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Trulli Puglia Cycling Holiday

A land of discovery, adventure and wild beauty

Overview of our Trulli Puglia Cycling Holiday

Puglia is a land of discovery and adventure; it’s the perfect place to explore on a bike.

With its quiet roads lined with rock walls and majestic olive groves, to its coastal roads set along dramatic cliffs with white sand beaches and turquoise waters, this still largely undiscovered region of Italy rewards you at every turn and along every open plain. Its wild beauty and landscapes dotted with fairytale trulli and the twisted trunks of ancient olive trees standing still in time, captivate your spirit and your heart.

Still very much by Italians for Italians, this land between two seas, the Ionian and Adriatic, provides much more than a cycling trip. It’s a place to visit sooner rather than later as the word is definitely out, and our journey through its back roads will only leave you wanting more.

Expect long, warm summer days, spectacular and diverse scenery across the hills of the Valle d’Itria through to the open plains of the Salento, afternoons to relax and soak up the sun with swims in the turquoise seas and explorations of the historically significant and beautiful towns in which we stay.

Our journey through its authentic food and wine culture and diverse blend of unique accommodation styles including masserie, trulli and noble residences will see your Puglia discovery take you behind the postcard scenes.

Enjoy the slow pace of life and the so very southern Italian culture, the history and of course, the wonderful home grown food and wine on our Puglia cycling tour.

Get ready for a trip of true discovery – both on and off the bike.

Puglia Cycling Tour Ride Itinerary

Experience cycling in Puglia, Italy.

Our daily rides through Puglia ensure you get to experience all of the landscapes it has to offer, from the stunning scenes along the coastal roads, the ancient olive groves of the Valle d’Itria and Salento, and the towns and villages through which we pass and stay. You’ll enjoy cycling through Puglia, Italy, with its wild beauty and stunning, open landscapes, and finishing each day’s ride, with time to reflect and enjoy the beautiful places we stay.

Welcome to Matera

After a light lunch we’ll roll out, towards the town of Montescaglioso and on our return take in the sight of Matera from the other side of the ravine.

Highlight: Viewing the unique Matera city from different angles.
Distance: 61km
Elevation: 1180m

Into the land of Fairy Castles

Today’s ride will see us leave Matera and head to “Trulli Valley” and the highest concentration of olive trees in Italy. We will ride through a number of small towns before reaching Alberobello, the UNESCO World Heritage town made up of 1500 Trulli before rolling to a stop at our sensational villa for the next two nights.

Highlight: Riding through the lanes and backroads lined with the fairy castle like trulli.
Distance: 80km
Elevation: 690m

Noci and The Aqueduct

Today we will roll along the backroads of the Valle d’Itria, with the sensational untouched Puglian landscape of olive groves, vineyards, trulli and beautiful rock wall lined roads everywhere you turn.

Highlight: The ancient aqueduct.
Distance: 85km
Elevation: 895m

To Ostuni

Today we will roll along The Wine Road and through Martina Franca as we roll our way to Ostuni. It is another day of quiet backroads.

Highlight: The quiet of the backroads.
Distance: 76km
Elevation: 740m

A Spin by the Sea

Today’s ride will take us down from Ostuni and through the the flat olive groves along the Adriatic coast.

Highlight: The opportunity to swim in the crystal clear waters of the Adriatic Sea.
Distance: 57km
Elevation: 500m

South to Salento

Our final ride is another that encapsulates all of the adventure from the Puglian landscape. We are once again off the beaten path, following rambling backroads that are lined with small rock walls, entering the Salento region of Puglia, where we will certainly sample the local caffe Leccese.

Highlight: The changing landscape and mid ride caffe leccese.
Distance: 85km
Elevation: 325m

Pricing & Dates

4995
per person twin share / Maximum 12 guests

Show Price As

2023

24th to 30th April 2022

1995

(deposit)

9th to 15th October 2022

1995

(deposit)

Want to enjoy cycling in Puglia, Italy, on your very own tour? Ask us about a privately run tour for your group.

Start Location & Details

City: Bari, Italy
Pick Up Location: Bari Centrale Train Station, Bari
Pick Up Time: 11:00am

Finish Location & Details

City: Lecce, Italy
Drop Off Location: Lecce Train Station
Drop Off Time: 11:30am

Inclusions & Details

Accommodation & Meals

6 nights accommodation is included in our Puglia cycling tours, twin share with your own private bathroom.
Single occupancy available. Talk to us when booking
All breakfasts and dinners at a range of our favourite restaurants, osteria’s and home cooked locations.
Including nightly aperitivo hour and local wines and beers at each dinner.

Ride Support

Professional bilingual ride guides with extensive cycling experience, local knowledge and first aid experience, ensuring your riding experiences are truly local and take in many of the undiscovered back roads and rolling hills of this spectacular and diverse region.
Unique routes, available on our GPS are provided as part of our cycling tour in Puglia, Italy.
Support van on daily rides, with mechanical support and your safety as our priority.
Nutritious energy snacks and hydration are provided

Transfers & Activities

Not Included

Have More Questions About Our Puglia Cycling Tour?

See our FAQs page for answers to common questions.

Bike Hire & Gear

Full Carbon Road Bikes

You can choose to hire a Pinarello or Bianchi with a compact crankset.

Carbon Road e-Bike

You can choose to hire a Pinarello e-bike with a compact crankset and a little more power.

GPS

An easy to use GPS is provided for your use for the duration of the tour with our daily rides pre installed.

Non-Riding Partners

As part of our Puglia cycling holiday, non-riding partners enjoy a customised travel program, designed to meet their interests and the best experiences Puglia has to offer. Whether its guided walks of historic towns and their unique architecture including the trulli of Alberobello, the sassi of Matera or the stunning whitewashed villages of Ostuni and Locorotondo, or exploring caves and olive groves, enjoying private olive oil tastings and cooking classes, non riding partners experience the beauty and uniqueness of each area we visit. Nancy personally hosts non-riding guests each day with a select range of activities to suit the group. We promise it’ll be a holiday in Puglia you’ll never forget.

Accommodation

Enjoy our personally chosen range of typical Pugliese accommodation. From staying in restored trulli, magnificent seaside villas with views over turquoise waters, historic masserie in quiet countryside locations where working family farms are still producing wine and olive oil, this diverse experience brings together the beauty of ancient, historic Puglia with the hip, modern and restored Puglia.

Food & Wine

Eating and drinking is a highlight in Puglia.

With its rich copper-toned soils, the raw materials for much of Italy’s olive oil, wine and pasta, are grown here, giving rise to a cucina that is steeped in simple, organic produce – from delicious cheeses, artisanal olive oils and the famous orrechiette pasta with locally grown rape, to freshly caught seafood and the charcoal cooked meats of the butchers of Cisternino, your palate will delight in the array of taste sensations of Puglia.

Light refreshing white wines such as Fiano, through to sensational Rose’s and the earthy reds of Primitivo blend perfectly with the cuisine…not to mention the incredible array of artisanal beers, made locally in Puglia.

Testimonials

I’LL BE COMING BACK FOR MORE

I was blown away by the whole Puglia experience & how your love & passion for Italy comes through in every part of the experience. I was after a cycling tour but got much more. Your kind heart & generosity & the fact I now consider you both wonderful friends means I’ll be coming back for more, here in Italy and back home.

I COULD NOT HAVE DREAMED OF HOW WONDERFUL IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE

I set out on the A’qto tour of Puglia with high expectations but I could not have dreamed of how wonderful it would actually be. The cycling through the Italian countryside was sublime and that was purely due to Damian’s finely crafted routes, but that was just the start of it. The ancillary support and organisation allowed us to experience the incredible food and culture that this part of the world has to offer. I sincerely thank you Nancy for this. Finally, and I know it will sound like a cliche but it’s true none the less; the environment that was created allowed the group to bond so that I feel that I now have many new close friends having shared such an amazing experience. Molto bene A’qto.

WAS HANDS DOWN THE HIGHLIGHT

We have just returned from a wonderful 3 weeks in Italy during which time the 8 day tour of Puglia with A’QTO Cycling Tours was hands down the highlight! Much of Puglia is still relatively unblemished by tourism and as such provides a truly authentic taste of Southern Italy. Cycling along the narrow walled laneways is magical, as is stopping to pick tasty figs gracing the side of the road! The nightly Aperitivo hour & sumptuous 4 course dinners showcasing each regions specialty, was the perfect reward for the daily kms clocked on the bike! Damian & Nancy’s love of all things Italian shows through as does their genuine desire to ensure all guests have a truly memorable time. A’QTO tours are perfect for those seeking to combine their love of cycling and desire to be immersed in a different culture!”

More Inspiration

A cyclist riding along a road lined with rock walls and old olive trees