Puglia
is always marvellous, but in September milder temperatures make visiting the
region even more pleasant. Joining Flavours cooking holidays will give you the
chance to explore the region, watch the real ongoing Apulian life, and make
eating al fresco even more relaxing. Here are 5 things you should not miss in September
in Puglia, and remember that
Flavours always has a cooking holiday ready for you to go on!
1) Admire The Tree of Life in
Otranto’s Cathedral: the so called Albero
della Vita is a beautiful 12th century mosaic that stretches 16
meters, one of the largest in Europe. The Tree of Life shows
human experience from the Fall to Salvation, and the scenes depicted come from
various backgrounds: scenes and characters from the Old Testament but also from
medieval chivalry, without excluding figures from medieval bestiaries and
characters from pagan myths. The ambiguous symbolism of the mosaic fascinates
and divides scholars (and non-scholars)… and we are sure it won’t fail in
fascinating you too!
2) Take the Apulian habits! Start
at the beginning of the day and have breakfast with a strong espresso or a good
cappuccino with a delicious pasticciotto pastry! What is a pasticciotto? Check
out its story and recipe here!
Treat your self with a real Apulian breakfast, you know how it works… in Puglia
do as the Pugliesi do!
3) Visit the distinctive Apulian
buildings Trulli! Trulli are dry stone cone-roofed little buildings that were
first constructed as storehouses, temporary field shelters or also as permanent
dwelling by rural people and agricultural workers. These peculiar buildings can
be found all over Salento. In the cone you can often find symbols painted (manly
religious ones). Legends say that one of the reasons for having dry stone
trulli was to have a trick ready in case of emergency…
Why? Because by taking just one
stone from building the trullo collapsed and the landlords, who demanded people
to pay for dwelling in his properties, would think that it was just a simple
heap of stones! We don’t know if this is true, but we do know that the trulli
really are worth visiting!
4) Puglia
is famous for pottery. The handmade ceramic production is original and
sometimes unusual: lamps, platters, candlesticks, bowls, ornamental pieces and
lots of traditional objects are some of the many unique pieces that Apulian
artisans meticulously
work over with passion. Go to visit one of the botteghe to see how they make all these distinctive objects!
5) Last but not least… try
homemade Orecchiette pasta: YUMMY! This ear-shaped pasta is probably the most
well-known dish from Puglia and
an all time favourite of many guests on our cooking holidays. Orecchiette are a
great classic that cannot be missing from your personal cooking notebook nor in
your belly (two things that Flavours cooking holidays always fill!)
So this September enjoy Puglia with Flavours Cooking holidays!
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