Bari's Culinary Soul: Walk, Discover & Pasta Craft

Fabulous tour, lots of history and an opportunity to make orcheitte and then eat it! Saw PASTA LADIES… a Street were several Italian mamas sit outside and make orchiette all day long. Different colors!

We loved the pasta experience. Nonna was very enthusiastic and helped everyone try and learn how to make the pasta properly. Fortunately we ate Nonna’s and it was delicious.

The walking tour of Bari with Barbara (and Valeria) was absolutely wonderful! Barbara made it so much fun and brought the city to life with her stories, passion, and local knowledge. It was such an enjoyable way to learn about her beautiful hometown — full of charm (ie shared a story about how Margherita pizza represent the Italian colours - green, white and red - and named after the queen; history, and personality. Highly recommend this tour to anyone who wants to experience the real Bari through the eyes of a local!

What an unbelievable experience! Learning how to make orecchiette pasta with Erica was truly one of the highlights of my trip. She was amazing — patient, fun, and so passionate about sharing her local traditions. The meal we prepared together was absolutely delicious, and the local Bari wine she offered was the perfect touch to finish it all off. Highly recommend this experience to anyone visiting the area — it’s authentic, memorable, and full of heart!

Alessia was so great!! We all loved her! She was kind and very knowledgeable!! We loved making the pasta!!! What a great experience all together! Would do this again for sure!!

Our guide Vincenzo was very knowledgeable , very funny and extremely helpful. He made the experience very worth the cost. Highly recommend. 5 🌟

Our guide , Barbara, was fantastic. She was so knowledgeable as well as entertaining. It was great to learn about some of the history of Bari. The pasta experience was so fun. Barbara was a great interpreter and also assisted us in our quest to make the perfect orecchiette. Fun day.

Alessia, excellent guide. She is nice, educated, funny and she knows Bari, tradition, history perfectly and makes the tour very interesting

It was very rushed, barely time to take photos! To their credit, Velo went out of their way to get us there as we were in a carpark next to the port! They even sent a taxi (we paid for it). The pasta making was different, I went to pasta making in Tuscany which was completely different. An interesting experience!

I took a Bari walking tour combined with a pasta making class. It was fantastic. We spent about two hours walking around Old Town and seeing the major sites, such as the cathedral and the castle. We had ice cream at the end. Then we returned to the Velo Service office and I joined the pasta making class. I learned how to make orchiette pasta (“little ears”) with an Italian cook and her mother. Then we ate the fresh pasta with homemade tomato sauce. Delicious.