A superb self guided bike tour of Puglia that has inspired many bike companies and has now many imitators, transformed into an extraordinary gourmet experience, a bicycle trip of Southern Puglia to enjoy the best local food, wine and traditions of this unspoiled corner of Southern Italy. On this bike trip you will tour southern Puglia cycling trough charming old villages and stone walls, sleeping in luxury Masserie (old farm house) and tasting the best food and wine that Puglia can offer. You will meet the local and understand more about the Apulian culture and heritage. Professional sommeliers, chefs and artisan will follow you in this extraordinary discovery making this tour an unforgettable gourmet experience .

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Cycling Puglia, local food, wine & traditions of southern Italy
Cycling Puglia, a tour for active gourmets
A classic bike tour transformed into an extraordinary gourmet
experience, a bicycle trip of Southern Puglia to enjoy the best
local food, wine and traditions of this unspoiled corner of
Southern Italy.
On this trip you will tour southern Puglia cycling trough charming old
villages and stone walls, sleeping in luxury Masserie (old farm
house) and tasting the best food and wine that Puglia can offer.
You will meet the local and understand more about the Apulian
culture and heritage. Professional sommeliers, chefs and artisan will
follow you in this extraordinary discovery making this tour an Trip details
unforgettable gourmet experience .
Meet | Depart: Monopoli | Otranto
The trip starts from Monopoli, charming fishing town few km south Trip Length: 7 days | 6 nights
of Bari, and gives you a chance to explore the itria Valley and
Activity Level: Easy
Salento area, from Alberobello to Otranto, cycling through Lecce
Daily Rides: 20k to 65k with 100k
and along the adriatic coast and spending 1 or 2 night in each hotel
options
with the possibility to skip some of the rides if you wish.
Dates: all departures are
private and are
available every day
This bike tours of Puglia will let you enjoy peaceful and leasure
from March to October
rides along back roads, with low or not traffic at all, cycling among
classic 7 days from € 1390 $ 1790
ancient olive groves, roman roads and Trulli, rural churches,
dolmens and crypts that not all bicycle tours will let you see. Luxe 7 day from € 1990 to 2490
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Our special GPS bike computer included within the tour price, will 9 day tours also
let you easily follow the routes, pedalling with no stress or chances available
to get lost leaving you enjoy the landscape and sceneries.
Trip highlights
As a local company we support the local community and offer
unique bike trips and routes, designed for both the leisure and the Introduction to the local food & culture
avid cyclist, with the option to choose short or long daily rides. Private cultural tours
Extraordinary landscapes and sceneries
All our guided or self guided bike and gourmet tours are a Guifded food and wine tastings with local
marvelous combination of field trips & gastronomic excursions, experts and producers
gourmet meals, hands on cookery lessons & practical
demonstrations of how the local dishes are crafted, enriched by This trip includes
guided tasting sessions of selected local products with our expert
All accommodation & breakfast
somelier, chefs and confectioners.
2 gourmet dinner with wine
All bike tours can be tailor made adding extra days and activities.
Luggage transfers between hotels
Information pack maps and instruction
Free use of our bikes & GPS
Local support through the tour
1 private coockery workshop
1 tutored wine tasting
special extras and more
Please enquire to know the complete
inclusion list
Cycling Puglia tour program
Day 1, 2 & 3 | Monopoli, Egnatia & the Valle d'Itria
The valle d'Itria offers suggestive itineraries and views, with green
strips of green land with oaks, almonds, carobs and cherries, where Accommodation
the old towns are like white sheets spread out to dry. From here
Savelletri > Masseria Torre Coccaro
we'll start our marvellous journey through archaeology, history, art
M. Franca > Relais & Chateaux Villa San
and food throughout a land of artists, shepherds, farmers and
Martino
sailors.
Ostuni > La Sommita'
Lecce > Patria Palace
Day 4 | Lecce & Southern Salento
Otranto > Masseria Montelauro
Lecce and its Boroque architecture with the Castles and Palaces
that make this region unique and fashinating will astonish your view
and delight your sense with the local exquisite delicacies. Leasure Not included
walks and rides through old and charming villages, fashinating Flight & insurance
landscapes, the local food & wine with the people that craft it will travel & medical insurance
doo the rest . Tips, gratuities and everything not mentioned
within the included list
Day 5 & 6| Otranto, the adriatic coast & Santa Maria di Leuca
Cristalline water, amazing rocky gardens and eclectic villas, intimate
Notes
wine tastings and more epicurean adventure will disclose the
Fluctuating exchange rate could determine
eastern strip of Italy.
small price changes
We reserve the right to operate small itinerary's
Daily cycling distances from 25 to 65k.
revisions in an attempt to provide the best
Please ask for a detailed itinerary and program.
possible experience given route conditions and
available services
Shorter bike tours and breaks also available .
2 days Matera extension available from € 230
pp based on two sharing
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This bike trip starts from Monopoli, and we
recommend you arrive 1 day earlier
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If you stay in Bari the day before day 1, a local
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train from Bari Centrale station can get you to
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private transfer to your hotel will be available.
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From Rome Termini train station there are a
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few daily departures to reach Monopoli or Bari
a day earlier, check the train's time table here
as schedules are subject to change without
warning.
If you prefer leaving Rome on the day the trip
begins, with an early morning train (8:45 am)
you can reach Monopoli around 13:30 pm well
on time to start your bike tour.
You can also flight to Bari airport with domestic
flight from Rome or Milan.
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