Cultural Travel Guides for Puglia, Italy
We have hand-selected Approach Guides relevant to travel to Puglia.
The Romanesque Churches of Puglia (Apulia)
This travel guide provides detailed reviews of churches in many of Puglia’s most famous towns, including Trani, Troia, Manfredonia, Bitonto, Ruvo di Puglia, Molfetta, and Bari. The Puglian Romanesque architectural style contains many elements of the traditional Italian Romanesque style; however, due to political, cultural and historical factors unique to South Italy, the Romanesque architecture of Puglia is decidedly different: it is less conventional and more tied to the Eastern Christian architectural tradition. Read more about touring the Romanesque churches in Puglia
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The Italian Baroque
The Baroque city of Lecce in Puglia is quite special! This guide helps you its history and how it compares to the other Baroque cities in Italy. The emotionally charged Baroque style first emerged in Rome and then spread throughout the Italian peninsula, with each location bringing to the movement unique architectural elements and sculptural style. Whether you plan to visit Rome, Venice, Naples, Sicily, Torino or Puglia, this guide will draw you into the action as you visit each site. Learn more about the Baroque sites in Italy
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The Evolution of Christian Architecture
This guide helps you understand the Romanesque and Baroque wonders of Puglia and how fit into the larger historical and stylistic picture. This Approach Guide gives travelers a quick reference guide that complements their travel guidebooks. Now, when a writer identifies a church as the perfect example of, for example, Gothic architecture, the reader can quickly flip through this guide to find the defining characteristics of that style and how it relates to other architectural styles. Read more about the churches you will encounter on your trip to Italy…
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Buon Appetito! Italian Food Guide
Puglian cuisine — showcasing orecchiette pasta, cima di rape (broccoli rabe), fave e cicoria (fava beans and chicory), among many others — is one of favorites! This guide walks you through all you will need to get the most of your visit to this region, where simplicity reigns in the kitchen. Unlike America, the cuisine of Italy changes as you move from region to region (even sometimes, from city to nearby city), with each area having unique recipes, specialties and culinary traditions. Our Approach Guide to Italian Food takes you beyond the culinary experience of the typical tourist and gives you the information you need to order like a local. Buon appetito! Learn more about the typical foods of Italy…
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Salute! Italian Wine Guide
Puglia has got some great, albeit largely unknown wines — such as primitive (an ancestor of zinfandel), uva di troia, and some full-bodied rosès — that deliver excellent price-value. This guide walks you through the grape varieties, denominations, and vintages on which you should focus your attention. Our Approach Guide to Italian Wine invites you to explore Italian wines by helping you quickly and easily choose the best wines at the best prices. Rather than just tell you what specific bottle of wine to purchase, we give you an approach to finding the best wine based on your own preferences. Salute! Learn more about the wines of Italy…
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Approach Guides Wine: iPhone / iPad App. Approach Guides Wine is the first app that provides a strategy for choosing wines, focusing on what is most important when picking wines (regions, appellations, grape, and vintages). While it works great at home, this guide makes for a great travel companion, informing yo
u of the best local wines in each location (best of all: since it does not use an internet connection, you don’t have to worry about expensive data roaming charges).
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