Cycling Puglia & Matera

What's Included

• All breakfasts

• All accommodation

• All transport and listed activities

• Tour leader throughout

• Local bike hire

• Group arrival and departure transfers available

What's Not Included

• Travel insurance

• Single accommodation (available on request)

• Visas or vaccinations

• Local city taxes (approximately €10)

• E-bike hire

Food

Seven breakfasts are included and usually consist of a continental-style buffet. A typical hotel breakfast consists of toast/bread with jam, cereal, cheese and ham (occasionally), served with coffee, tea, milk, orange juice, fruit, cake and yoghurt.



Lunches are normally arranged as picnics or taken in small cafes along the route. You may opt in to a lunch kitty (€50-€80, depending on the weather/season) to cover the cost of these lunches. The tour leader will collect cash at the welcome meeting and the kitty also covers local city taxes. If you choose not to opt in, the local city taxes should be paid directly to each hotel on check-in.



Vegetarians and people with special dietary requirements can be catered for but please inform us of your requests prior to travel.



In Puglia, you will find authentic regional cooking with strong links to the land and sea – think orecchiette pasta served with a turnip-tops sauce or fresh tomato and sheep’s ricotta cheese, cavatelli with pulses, grilled fish and seafood, burrata, and excellent wines. This region is a paradise for food lovers.

Accommodation

Throughout this town-to-town cycling trip, we use three- and four-star hotels and renovated traditional buildings, which have been selected for their location, comfort and character.  



Below are the hotels we typically use. 



Matera: Hotel Belvedere, Residence Casalnuovo, or Palazzo del Sedile (night 1) 

Alberobello: Traditional trulli houses or Colle del Sole (night 2) 

Ostuni: Relais Sant’Eligio, Masseria Valente, or Ostuni Palace (night 3) 

Avetrana: Masseria Bosco (night 4) 

Gallipoli: Hotel 33 Baroni (night 5) 

Otranto: Hotel Albània, Vittoria Resort, or Relais Valle dell'Idro (night 6) 

Lecce: Hotel Eos, Hotel delle Palme, or Hotel President (night 7) 







For many, our standout stay is Masseria Bosco (above), a bucolic farm estate with original stone buildings. Our groups often head straight for the swimming pool (perhaps picking up a wine or beer en route), where there’s an inviting set of sun loungers. Alternatively, you may want to wander around the working farm, enjoying a peaceful moment among the olive groves. Dinner is held where the animals were once kept. It’s a celebration of Pulian produce with much of the ingredients grown on the farm – make sure to sample their delicious range of olive oils and homemade wines. 



Worth knowing 



Due to the limited capacity of hotels in Matera we are not able to confirm the definite start hotel for each departure far in advance, and the group may occasionally be split across different accommodations of similar standards. 

You can contact your sales representative two weeks before departure if you wish to receive the up-to-date hotels list for your trip.