Dream of Italy Season 1: Full Puglia Episode

In the sixth episode of season 1 of Dream of Italy (PBS travel series), we head to the heel of Italy - Puglia. Local Tonino Benincasa gives host Kathy McCabe an introduction to the Baroque city of Lecce with a classic car ride. Lecce is famous for its paper mâché and we see how nativity scene figures are crafted at Cartapesta Claudio Riso. Outside Lecce, in the town of Squinzano, Kathy meets the locals and gets a ride in a tiny Ape car to an olive mill where locals are dancing the pizzica in celebration of the harvest. A local mama teaches Kathy to make orecchiette (pasta). Alberobello is famous for its classic cone-shaped houses (trulli) and we learn the history of them. In seaside Monopoli, Kathy’s friend Antonello Losito introduces her to an old man who makes beautiful model boats. For more information, visit www.dreamofitaly.com

[@pritamkumarghosh5726]

This places make Italy no.1 tourist destination in world list

[@laylabono4035]

Proud to be an Italian with sweet heart.

[@morna45]

This is where my people are from: Bari, Grumo, San Savero, Foggia to the North, San Nicole, and when I visited, all I could see were my "family" -- the mannerisms, gestures, warmth, that left me with life-long memories. The land of both of maternal and paternal grandparents.

[@bubasanyang7087]

Im around the area you mentioned

[@lnm9095]

Italy is so beautiful,and puglia is the best place on earth..!!😅❤

[@cliffcarr3632]

To me Italy is the most beautiful and endearing place in the word, it is my idea of heaven.

[@giovanniwu7935]

touche

[@annaabrams4225]

True, the most beautiful.

[@albertocassinelli1218]

I am Italian and that is true! What about France Switzerland Norway most beautiful European countries

[@stefanotorome5460]

@@albertocassinelli1218 la Francia e sopravvalutata, La Svizzera non ha il mare in Norvegia il clima è troppo rigido. Nessuna di queste può competere con l Italia.

[@albertocassinelli1218]

La Svizzera ha la sua bellezza unica come la Norvegia! Hanno bellezze differenti!

[@alinagutierrez3019]

This episode maked me cry, my grand father was from Bari, south of Italy, and he was just like the people in the video. Thank you for this, I love the show.

[@Haselfuchs]

God knows I want to stay in Salento per sempre! Tanti persone preziose

[@jeanneamato8278]

Those figurines are astonishingly beautiful!

[@armughansami7570]

It was indeed a dream..it was perfect ..hats off to the producer, writer, cinematography, music ...everything

[@megghideve9382]

Stupenda la puglia e il posto più bello d'Italia grande Puglia

[@westfalenstadion7325]

I like Italy a Beautiful country ... Full of food, History, Weather, and Character.

[@galawhites5499]

ART, architecture and history in primis, and then food, wine, fashion, design etc etc

[@splendoreoceanico9923]

What a beautiful pleace it is! Puglia is pure magic, just like Sicily.

[@louisedole7179]

You are one lucky girl. I would give my left leg to see what you have in Italy. Love the way you lay It all out. So many different aspects of the culture.

[@carolann5338]

There is no other country equal to the BEAUTY OF ITALY.....because I have been on several trips... and my beloved Grandmother Domenica Paolucci was born there....!!!!

[@galawhites5499]

There's Italian blood running through your veins! You've got amazing Beauty in you :))

[@funghouls5498]

My family’s region Puglia. Thank you for sharing this magical land. Ti ringrazio di cuore.

[@miketinling5603]

Number uno on my bucket list. I must go there. I will go there! It's beautiful and you presented the area very well! Kudos to you.

[@johnbell2111]

My grandmother was born in Monopoli about 1880, her maiden name was Spinnosia ? What a pleasure to see her home town Giacomo Bellantuno

[@antoniamills3000]

My family come from Brindisi in Puglia... my family name is Monopoli 🇮🇹

[@galawhites5499]

My mother was born in Monopoli too, in 1924! Have you ever been there? It's beautiful, and the beaches around Monopoli as well.

Beautiful and pure nostalgia. I have been to these places back in 2010. This video brings back a lot of memories.

[@PanoramaJL]

Italy its beautiful ;-) thanks for sharing

[@AutomaticEnglishwithDavid]

I'm moving there in 3 weeks. Can't wait!

[@worldcitizeng6507]

In Oct 2020, Gabriel Traveler featured a few cone shape houses in ruins near the border of Turkey & Syria, the shape were barely there due to time passed & neglect. It was not a tourist spot due to the proximity to Syria. The local Turkish guy did mentioned that the only other place which has there cone shape houses are in Puglia, Italy. I'm glad to hear the confirmation from this local Trulli guide, Puglia is on my bucket list now.

[@JobSalazar]

I always wonder about the Figurines how they made... Oh wow! Magnifico! ♥

[@jbirdperez6003]

no matter where i go .. just around the corner from my house , or to work or travels , where ever .. i look at my surroundin and enjoy every places exactly the same way... mmmmmmmmm it's a never endin journey. I'm a guy who loves and who is appreciated of everything. mmmmm haha ! ! never a dull moment . "yes to life "

[@enrico_semeraroalberobello1522]

Beautiful.

[@alederi2144]

Italia paese più bello del mondo, soprattutto il Salento 🏖️

[@maurom470]

Fiero del mio salento❤️

[@jbirdperez6003]

Mann that was good ... above and beyond performance. .. outstandin.

[@WamuyuGatheru]

Great. I love how the people are so eager to share their culture for film

[@BigSmallTravel]

And what about the Roman amphitheaters in Lecce? The Roman history is crucial and overlooked.

[@dimitriskaparakis8854]

Ylonia..que bello sorriso!!!

[@galawhites5499]

Che bel sorriso :)

[@dimitriskaparakis8854]

@@galawhites5499 Gala ! che bel sorriso!!! ))))

[@ubatubacasa]

Congratulations!... I loved that! Good job girl!!!

[@MG-ot2yr]

I love Lecce and other parts of southern Puglia but this video completely misses northern Puglia, the Daunia mountain villages Faeto, Bovino, etc, and the Gargano peninsula with Vieste, Vico del Gargano, Monte Sant'Angelo

[@elvinsandhu5246]

beautiful italy 👍👇🏻 #sandhuvlogsitaly

[@laylabono4035]

Albano live there the good Singer 👍.

[@thedude579]

Ostuni-Gallipoli-Monopoli-Polignano a Mare-Fasano-Lecce-Brindisi is my favourite triangle in puglia. Beautiful beaches, great food and drinks all provided by people that know how to live very close to heaven, while still connected to their home soil. Please remember that summer-life there begins "at dusk" and summer-work starts long before dawn.

[@tonisargent4695]

I miss this so much my family is from naples Italy every little family left I miss jut enjoyin Italian life I guess I have carry it on with kids and grandchildren my brother and my sisters

[@Ang.0910]

toni sargent mia famiglia viene da Napoli

[@alessandroroveda2859]

This is only a few part of Puglia.....very small....and it's better because when you come here you discover much more!

[@marcot.7686]

You forgot Bari, the major city of Apulia 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@CatamaranChannel]

Very nice, ciao ciao!

[@dinorarivas5119]

bellissimo

[@avivahbenjamin1103]

This is great love your videos

[@TheCaithleen]

Well done

[@headphonessss]

Tutti I pugliese: STONKS

[@raoofkhan7329]

Hi hallo I love you Italy

[@kafidiolo]

And Italy loves you

[@oumunfeiholeto6885]

Your videos gave me such pleasure. I love Italy and your videos brought me to places I won’t be able to visit. Thank you.

[@tabarro100]

i love my Italy...

[@enrico_semeraroalberobello1522]

Salve da Enrico Semeraro di Alberobello

[@Nickyd83]

If anyone wants to see a little more of Puglia, come check out a few of my videos.. I went there last summer with my family..

[@danilotetesi3503]

The Salento are the province of Taranto, Brindisi and Lecce an example of are the different city present in the province of Brindisi that at the end of their name have Salento (i.e. San Michele Salentino)

[@antoniamills3000]

This video only showed a tiny part of the area

[@ciaoinlin1967]

Puglia : quality of sea,Salento coast, then everything is top

[@alessandroroveda2859]

Not only Salento...look at Gargano in the opposite coast....Vieste, Peschici etc

[@lynnzarina7294]

im going to stay in Canosa for olive plucking/harvesting in early December. than will take train to Bergamo up north for Christmas.

[@tommymas1]

Lynn Zarina How did your trip to Canosa and Bergamo go? I have been to both.

[@tewkewl]

The only thing about Monopoli's explanation was the misnomer that the ottoman's returned the favor for the crusades when it invaded. In fact, the muslim armies had attacked italy long before the ottomans. the crusades were an action that came as a result of the 400 years of unending war of conquest against the christian byzantines in the east and the latins in the west.

[@kpzcbttp]

Indeed.

[@sissyrayself7508]

Yes.. But you wont learn the facts in school. They love yo push how evil the Crusades were..never mentioning the fact of what was really going on.

[@danilodigioia7332]

You don't see nothing of Apulia. There are a lot of cities and places to discover, from north to south of Apulia!

[@JonghiBrothersCH]

what is Apulia?? a place in United states??

[@maureendeloach9814]

YES! My grandparents are from the tiny village Faeto in the north, in the mountains. They speak Faetan which is a combination of Italian and French. Interesting history and beautiful mountain vistas.

[@MrTinner66]

"Apulia" is "Puglia" in old latin language!

[@ChefRafi]

Maureen DeLoach is Faetan very different from Apulian? My last video was is Apulian.

[@corrieredellepuglie]

And "orecchiette con le rape" are typical from "Bari" neither from Salento or from Pouilles, like "popizze" "sgagliozze" and "patate, riso e cozze"

[@ToddCWiggins]

This is delicioso

[@tippipy]

@23:01 The little truck is Ferrari?

[@rmsmcm1]

Where is the last city you mention?

[@antoniamills3000]

It's squinzano, in Lecce

[@christiaan81music]

Gonna visit in two weeks! Starting in Bari. I have 10 days.. Is it good to rent a car or good public transport ?

[@italiener82]

I'm from Puglia and I'd suggest that you rent a car if you plan to visit several places other than major cities. Head down to Salento if you want to discover one of the most beautiful coastlines of Italy and pristine, crystal clear sea, togehter with wonderful food and people. I'm surprised actually as to why this video doesn't show the beauty of the Salento sea.

[@christiaan81music]

Well I decided to do it by train! It was very doable and to rent a car would be more costly. I visited Bari, Trani, Alberobello, Locorotondo, Lecce, Galatina (Basilica di Santa Caterina di Alessandria!), Gallipoli, Otranto and finally Matera which I loved as well! Unfortunately couldn't fit in Monopli and Ostuni, and sad enough didn't see a pizzica performance.. Nonetheless really had a great vacation! Coming back home hearing about the tragic train accident is so sad :/ .

[@italiener82]

***** I'm specifically talking about the sea and the coastline and no, there are not places just as beautiful in Puglia (if anything they're very different), because Salento coastline and sea are totally unique, also due to the crossing of two seas (Adriatic and Ionio); several people from Northern Puglia come down to Salento to appreciate that beauty. I'm just saying that in this video that part of Puglia is missing, and it's a real pity, because it's a very good video for the rest.

[@anthonyamoruso709]

italiener82 r

[@antoniamills3000]

@@italiener82 same...some of the most beautiful beaches...

[@pennypiper7382]

The driver is right. Italy is a rich ethnic mix. Can’t do much about that, it’s smack in the middle of the Mediterranean(middle earth) with its flanks crossing different neighbours and it’s’ head ‘ bumping close to France,Austria, Switzerland etc. it’s feet pointing towards Greece, And the near East. How can it stay insular?....😃

[@abdulwahidrazzaq5906]

So nice beautiful sweetie

[@Lmaooooooooooooo467]

Not a single word about the ancient Greeks of Apulia! What a shame!

[@BikerAlone967]

Al minuto 2:54 indica il Salento con la sola provincia di Lecce. I confini salentini sono molto più a nord e coincidono con la "linea Messapica". Egnazia sull'Adriatico ed Il punto più interno del mar piccolo sullo Jonio ne delimitano i reali confini. Quella che fino al 1928 era la Terra D'Otranto.

[@Selene.89]

Biker Alone Di dove sei?

[@BikerAlone967]

Teresa Claudio Salentino naturalmente. Tu?

[@ntnntl96]

Egnazia non fa parte del Salento. Il Salento inizia dove finisce l'altopiano delle Murge, e le ultime propaggini delle Murge le trovi da Ostuni fino quasi a Taranto.

[@ntnntl96]

Comunque proprio dove abito io, in una masseria tra Noci(Ba) e Martina Franca(Ta) passava il confine tra la Terra di Bari e quella d'Otranto, ma ti assicuro che le murge sia geograficamente ma anche per quanto riguarda i dialetti si spingono molto più a sud, prendendo più di metà della provincia di Taranto, circa un terzo di quella di Brindisi e parte della provincia di Matera.

[@raimondosaracino8185]

@@ntnntl96 I live in California 26y now . Sono di Martina F Penso che la provincia di brindisi e'salento ..tutta non un terzo. La stessa Martina F e su una linea di confine ,quella con la terra di bari.

[@tomstopper5281]

Bizarre cone shape houses? Why?

[@teleopinions1367]

It looks like Kathy has never (in her life.) made anything from scratch. She could not have looked more uncomfortable in the kitchen. Who stirs boiling broccoli? :-) Leave them alone.

[@TRATTORE1225]

Full Puglia Episode? Ma quando mai! Where are Gargano, le Murge, Il sub appennino, le isole Tremiti, etc, etc... this is only Salento and Monopoli

[@emiliasamuchovas4212]

quien fue el bruto que hizo la traduccion al castellano español , no sabe nada dice cualquier cosa menos traducir . busquen un buen traductor para la proxima vez ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ ITALIA ES BELLA ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

[@Testing329]

Viva Christo Rey

[@TheCaithleen]

You all seem to make it as if I cannot go to Italy as a non drinker.....god.....give us a break

[@bubasanyang7087]

After my home country i like Italy than any place, recently im in Italy and looking for a Italian wife to marriage

[@nni9310]

Letchay.

[@TheCaithleen]

Better

[@antoniamills3000]

What?

[@Matthew-cw3gn]

i'm disappointed that you guys didn't cover any of Bari, Brindisi or the ancient olive trees. the Trulli are pretty unoriginal, and all due respect to those local craftsmen, but i didn't need to see 7 minutes of them talking about their shops

[@galawhites5499]

Unoriginal? The opposite is true.

[@gipsi2001]

I like documentaries. But could the presenter please please learn how to pronounce the Italian language properly. Listening to the constant mispronunciations turns this into a huge cringe fest. I mean, come on, we are talking about Italy, god's own

[@TheCaithleen]

Much. Enter without the voice

[@antoniamills3000]

What??

[@miriamcarrasquillo7784]

&

[@user-zn5rt3xw3s]

Othomans ..later 1914 called Turks .... lived in tents..had no such skills making troulies ........

[@royalgregor]

What a typically Greek comment - always negative and unpleasant about everything and anything Turkish. I’m prepared to bet you’ve never set a foot in the country, right?

[@prophecyinchristaboveall1825]

Love my culture. But Jesus said you must be born again. Go to the Bible and read John chapter 3.

[@mariapierce2707]

yes!

[@beaconeersofthesevenmaps3467]

Thou shalt keep thy religion to thyself, eleventh commandment

[@littlebigjohn69]

enjoy italy now i would say in 15 years unless salvini saves italy it will change to another muslim country.

[@galawhites5499]

Not bad, at least compared to most videos there's quite a bit of Culture and Art and explained. At times too stereotypical and cheesy though...Mama's love etc etc. Right spelling is MAMMA btw, not mama. Un consiglio per i vostri futuri video: Make more effort and get rid of cliches.

[@albundy2696]

ma mostra anche le spiagge sporche e le pile di rifiuti nelle città, la gente qui ama buttare la spazzatura fuori dall'auto ...

[@michelangelolisi5149]

Ma quando mai,ma dove vivi?

[@albundy2696]

Michelangelo devi solo aprire gli occhi...

[@francesco3203]

FRANCESCO CHEF PRIVATE AND COOKING CLASS AT HOME OR AT MY COOKING SCHOOL IN TUSCANY Truly fantastic professional agency unique in the world

[@abuhamze5926]

The unwanted visitors left marks in Spain too, you can see how great buildings they left too, what a good unwanted visitors they were. Stop playing with history.

[@MarkCartret]

If the Ottomans had a Merkel they would have succeeded. We would all speak Turkish today.