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Martina Franca is an Italian town of 48 053 ​​inhabitants in the province of Taranto in Puglia known for its artistic and cultural vitality, where tradition, art and modernity blend to create a unique reality.

It rises on the southern offshoots of the Murge, on the border of the provinces of Taranto,Brindisi and  Bari, immersed in the splendid views of the Itria Valley which gives its name to a well-known Festival della Valle d'Itria, born in 1975.

TYPICAL PRODUCTS&FOOD:

Perfect combination where the flavors of the earth combine with those of tradition. The result gives life to the best Italian quality products known and exported all over the world.

Of unrivaled value are the locally produced wine, the Martina Franca DOC and The famous and prestigious Capocollo, the typical salami.

The Local wine and typical Mediterranean aromatic herbs are added to a particular process of smoking. The pigs from which the meat used in the product comes are raised in fragno woods and feed on acorns from the same shrubs.

The masterpiece of Apulian food are the Orecchiette, fresh locally produced pasta often seasoned or with meatball sauce, rolled chops and cacioricotta, a tyical Italian cheese, or with turnips.

One of the most tasty type of meat are the Bombette, fresh capocollo rolls stuffed with cow's cheese, salt and pepper and other spieces. The last but not the least are the Bocconotti, single-portion sweets of shortcrust pastry filled with custard also with the addition of sour cherries in syrup.

A real explosion and combination of aroma and flavors that make Puglia the home of the best quality Italian food.