My favourite restaurants in Apulia in 2022 🍽❤️👢

Seafood is a great source of inspiration in Apulian cuisine Apulia is one of my regular destinations when I go back to Italy, so these are also good opportunities for me to enjoy local cuisine and great dishes of the Apulian cooking tradition in the restaurants I like. Here are my reviews of my favourite restaurants, normally specialising in seafood, in the towns I visit … Continue reading My favourite restaurants in Apulia in 2022 🍽❤️👢

Enzo Martinelli30/06/202228/06/20224 Comments

apulia, music, Theatre

Petruzzelli Theatre, Bari 🏛🎶🇮🇹

Originally inaugurated in 1903 with an opera by Jacob Meyerbeer, and almost completely destroyed by a devasting fire in 1991, it took an enormous effort to be reconstructed and restored to its former glory. In 2009 the Teatro Petruzzelli, the cultural gem and largest theatre of Apulia, was re-inaugurated. Since then The Petruzzelli Foundation is managing the venue and its productions that span to opera, … Continue reading Petruzzelli Theatre, Bari 🏛🎶🇮🇹

Enzo Martinelli27/06/202226/06/20222 Comments

apulia, Italy, travel

Postales de Lecce 🖼⛪️🥘

Postales de Lecce Situada en medio del talón italiano y un poco aislada del resto de la península, Lecce ha desarrollado algunas características culturales únicas que distinguen a esta encantadora ciudad del resto de la región. Esto sigue siendo testigo de que su centro histórico permaneció sustancialmente intacto en su huella original. Uno de estos restos es el anfiteatro romano relativamente descubierto que permaneció enterrado … Continue reading Postales de Lecce 🖼⛪️🥘

Enzo Martinelli22/06/202221/06/20222 Comments

apulia, puglia, Restaurants, Ristoranti

Piccinni 28, Bari 🍕🍽🇮🇹

🇬🇧 Piccinni 28 is a very popular restaurant in the center of Bari that stands out for the attention given to the choice of ingredients and the friendliness of their customer service. Situated in the middle of the historic Murat quartier and open until late in the evenings, this restaurant is naturally very popular with theatre goers and night-loving customers. Its cuisine inspired by the … Continue reading Piccinni 28, Bari 🍕🍽🇮🇹

Enzo Martinelli02/01/202201/01/20221 Comment

art, Arte, Dipinti, Painting

Pinacoteca De Nittis, Barletta 🖌🖼🇬🇧

Giuseppe De Nittis was born in Barletta, in the region of Apulia – Italy on 25 February 1846 and spent most of his prolific artistic life in Paris, where he become part of the French impressionist movement, although maintaining a clear personal style of painting, He died prematurely in 1884 at the age of 38 at the peak of his artistic career. When years later … Continue reading Pinacoteca De Nittis, Barletta 🖌🖼🇬🇧

Enzo Martinelli20/08/202118/08/20211 Comment

apulia, puglia, Restaurants, Ristoranti

Mamapulia, Bari 🍤🍽🇮🇹

🇬🇧 Mamapulia is a restaurant in the center of Bari that stands out for the attention given to the choice of ingredients and the friendliness of their customer service. Very close to the main complex of the University of Bari, this restaurant is naturally very popular with students and families, but its cuisine inspired by the Apulian tradition is a source of attraction for anyone … Continue reading Mamapulia, Bari 🍤🍽🇮🇹

Enzo Martinelli10/07/202110/07/2021Leave a comment

apulia, Italy, travel

Postcards from Lecce 🖼⛪️🥘

Postcards from Lecce Positioned in the middle of the Italian heel and a bit isolated from the rest of the peninsula, Lecce has developed some unique cultural characteristic that set this charming city apart from the rest of the region. This is still witnessed by its historic centre remained substantially intact in its original footprint. One of this remnants is the relatively recently uncovered Roman … Continue reading Postcards from Lecce 🖼⛪️🥘

Enzo Martinelli05/07/202114/06/20222 Comments

apulia, Italy, travel

Postcards from Polignano 🖼⛪️🥘

Polignano a Mare is a town on the Apulian Adriatic coast with a long history linked to the peculiar geographical characteristics of the place. The first human settlements date back to the Neolithic, turned in the fourth century BC. Into a Greek colony, probably the Apulian Neapolis, with flourishing trade with other areas of Magna Graecia. One of the most beautiful large polychrome vases of … Continue reading Postcards from Polignano 🖼⛪️🥘

Enzo Martinelli21/06/202104/06/202210 Comments