If you have chosen to come to Puglia, we hope it is not only for our beautiful sea, our sun and our monuments …, if so we offer you some curiosities to experience and savor.
In the immediate vicinity of the center of Monopoli, our guests can take advantage of various sports and recreational activities:
equipped private beaches and lidos, tennis courts, football, five-a-side football, golf courses, riding stables, wind surfing / kite surfing, excursions with exclusive yachts, deep sea fishing, sport fishing, octopus fishing with the typical Monopolitan Gozzo, diving and snorkley, diving courses and patents, bike service, kart track.
To Taste
We recommend the fish products to be consumed cooked according to traditional customs: anchovies arraganate, octopus casserole, ciambotto, sea bream S. Nicola, fish soup Gallipolina.
Excellent are also the products of the earth, fruit, vegetables and legumes wisely linked in recipes such as: stuffed aubergines, orecchiette with turnip tops, snapped and much more …
… the delicious dairy products, such as caciocavallo (exquisite grilled), cacioricotta, sublime with orecchiette, dairy products and fresh cheeses should be tasted with the excellent primitive and doc wines (Lucera, San Severo, Locorotondo and wines of Salento).
To discover
Puglia offers numerous folkloric events throughout the year, in addition to the numerous festivals and patronal festivals, we want to point out famous events all over the world such as the Putignano Carnival, the rites of Holy Week in Taranto, Cerignola and Vico del Gargano, the Festival of the Valle D’Itria in Martina Franca (end of July – mid-August), the feasts of S. Nicola in Bari (6/12 – 6/5), S. Michele in Monte S. Angelo (29/9) and the Madonna of the Madia in Monopoli (15/12 – 16/8).
Do not miss the Palio del Saraceno in Lucera (August) and that of the Half Moon in Massafra (third Sunday in September).
The Fiera del Levante in Bari (second week of September) will also offer you the opportunity to purchase products from the countries of the Mediterranean basin.
