked podcast Scott and David head to D'Ayala Beach - Puglia's most ...
The Naked Podcast - Part 1
19 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
LEGACY EPISODE. For reboot start at season 2 WELCOME TO PUGLIA. Scott and David visit the gay section of Torre Guaceto's naturist beach. Secluded a...
Summer 2020's final fling
11 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
LEGACY EPISODE. For reboot start at season 2 WELCOME TO PUGLIA. After the Big Gay Podcast from Puglia's final summer fling at Por do Sol in Galli...
Reptiles in Puglia
05 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
LEGACY EPISODE. For reboot start at season 2 WELCOME TO PUGLIA. We meet with Colombian supervet Dr. Jairo. Currently undertaking research for a sec...
Italian prosecco - vs - French champage Part 1
28 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
LEGACY EPISODE. For reboot start at season 2 WELCOME TO PUGLIA. Before the Covid-19 lockdown we travelled to Reims in France, the champagne region,...
Driving in Puglia
05 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
LEGACY EPISODE. For reboot start at season 2 WELCOME TO PUGLIA. David is back. We talk about driving in Puglia, dispelling the stereotypes of Itali...
Lockdown Lives #1 - Roberto in Bergamo
15 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
LEGACY EPISODE. For reboot start at season 2 WELCOME TO PUGLIA. We visit Roberto in Bergamo, the 4th largest city in Lombardy and one of its most b...
Easter Soundscape 2020 - Puglia: from dawn to dusk
08 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our Easter soundscape for 2020 starts with the morning chorus of birds recorded here in Puglia as the sun rises. A celebration of spring and the shape...
Coronavirus #2 - Turkey and Greece
15 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
LEGACY EPISODE. For reboot start at season 2 WELCOME TO PUGLIA. As the covid-19 coronavirus goes global so do we. Our first conversation is with Al...
Coronavirus in Italy #1
09 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As news leaks that a quarter of Italy's population are to be put into quarantine, Puglia's President Michele Emiliano issued a dramatic appeal urging ...
From Basilicata with Love
21 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
LEGACY EPISODE. For reboot start at season 2 WELCOME TO PUGLIA. In this mini-episode we speak to Antonio Nicoletti the Direttore Generale of Basili...
James Bond is back. So is the Salento Rainbow Film Festival.
02 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
LEGACY EPISODE. For reboot start at season 2 WELCOME TO PUGLIA. Bond is back! We preview "No Time to Die" filmed in Puglia and in neighbouring Mate...
Manscaping - the Italian Male Obsession
05 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
LEGACY EPISODE. For reboot start at season 2 WELCOME TO PUGLIA. When you think of Italian men, you might well think dark and hairy. But the modern ...
Champagne, Fun and the Power of Communication with Erasmus+ in Reims
29 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We take a detour from Puglia and our usual focus on LGBT+ life and culture when Scott represents Italy on a 10-day Erasmus+ course held in Reims, Fran...
Grottaglie and Taranto with Fabrizio Cruciani
24 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
LEGACY EPISODE. For reboot start at season 2 WELCOME TO PUGLIA. We meet Fabrizio in his adopted town, Grottaglie, famous for its ceramics. We learn...
Tales from Torre Guaceto
22 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
LEGACY EPISODE. For reboot start at season 2 WELCOME TO PUGLIA. We visit Torre Guaceto, one of Puglia's most popular beaches, and one of its best k...
The One from Matera Pride
22 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
LEGACY EPISODE. For reboot start at season 2 WELCOME TO PUGLIA. We are in Matera, European capital of culture 2019, for the first ever Matera Pride...
Even Gayer Guide to Ostuni (Part 2)
07 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
LEGACY EPISODE. For reboot start at season 2 WELCOME TO PUGLIA. Part 2 of our gay travel guide to Ostuni, Puglia. David, our guide to Ostuni, tak...
The BGPP Guide to Ostuni - Part 1
29 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Like a game of football (AC Milan v Juventis), Part 1 of our guide to Ostuni is a game of two halves. With another new friend @davidgram92 we find out...
The Night Before The Morning After...
18 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
AKA the sleepover before the hangover… The boys take (another) trip to Lecce, this time to celebrate IDAHOT 2019 with their friends from Ra.Ne - the...
Perugia Reviewed, Three Prides Previewed...
07 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
LEGACY EPISODE. For reboot start at season 2 WELCOME TO PUGLIA. We review the triumph and tragedy that was our roadtrip to Perugia. We preview the ...
A Soundscape for Easter
15 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
LEGACY EPISODE. For reboot start at season 2 WELCOME TO PUGLIA. So, this one is a little different. It's our Easter Soundscape. When people turn to...
C'mon Vogue! Striking a Pose with Kenjii Mizrahi
30 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
LEGACY EPISODE. For reboot start at season 2 WELCOME TO PUGLIA. We chat with professional dancer and voguer extraordinaire Kenjii Mizrahi, after hi...
The Salento Rainbow Film Festival 2019
30 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We visit the Salento Rainbow Film Festival, Lecce's LGBT* film festival taking place 28-30 March 2019. But first Scott arrives in Lecce listening to h...
The Tamburello Lesson and a Brexit Bite
21 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
With Michele still rehearsing for the play in Naples, Scott goes to his tamburello lesson, then moans about the inconvenience of the ongoing Brexit un...
Siete gemelli? Italian phrases for a good night out!
08 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
LEGACY EPISODE. For reboot start at season 2 WELCOME TO PUGLIA. This podcast contains some adult content. With spring in full bloom and summer seem...
Why Italians love their bidet and the fine art of Florence.
25 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In Part 1 Scott and Michele consider why Italians love their bidet and why Italian guys are proud to fiddle with their privates in public; we consider...
A caffè leccese and pasticciotto, please.
11 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
LEGACY EPISODE. For reboot start at season 2 WELCOME TO PUGLIA. While Michele rehearses in Naples, Scott takes a trip to Lecce and enjoys a caffè ...
We're Sweating It, Sanremo! The Catch-Up
07 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
LEGACY EPISODE. For reboot start at season 2 WELCOME TO PUGLIA. We are half way through the 69th Sanremo Music Festival, and it's so gay (ish). With I...
It's Sanremo Baby!
01 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
LEGACY EPISODE. For reboot start at season 2 WELCOME TO PUGLIA. The boys chat about the Sanremo Music Festival just before the 69th edition takes p...
We're gay, but we're not gay enough!
27 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
LEGACY EPISODE. For reboot start at season 2 WELCOME TO PUGLIA. Scott and Michele discuss the lack of rights and legal protections in Italy (a west...
Puglia - che bella! Beautiful Puglia.
20 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
LEGACY EPISODE. For reboot start at season 2 WELCOME TO PUGLIA. With 800km (500 miles) of coastline Puglia, located in the southeastern region of Ital...