Rome, Puglia - “So, is the slow-cooked donkey off tonight? No d'asino al vino rosso?” The waiter, who speaks as little English as I speak Italian, disappears to consult with the kitchen. Back he comes ...

The cultivation of wine has served as an important catalyst for this gentrification of Puglia, which is sometimes referred to as the New Tuscany. The sobriquet is apt, given that the oenological ...

White city … Ostuni, Puglia. Photograph: Alamy Beyond Puglia’s crowded hotspots, there are nature reserves, dramatic caves, medieval quarters and several hundred ...

Apart from its alluring climate (Tuscany in April or October might be pleasant but there's every chance it will be chilly and wet, whereas Puglia is busy heating up or cooling down at those times), ...

In Puglia, beach resort managers are banning packed lunches on the beach, sparking a backlash from beachgoers and consumer ...

The more I thought about it, the more I wanted to learn how to make a pizza – and that's why I came here. But as often happens when travelling, the world was taking me over. It was increasingly hard ...

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