Starting from Matera and its Sassi (the old town), you will reach the Itria Valley and stay overnight in a “trullo”.
After cycling to Ostuni, the white town, you will end the tour in Monopoli, a lushlife and relaxing city by the sea.
Highlights
The Sassi of Matera
The Trulloes and the Itria Valley
Ostuni, the White Town
Life around the harbor of Monopoli
Itinerary
Day 1 – Matera
Arrival in Matera, briefing and bike fitting. Time to discover the Sassi district and cycle to the Murgia plateau (30 km). Overnight in a typical room in the old town, rich of caves and rock churches.
Day 2 – from Matera to Alberobello
Leaving Matera (in the Basilicata region) you are in Puglia in few km. Crossing Gioia del Colle you find the country ways to reach Noci and Alberobello, a unique village rich of “Trulli” houses, with typical conical roofs. Overnight in a Trullo.
Length: about 69 km
Grade: easy
Day 3 – from Alberobello to Ostuni
You cross the Itria Valley with stops in Locorotondo, Cisternino and Martina Franca, villages rich or history, art, good food and wine. You are in the Hearth of Puglia. Your final destination is Ostuni, the white town, facing the Adriatic Sea from a hill. Overnight.
Distance: about 45 km
Grade: easy
Day 4 – from Ostuni to Monopoli (Or Polignano a Mare)
Last day cycling along the coast crossing the widest olive groves of Puglia an riding the Adriatic coast. Monopoli and Polignano a Mare, rich of life and Apulian atmosphere, will leave you a nice memory of this short break. You’ll want to come back!
Distance: Approx. 40 km
Grade: easy
Day 5 – Breakfast and End of Tour
Breakfast in Monopoli and end of the tour.
OVERVIEW
Duration: 5 Days/4 Nights
Level: Easy
Distance: 4 days by bicycle covering hilly and coastal courses, 153 km with stages from 40 to 69 km to be done in 4 – 8 hours within the day.
Climate: Piacevole in autunno, ideale in primavera. Sconsigliato ad agosto
How to get: closest airport: Bari (63 km.)
Casual tour: B&B and hotel 3*
Comfort tour: Hotel 4* and farm holidays
SELF GUIDED TOUR PRICES
Prices per person based on double room occupancy
Casual tour: € 690,00
Single room supplement: € 185.00
Comfort tour: € 930,00
Single room supplement: € 250.00
INCLUDED SERVICES
4 nights in double rooms with breakfast, luggage transfer, technical and emergency assistance, gpx tracks + trip notes.
EXCLUDED SERVICES
Medical/Luggage insurance, minivan assistance (available for small groups upon request), drinks, lunches and dinners, entrance fees, tips, personal extras, everything else which does not come under the heading “Included”.
DEPARTURE DATES
SELF GUIDED TOUR
Any day
GUIDED TOURS
Upon request (6 participants minimum)
ADDITIONAL CHARGES
Hybrid bike: € 90,00 (7 days)
Gravel, Road bike, E-bike: € 150,00 (7 days)
Helmet: € 10,00 (included in the comfort tour)
Transfers
Bari APT – Matera: € 60 pp
Monopoli – Bari APT: € 60 pp
Extra Nights
Upon request
Add one of our authentic experiences
Matera, escorted tour of the “Sassi”
2 hours
from 35 € per person – 4 PARTICIPANTS MIN.
A tour of the Sassi districts along beautiful paths, discovering the typical courtyards surrounded by cave-houses.
Alberobello, UNESCO site
1,30 hours
from 45 € per person – 4 PARTICIPANTS MIN.
Easy walk in the town of Alberobello, a World Heritage site and home to thousands of the curious round shaped “trulli”, white dry-stone houses with conical roofs made of lapidary stones.
Polignano and Monopoli, jewels on the Adriatic coast
3 hours
from 30 € per person – 4 PARTICIPANTS MIN.
Guided tour of Monopoli and Polignano, two beautiful seaside towns, the first with a delightful port of Venetian influence,
the second a characteristic fishing village on high cliffs overlooking the sea.
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unesco sites
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Heart of puglia
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