Accessible Puglia: A Wheeler In Ostuni
The Big Gay Podcast from Puglia
We literally grabbed Regan and Allie off the street for this short episode. The sisters are from the US. Regan is a wheeler. She uses a wheelchair and has been navigating Ostuni while visiting for the Allora film festival. We ask Regan how her visit has been, given the narrow cobbled streets of many of Puglia's old towns. It was a delight to hear that Regan's experience had been very positive and much better than had been anticipated at the other end, before getting here. She also praises the organisers of Ostuni's first for their thought in presenting an inclusive and accessible festival....
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Eat Puglia 2022
The Big Gay Podcast from Puglia
Food is an integral part of Puglia’s identity. Puglia is Italy’s biggest producer of olive oil - around 40% of Italian extra virgin olive oil comes from Puglia - and Italy’s 2nd largest wine producing area, well known for rich, full bodied reds. Our tradition of la cucina povera (“peasant food”) serves up simple but inventive dishes using seasonal, locally produced, fresh and flavourful ingredients. And we gave the world burrata. Recorded at we speak to Italian food writer and travel consultant , Virginia Newton from Copenhagen’s 3 Michelin-starred , currently . We...
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LGBT+ History Month Italia
The Big Gay Podcast from Puglia
As Italy's first ever LGBT+ History Month draws to an end we speak to one of its co-founders and organisers, Alessio Ponzio. Alessio talks about Italy's fascinating queer history. From the decriminalisation of homosexuality in the late 19th century that led to Italy becoming a destination for same sex tourism to the reshaping of men and Italian masculinity in the second half of the 1930s under Mussolini's fascist regime We also consider Puglia's dark history. In 1939 gay men were sent to an internment camp on the beautiful Island of San Domino in the Tremiti Islands, where they suffered harsh...
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Our Ostuni Tuk Tuk Tour
The Big Gay Podcast from Puglia
For the launch of season 3 we’re in a safe pair of hands as we ride with Ostuni’s top and most satisfying Tuk Tuk tour guide, David 5-Star ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ from Golapa, Ape Calessino Ostuni. We learn some fascinating facts about Puglia’s città bianca. Why the old town is built as it is, what the different color doors mean, and why some of those doors are so small (and it’s nothing to do with southern Italians being shorter than average). The episode is recorded live as we go on tour around the old town with our favorite Tuk Tuk driver. We paid for our tour and...
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The wolfyy.com ultimate gay travel guide to Puglia
The Big Gay Podcast from Puglia
We connect with leading gay travel blogger Louis LaFata of wolfyy.com (over a slightly dodgy Skype connection) to find out about what inspired him to give up his profession and travel, the frustrations of lockdown and our collaboration with wolfyy, which sees the launch of their gay guide to Puglia as our region is recognised as Italy’s top gay summer destination and one of Europe’s top 5 gay destinations for LGBT travelers.
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The BIG 2021 Guide to Alberobello, Puglia
The Big Gay Podcast from Puglia
Undisputed capital of the trulli in the gorgeous Valle d'Itria, Alberobello is one of Puglia's most iconic - and perhaps most visited - destinations. But with tourism front, back, left, right and centre finding authentic Alberobello, the Alberobello that so inspired Pier Paolo Passolini can be hard to find. But it still exists.
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The BIG 2021 Guide to Polignano a Mare, Puglia
The Big Gay Podcast from Puglia
Welcome to Polignano a Mare and to our city guide podcast. We are an inclusive travel blog and podcast. We might have some information that is of particular relevance to LGBTQ+ travellers, but we all love to eat, drink, visit the beach, sight see and shop. Our recommendations will be of interest to anyone visiting Puglia and the destination covered.
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Puglia In Love
The Big Gay Podcast from Puglia
As a Valentine's Day bonus we speak to wedding planner Viola from Emotions in Puglia about planning a wedding in Puglia. Recorded at Puglia's BTM tourist fair in February 2020.
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Best of Puglia 2020 Survey | The Results
The Big Gay Podcast from Puglia
3,154 votes were cast in our Best of Puglia 2020 survey. We asked our local gay community and visitors who came to Puglia on vacation to tell us their favourite destinations, restaurants, gay beaches, bars and clubs in Puglia, as well as their favourite things to do.
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3 Weeks in Puglia | Our Puglia Road Trip - part 2
The Big Gay Podcast from Puglia
Greg and Andrea live in northern Italy but spent three weeks travelling all around Puglia at the end of summer 2020. In the second of a two part podcast we pick up with them again in Santa Maria di Leuca, from where they travel up the Ionian coast to Gallipoli and beyond. Find out why they are full of praise for the much overlooked Taranto, and hear them enthuse over their joy of ceramics ("from breathtaking [pieces of art] to the functional", made in Grottaglie.
info_outlineUndisputed capital of the trulli in the gorgeous Valle d'Itria, Alberobello is one of Puglia's most iconic - and perhaps most visited - destinations. But with tourism front, back, left, right and centre finding authentic Alberobello, the Alberobello that so inspired Pier Paolo Passolini can be hard to find. But it still exists.
In our #lockdown guide we inspire and guide you on your visit and with a local eye "stress test" two travel blogger guides suggested to us: Never Ending Voyage and the short (but cute) Short Guide to Alberobello brought to you by the beautifully curated Along Dusty Roads.
And after that our companion guide to Alberobello can be found here at the BIG Guide to Alberobello. Safe and happy travels.