Salento Beaches & Crazy Italian Fast Food | Exploring Puglia's Salento

Salento Beaches & Crazy Italian Fast Food - Pizza Dough Burger & Octopus Sandwich?! | Exploring Puglia's Salento
This Italy food video we try some Italian fast food. If you are as intrigued by what Italian food is like as we were, you won't be disappointed. In Puglia, the pizza dough Puccia sandwich is popular street food but in Taranto, they go one better make and have perfected the dirty burger. It is a pizza dough burger with fries inside. Crazy, delicious and weird. They also have an octopus sandwich. Visually different, it is an interesting take on Italian seafood. If you are looking for what you should eat in Italy, I think this should be on your list. Probably not that high on your must-eat list, but should be there all the same :)
We also visited the beautiful beaches of Salento. Puglia is famous for its beaches and again they didn't disappoint even if the weather wasn't in our favour. We visited the Maldives of Salento, Gallipoli and Punta Procusttio beaches and then to top it all off, Salina dei Monaci Nature reserve where they had bloody FLAMINGOS!! A must do in Italy in my bird book ;)
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[@bibekdas5595]

I love you Italy beautiful and natural beautiful clean rich country Italy 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹

[@VASIGTravelingLifeinLondon]

Totally agree, Italy is such a beautiful country with so many cities and places to explore! Btw if you're interested, I also have a travel channel with vlogs from Greece and Italy if you want to check it out ❤️

[@bibekdas5595]

@@VASIGTravelingLifeinLondon I am subscribed your channel

[@armandprogame76lsdp80]

@@bibekdas5595 Let's say that Italy can be divided into two parts, northern Italy is extremely overrated while southern Italy is extremely underrated.

[@SimoneFedeleSF]

I am a local. When the wind is Sud/West you have to go on the Adriatic side, like Otranto, when is Nord/Est, go to Ionic side like Gallipoli or Maldive. One great natural reserved and more bigger and organized, It is WWF Le cesine, near La poesia (the cave of poetry). With way more Flamingos!

[@Lunkopaarntie]

really underrated chanel! Love your video's

[@emma_sheree]

Beaches, Burgers and BIRDS! I can't believe you just stumbled on a random flock of Flamingos, how awesome is that. Also Emma I really like your outfit while you were walking the streets :)

[@VASIGTravelingLifeinLondon]

this burger was just out of this world! Btw if you're interested, I also have a travel channel with vlogs from Greece and Italy if you want to check it out ❤️

[@kelleysedgwick2913]

I love seeing Alex when he sees birds. His reaction is so childlike. Pure happiness :)

[@VASIGTravelingLifeinLondon]

Yeah, I think Italy brings out the best of you! Btw if you're interested, I also have a travel channel with vlogs from Greece and Italy if you want to check it out ❤️

[@marcquestenberg8385]

The Salento is no longer an insider tip. Thank you very much ;) I love this area. Greats from Germany

[@hayleyrichardson3921]

The Octopus burger looked delicious!! Love watching you guys, real and down to earth people. Happy travels can't wait to see what you do next.

[@VASIGTravelingLifeinLondon]

Hope they can still travel, I am now in lockdown in London. Where in the world are you? Btw if you're interested, I also have a travel channel with vlogs from Greece and Italy if you want to check it out ❤️

[@timegini]

I wouldn’t ever eat octopus ever again (yes I have& enjoyed it but then....) after watching ‘My octopus teacher’ on Netflix. They’re so intelligent and curious! Amazing. Thank you for supporting local businesses & accommodations. that’s so cool xx

[@suzi2084]

Same here! felt so guilty for the octopus i had in the cook islands :(

[@donstrudel1564]

Pigs are also very smart, but for some reason no one (except obviously the vegetarians) feels bad for eating them

[@timegini]

@@donstrudel1564 👍 yep I don’t eat any animal anymore. 😊 wish I’d done it years ago. Better late than never.

[@Simon-dm8zv]

So it is okay to eat animals that are less intelligent?

[@armandopapa8469]

Me too

[@hulahickey6959]

It's been quite a work week so it was lovely to see you two enjoying life. Great to see a part of Italy that's not overrun by tourists

[@salentowithlove3314]

So much to discover in Salento! 💫

[@gregpaull9768]

Great vid guys! You remind me that while travelling can be sometimes stressful, it REALLY is fun! Your laughter is contagious- keep it up 😉👍

[@pamconlinrealtor]

The burger for the win!!

[@riccardocostantini6560]

Bello, bello, bello, belloooooo!!!!

[@ClarkHodge]

Just binge watched all the salento series. Have just found you two, and love your work. My kind of Italy! Thanks!

[@TravelBeans]

Salento is such a wonderful part of Italy 💛 so glad you enjoyed the videos! 🙏

[@JohnandCaraRetiredTravellers]

Dirty burger for sure! Thanks for another chuckle along with my morning coffee! Great video guys! ~Cara

[@MaraNMinn]

Always such great videos. Omg the octopus was umm.. 😳 lots of aloha! 💕

[@beppeveltri]

Your videos are so very nice and funny. Buon divertimento in Italia. We look forward to seeing you next year.

[@christina2647]

Burger 🍔 for me 😋 and birds! Yes 🙌🏻

[@dukem991]

Pizza dough bread dirty burger,,...huge thumbs up

[@AnoNymInvestor]

Wonderful video! Yeah, I would eat the octupus burger. 😋

[@amandamoon9]

LOVE THIS! Especially seeing how you spend so little on a room for the night! My goal is always to spend the least amount on our room w/o it being sketchy. The best part about traveling in Europe is that you can get amazing rooms for so cheap, especially compared to the US where you often find dirty, old, outdated rooms for $150+ depending on where/when you go (New England coast near where we live for sure)! I don't think that our friends who don't travel the way we do understand how affordable it is. They think we are fancy & extravagant by going to Europe a couple times a year (when there isn't a pandemic) and they don't believe us when we tell them that most of the time our whole trip for 10 days costs less than a week at a beach in Maine or on the Cape in summer and is definitely less than a trip to Disney! I wish hotels here were as affordable as in Europe!!! Watching all these videos is makes me long to travel so so much!!!! Can't wait to get back to Europe soon!!!!

[@andreastomeo1012]

Easy tip for Salento visitors. West coast only if it’s northern wind! Amazing videos guys! Congrats! 👏🏻

[@leanngoodall7602]

The pizza dough burger sounds fabulous!

[@richardlphillips]

Literally drooling watching you eat that pizza dough burger. Epic! As far as accomodation goes I think comfy bed and good night's sleep is a priority over how posh it is. I'd rather sleep on a comfy bed in a concrete cell than a crap bed in a posh place.

[@NomadicSriLanka]

Wow

[@Gailmarquez15]

Haha! Love to see you both. And seeing your channel grow. Been watching and following your channel since you’ve started. Your Philipiines stay and some Asia too and now back to England. I am a Filipino living in England. I just started my channel. You Both inspired me to start my own channel. Love you both. love your style of vlogging too.😘❤️

[@truefactproductions1964]

nicely put together, great edit.

[@missula8]

You are guys so lovely! Watching your videos make me happy! .) I can´t wait to visit Salento next week and of course I have to try the dirty pizza dough burger! :))

[@o2bnov0307]

Another great video!

[@TravelBeans]

Thanks David!

[@andreimihaesi]

Loving your Italia series! Great videos guys! Next time you visit, you should visit the other southern tip of the boot.... Calabria. Thats a truly 'under the radar' place with amazing beaches, history and food. Continue on to Sicily and the Eolian islands after :D

[@antonellamorgese1084]

Ben fatto. Well done

[@glenncamp733]

Octopus is delish!

[@marthagaluszka8888]

Love octopus!!!!

[@chrisdickinson3168]

I would be eating both, love a bit of octopus 🐙 😋

[@bibekdas5595]

I love Italian pizza and food bro

[@tomhsiang3933]

Octopus sandwich looks great.

[@havisiting]

On our honeymoon, we stayed in a £500 a night suite in Hakone, Japan, with a private thermal pool! I’d love to do it again some time but I think with luxury places like that it’s got to be for one night, then you go back to the budget hotels.

[@chacocowboy3342]

And the rest of your life your live in a box 😂

[@TravelBeans]

Haha love it.. 6 nights in a hostel and 1 night someplace fancy. Seems like a great idea!

[@sheerkhanful]

I'm very much enjoying your choices in locations. Literally never seen these regions covered before. Octopus can be quite wonderful but only with expert cooking. I hope Emma's ear heals up soon.

[@salentowithlove3314]

Nice to see young people exploring this magic part of Italy 🙏

[@0lorenzo0]

Of course I would!!

[@donnacook1755]

Wow!!! We found your channel and are SO happy. Planning our Italy trip now and after seeing your videos we definitely want to go to the south east of Italy...maybe skip Amalfi coast to do it?

[@henrisiregar5980]

You two are fun to watch 😁

[@patriotgirl7425]

i want to help them with some things.. they're so young-so adorable.

[@thekttravelshow0001]

Another great episode, you two leading the way on these travel shows.

[@bohboh8]

😍🤤😍🤤😍

[@ModsterDTU]

Absolutely agree with you, the accommodations are just a place to sleep.

[@irinapechekhonova1967]

You guys are hilarious. As for the accommodation, I agree with you, it was absolutely perfect. Even fancy, with a big kitchen. I travel the same way; I just need a safe place to sleep, and the cheaper the better. I am never inside anyway. I love your adventures.

[@soxrox2574]

Alex and his birds...This time Flamingos 🦩🦩🦩🦩🦩 Great video guys...Thanks 😊

[@TravelBeans]

Haha he gets so excited

[@christineumanzio1170]

I have to say, you were very brave ordering the octopus burger! I love your sense of adventure.

[@patriotgirl7425]

lol i JUST said that too! I Am NOT that Brave!

[@ivanstevens]

Love the intro

[@tonytiangco]

Can't believe you ate that whole burger! It looked ginormous!🍔

[@VASIGTravelingLifeinLondon]

It would be insane to leave it and not eat it! Btw if you're interested, I also have a travel channel with vlogs from Greece and Italy if you want to check it out ❤️

[@justatirednurse2677]

I love the accommodations you stayed in. I wouldn’t consider them a “dungeon.” So quaint and beautiful

[@kellytowers8506]

Such good British humour! Love it . From someone, somewhere on a British colony in the pacific

[@sallysampson628]

Hey guys! Firstly, a big fat “no way” can I eat tentacles and suckers 🤢. I’ve been told that freshly cooked octopus is bueno!! I don’t know what I’ll do when I catch up with all your vlogs 😧 so keep on filming and educating and making me smile and laugh!! 👏🏻👏🏻😃🍦🍦🥰🙅‍♀️🙅‍♀️

[@johnbarr7799]

Great video, you to are so crazy, love it

[@joeleenatiles3074]

You got me at pizza dough burger. I like octopus but I prefer the dirty burger. I'm new here and have been enjoying your Italy videos. Funny, entertainment and good food and wine. Nice work!!!

[@Breck724]

Pizza bread burger for the win!!

[@HarroldTV]

Oh my god that smile !!!!!!!!

[@qdaniele97]

How could one live without ever have tried octopus... It's unbelievable Yoy need to try it with potatoes and parsley

[@samanthabennett1981]

I love Octopus and id definitely try the dirty burger… My Dream is to go to Italy! Thanks guys for the recommendations

[@danielstoicamusic]

That must be the best burger in the world!!!

[@bobnicholls]

Another great vid to watch. Burgers looked tasty but were there any/many vegan options in that region?

[@UKbeats]

Not sure I would like to try Octopus haha, I wonder who the first person was that thought yummm that octopus looks good imma taste it. I know lots of people enjoy it but it's just not something I would like to experience even if it does taste nice. Awesome vlog btw guys I love how you always having a laugh x

[@TravelBeans]

😂 I wonder that too! Thanks so much for watching 💛

[@Davearmstrong42]

We are huge fans of the channel! I think I've watched all your Italy vids 3-4 times. I have a question about driving in Puglia... how safe was your luggage(in your car) when you wandered down to the beach? Any driving tips? We are driving from Bari, down and around to Matera, and back to Bari over a period of 15 days.

[@BobsUp83]

Oh great! You went to Poldo!! That is (at least it was when I was living there) the best for puccia! So many good memories from that place!

[@salentowithlove3314]

I love Poldo 😍

[@armandprogame76lsdp80]

@@salentowithlove3314 the name Poldo derives from an Italian adaptation of the original name Wellington Wimpy or his full Italian name is Poldo Sbaffini

[@travelertrome8449]

Hopefully you guys make it to Greece, as you nearby and that is where you will find the best octopus - grilled with lemon and olive oil. Seeing it as a burger looked weird. Great vlog once again. Loving this Italy series!

[@TravelBeans]

Would love to make it to Greece but can't on this trip. That will be a series in the future though

[@travelertrome8449]

@@TravelBeans Wonderful! Can't wait! ♥️ Very happy to see more of Italy though!

[@vproven]

That scenery and food are killing me. Outstanding. 👍 The town of Galllipoli is pronounced: Ga Lip Oh Lee.

[@salentowithlove3314]

Amazing town and incredible food! 💚🤍❤️

[@susannortham11.11]

Seems to be a good time to go to beautiful Italy - streets/beaches don't look crazy crowded. If I weren't a vegetarian, I'd say your fast food looked pretty amazing - Italians do food the best in my book :)

[@TravelBeans]

Agreed.. Everywhere is so quiet right now and it's actually one of the safest and easiest places to travel in Europe at the moment. And luckily, every place seems to have plenty of tasty veggie options! Italian food is the best 😋

[@patriotgirl7425]

i REALLY Like this Place! And What's Important Is, It's CLEAN. To Me, That is VERY Important.

[@tonycronin4629]

Once you see "My Octopus Teacher" you will never eat octopus again. Superb part of the world though, and another good episode.

[@KaymarKreations]

LMAO "on our holibbobs"..... totally agree about a place to sleep as long as it's clean.... we have only ever had one dodgy place in Barcelona.... but it made for a crazy story (there was even a live rabbit in a cage)

[@bibekdas5595]

Love you bro

[@vivirodden7409]

Burger 🍔 chez CRIANZA Lecce is astonishing!!

[@RussellChapman99]

Waves travel huge distances, the local wind forecast for the day is no indicator of calm seas. Besides that, another very watchable video.

[@kimmcdonald1096]

You kids just make me laugh. Thanks for sharing all your fun.

[@TravelBeans]

So happy to hear that! Thanks for watching Kim 😊🙏

[@gwynethglas-brown9171]

Eeek Octopus Noooo thank you. Looks a lovley place . Wow that burger 😱. Massive the calories in that 😅

[@gvisir]

Hi, just a tip Salento is not a secret at all, probabily you found it a little empty due the covid, but believe me usually is a famous summer destination, so from the end of july to the beginning of september could be really crowded especially in august, really really crowded, the pro is that have all that coastline you could find your spot but away from the beaches most "IN". About flamingoes you probabily already know but the color becomes less and lesser pink while they feed the babies

[@robincloud7744]

I'd definitely go for the dirty burger!

[@1954patrizio]

I would definitely eat the burger on pizza bread!

[@susanh6287]

No! To the octopus 🥴 Love you guys!!!!

[@discojelly]

I came here for the Octopus Burger! :)

[@TheAdrianaPolari]

Come to Brazil. We have beautiful landscapes here too.

[@Miro87]

I'm Italian and I would devour both burgers you tried!

[@mickeqvist]

The Dirty burger for sure!

[@LukeAndersson1]

Hey Beans, love the video and to answer your questions I would stay in a place with less nice accommodations to save some money and spend more money on doing and seeing things in that location and I would have done the same thing Alex did and get both burgers. The weird tentacle one and the yummy juicy dirty one.

[@BruceFerjulian]

I'd probably go for the octopus sandwich, not to many cows grazing on the beach there. I find it interesting that you both are able to travel during all that is COVID. I am an American isolating in a remote part of Ireland and loving it. Looking forward to your next video.

[@TravelBeans]

Thanks Bruce! Yes, we are very lucky to be able to travel at this time.. Although the restrictions are tightening up again here in Europe coming into winter. So let's see what happens!

[@gioq4702]

a octupus burger? that is criminal :D

[@callallilly]

The Puglia region is on my bucket list of places to visit in Italy. The dirty burger looks yummy 😋. I’m with you both as long as a place is clean I’d choose the cheaper place over expensive places to stay. My cousin , her husband and I shared a room for 3 days in Florence in 2019. We didn’t realize it was a shared room until we had already booked but in the end it was fine as we were only sleeping. Unless you plan on spending all your time in the room I don’t see the point in booking expensive rooms.

[@Justanotherpsychopat]

The "burger" puccia is just a typical puccia, we put every kind of meat (and not just that, as you saw in the other video) in it and you can find it pretty easily everywhere, sometimes even at "paninari", places (typically in vans) that sell sandwiches at the side of the road. God you made me want a puccia now.

[@juliehoquin9525]

Love from Oklahoma

[@robincloud7744]

Glad Alex got his bird fix! The pink ones are older and have eaten more of the algae that turns them pink.

[@patriotgirl7425]

Omg-You Are SERIOUSLY Brave to Eat a Octopus Burger. No WAY Could I Do THAT! Nope!! NOWAY!!

[@danioa9414]

the real brave is the one that DON'T EAT an Octopus: try to believe it!

[@EzekielDeLaCroix]

Octopusgang represent

[@joanhall3718]

I love tasting interesting local food, but I have read “The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness”. Such an amazing book. I will now never be able to eat octopus. Emma, you have to read this book!

[@TravelBeans]

Oh wow, sounds super interesting.. Absolutely love the subject of consciousness too! 👍 Thanks

[@diegodessy9700]

best sea and beaches of Italy, and probably in Europe are in Sardinia, hands down! you really need to go there

[@diegodessy9700]

and it's full of flamingos in southern sardinia

[@TravelBeans]

It looks incredible!

[@stevo728822]

The strength of wind and waves is probably related to the time of day you visit. Air will heat off the opposite land mass and be pushed across as the day warms up. Photos of a calm beach are probably taekn in the early morning or evening when the air is cooler. You get a similar effect on Tenerife with hot air blowing off the coast of Africa during the afternoon.

[@gvisir]

@stevo728822, Uhmm, yes and not, in summer day of high pressure could be flat as an oil surface, anyway could be also true what you describe, but the main issue is that Salento is exposed to the main winds during summer, Tramontana, Grecale, Scirocco, Levante, in fact the unofficial "motto" is "Salentu, lu sole , lu mare, lu ientu" "Salento il sole il mare il vento" "Salento the sun the sea the wind", so a good idea is to switch coast according the wind direction. If Adriatic is on the mood Ionian usually is calm and viceversa, there are guide online about what beach choose, but sometimes you have no chance.

[@terencesaunders1357]

Octopus sandwich no thanks but I’d like to try the pizza dough sandwich. Love your channel.

[@VASIGTravelingLifeinLondon]

You really have to try it! I had it years ago and it was so much better than what you'd expect! Btw if you're interested, I also have a travel channel with vlogs from Greece and Italy if you want to check it out ❤️

[@SetCCC]

For me, I like to save on hotels as long as they are clean and aren't like the bates motel or something weird/scary. I think the place you found still looks like it has a bit of charm.

[@kevintronchin7398]

we do not have motels etc :O

[@carlaportocarrero6464]

Hello guys! Lovely beaches, I think that because the weather is changing it is turning windy don't you think? And about the food, I wouldn't eat non of the things Alex is eating because I'm a vegan 😋. Beautiful places as always. Thank you guys. Se cuidan, adiós.

[@TravelBeans]

Thanks Carla! Yes, definitely feeling the changing of the seasons now with much more wind and rain. Also, could you send us the contact details for your friend, if possible? We're really interested in going there soon 😁

[@langellotti]

when i was young, i was used to go to Poldo to eat those so big puccia

[@user-xl1mm3uf1m]

That would be a big honking NO on the octopus burger! 😳😬😳

[@mariondiemert430]

Hands down the octopus burger. We have friends who live on Lanzarote, when we were there on holiday they invited us to dinner and served octopus. It was so delicious and we learned the octopus has to be cooked at least four hours for it to become 'soft'. It was served as a salad and my mouth waters just thinking about it. Great video guys!

[@giospa8203]

Go to Le castella Calabria it’s really amazing and just few hours drive from where you are

[@TravelBeans]

Oh wow.. Looks incredible! Thanks for the tip!