Top Puglia Archaeology Tours

The city fortifications are the protagonists of this itinerary. From the implantation of the megalithic walls at the Bastion of Santa Scolastica, to the demolition of the city defenses by Murat who started the chessboard work of the new city. Bari, its defenses, its history.

The tour of the medieval village is a unique, cultural and exciting experience. We will let you know the whole history of our beautiful white city.

See the highlights of Bari on a rickshaw driven by a local guide. Visit the Basilica of Saint Nicholas, Bari Cathedral, Swabian Castle, the Fish Market, and other notable landmarks. Navigate the narrow streets of the old town and discover local history and culture. The tour concludes with a tasting of homemade Italian gelato.

In just an hour you can visit the most interesting places in the old town and in the Umbertino village. Our slogan is "the best way to visit the city of two seas". In fact, it often happens that you are just passing through our capital, you stop only for a few hours, a fleeting meal and you are disappointed to have noticed a beautiful city but that for reasons of time we did not linger as it would have deserved because the territory is quite extensive, what better opportunity then to speed up everything by spending a pleasant hour letting yourself be guided aboard a nice Calessino bee? Seeing is believing.

Polignano a Mare is famous for its picturesque sea caves that pierce the coastal cliffs. With this boat tour, admire dramatic grottoes and caverns that are only accessible by sea. Cruise by more than a dozen caves, pausing to snap photos and admire the unique coastal formations. Enjoy a brief stop to swim and a prosecco toast on board.

Taste your way around town with this street food tour of Bari, and learn about the city’s signature treats from a private guide. Starting with a walk around Bari’s Old Town, the tour introduces you to standout sights such as the Basilica of St. Nicholas and its sacred crypt. Continue to explore the cobblestoned enclave, trying fresh burrata cheese, focaccia, salumi, panzerotti, and home-made gelato. Finally, you’ll finish with a visit to the city’s French neighborhood where a large fish market is held.

With a private guide, visit two UNESCO World Heritage Sites in one day. First, explore Matera, including the Sassi area, a complex of cave dwellings carved into the mountainside. Nearby, rock churches house 13th-century frescoes. Then it’s on to Alberobello to see the Trulli, an awe-inspiring collection of mortarless limestone dwellings, a prehistoric building technique still used in the region.

Get an authentic taste of local culture during this 3-hour cooking class in a private Lecce estate. Join the estate’s owners, both professional sommeliers, to create a meal of Pugliese specialties, and then enjoy your meal with a selection of fine wine.

Make the most of your time in Bari with this walking tour that combines sightseeing with a deep dive into the city’s street-food traditions. Follow your guide through the squares and lanes of Bari Vecchia, stopping to sample a variety of treats from “panzerotti” to “sgagliozze”. Pass through the vibrant Piazza Mercantile and admire highlights like the Basilica of San Nicola and the Cathedral of San Sabino during your gastro-walk.

The historic town of Trani and UNESCO-listed Castel del Monte are two of the most alluring sights in Puglia, but visiting them both in one day by train or bus can be frustrating. With this driving tour, enjoy convenient pickup at the location of your choice and hassle-free transportation via air-conditioned private minivan. Explore the seaside town and castle at your own pace, with time to shop, dine, and take photos.

Lecce is famous for its baroque architecture and authentic cuisine. With this cooking class in the heart of the city’s old town, experience the best of both. Meet your hosts at an “osteria” set on one of the most charming lanes in the historic center and discover the secrets to rolling and shaping fresh “orecchiette” pasta, a traditional specialty from Puglia. Then relax over a guided wine tasting paired with regional delicacies.

Experience an authentic hands-on pasta making class in Bari on this 3-hour tour. Learn how to make traditional Italian pasta from start to finish using the proper Italian ingredients and techniques. Then create a delicious pasta dish with help from your host and sit down to the fruits of your labor with a bottle of local wine.

The visit starts from Santa Croce church, jewel of Lecce's Baroque, and continues Sant'Oronzo Square, where you can see the Old Tawn Hall "Sedile", the Roman Column and Amphiteatre, important remains of Lecce's glorous Roman heritage. Walking through Corso Vittorio Emanuele street, you will see historical buildings of the 16th, 17th and 18h century and Sant'Irene church. Then u will visit Duomo square, with the Archbishop's Residence, the Seminary, the Bell Tower and the Cathedral. The tour will take you to the underground Jewish Museum, situated in the core of the jewish area, and in particular on the remains of the Sinagogue, with its mikveh and mezuzah. Here in the cellar of the museum is the start of a journey into Medieval Lecce, a journey into what is still even today largely unexplored.

Lecce is so famous for its sumptuous architecture that it has been nicknamed 'the Florence of the south'. Visit the main Baroque treasures of the old town, Roman ruins, and traditional craft workshops in just a few hours on this guided walking tour. Discover the Lecce stone, exclusive to the area, and how it played an important role in the architecture of Lecce, take a look at the ateliers and gourmet shops.

Come and visit us in our eighteenth-century Masseria, we will take you to discover the centuries-old olive trees, the stages of extra virgin olive oil production and the ancient underground oil mill. We will discover together the history of the territory, the peasant past of our Puglia and we will immerse ourselves in an expanse of centuries-old plants of unique beauty. We will carry out a guided tasting tour of extra virgin olive oil and we will learn to recognize the aromas and flavors of a quality extra virgin. We will thus be able to choose an excellent product, to store it carefully and to enhance it in the kitchen. In a nutshell: the entire oil production chain, from cultivation to bottled extra virgin olive oil, in an evocative and authentic setting, which oscillates between past and present. The proposed visit experience is private: reserved only for the guests of the single booking.

A suggestive approach to the archeology of the city of Bari, to the discovery of some museum excavations. An itinerary that connects the "new city", with the projects of building thinning of the early 1900s, to the "old" one that hides hidden treasures inside.

We will go around the old town of Lecce for about 2hrs 30 min. I'll show you the most important Baroque and Roman monuments and I'll take you to discover some hidden corners of the town. I'll tell you about its history and its traditions! Lecce will surprise you! Contact me if: - you are a group of 6 or more people - there are children with you Other things to note: - use sunscreen, the sun could be very strong in the summertime - Instagram page: sb_sarabianchi

The Archaeological Museum of Taranto holds one of Italy’s top collections of ancient art and artifacts but its vast size can be daunting for visitors. See the highlights in just a few hours and delve into their history and significance with this guided tour. Take in ancient statuary and mosaics, tombs, pottery, and the famed Gold of Taranto Greek and Roman jewelry.

A quick visit designed for those who, despite not having much time available, want to visit the most important monuments of Brindisi.

Castel del Monte, the famous octagonal fortress symbol of the crown of Frederick II of Swabia and magnificent testimony of the reign of one of the most fascinating and mysterious emperor of medieval history. A hour of tour inside the internal and external environments of the Frederick's manor, to better understand what lies behind the apparent simplicity and sobriety of a castle that once looked much richer and more decorated than nowadays. Let yourself be accompanied by our guides, who will reveal details that would otherwise be impossible to notice by simple visitor's eye. The tour is on request and does not include the transfer to Castel del Monte. Meeting point at CAT parking. The entrance ticket to the castle (7 euros) and the cost of the shuttle bus (1 euro) are not included.

A tour designed to allow you to visit in complete tranquility some of the most important monuments of the city of Brindisi (difficult to reach by public transport): the Alfonsino Castle, the church of Santa Maria del Casale, the Monument to the Italian Sailor.

Skip the hassle of a map and guidebook and see the top sights in Bari in just a few hours with this guided tour. Admire highlights like the Basilica of San Nicola, Norman-Swabian Castle, and narrow lanes of the old town, including the famed “pasta street” where local women handcraft “orecchiette” pasta outside. Stop along the way to sample a number of classic street foods, including "focaccia", "popizze", and "sgagliozze".

Metaponto is one of the most important ancient cities in Basilicata and has been symbol of the Hellenic culture. It is characterized by important archeological sites such as the Archeological Park of Apollonio Licio and the wonderful Tavole Palatine.

Ruvo is a town of 25,000 inhabitants almost unknown but that worth a visit especially for the two jewels that it hides: the Jatta National Archaeological Museum and the Romanesque cathedral. Our visit will start from Jatta Museum, we will visit the only example in Italy of a nineteenth-century private collection. The exhibition is organized in 4 rooms: the first contains terracotta vases with geometric decorations dating back to the peucet age of the seventh and sixth centuries BC. The second room contains about 700 vases of Greek or local production. The third room contains over four hundred pieces and several craters positioned on a column. In the fourth and last room you can admire more than 270 artifacts and the vase of Talos. After the visit of the Museum, the tour continues in the historical center passing through the Aragonese tower towards the cathedral, one of the most important examples of Apulian Romanesque style.