Apulian Food and Wellness

Art & Culture

Puglia Cycle Tours

Recharge with a relaxing bike journey through Puglia’s enchanting trulli countryside.

South

Mar – Nov

7 days / 6 nights

Difficult: 2.0

ABSTRACT

Experience the charm of Puglia, immerse yourself in the serene beauty of the region’s most evocative and picturesque spots, including the enchanting Murgia of Trulli countryside. Explore the iconic landscapes of Puglia, renowned for its dry stone walls, centuries-old farms, and trulli – traditional rural dwellings distinguished by their distinctive conical roofs, constructed entirely without cement or mortar. During your journey you’ll taste the flavors of rustic Apulian cuisine with a hands-on cooking class and conclude your daily adventures with rejuvenating spa services at your accommodations.

Puglia Cycle Tours is a DMC founded in 2016. We are specialized in active trips on two wheels and, from 2020, also in walking trips, with the new project Puglia Hiking Tours…

Tour Start

Conversano

Tour End

Ostuni

Best start day

Everyday

Tot. distance

138 mi / 222 km

DETAILS

DAILY PROGRAM

Day 1: Arrive in Conversano

Individual arrival and check-in at the hotel accommodation in Conversano. Welcome briefing and bike fitting with your Puglia Cycle Tours staff.

On the first day you have plenty of time to settle in, choosing to independently visit a few sites of cultural interest or simply relax with a stroll through town.

• Accomodation: Corte Altavilla - Conversano (or similar)
Day 2: Conversano loop via Polignano a Mare and Mola di Bari

Leaving Conversano, you'll reach Mola di Bari, the imposing Abbey of San Vito, and finally the highlight of the day that is Polignano a Mare, one of the most charming towns you will come across on the Adriatic Cycle Route. A few kilometres more among the green olive trees and you will get back to Conversano for a relaxing afternoon at the hotel spa.

• Daily distance: 23 mi / 37 km
• Accomodation: Corte Altavilla - Conversano (or similar)
• Meals: Breakfast
Day 3: Conversano to Locorotondo

Leaving Conversano, bike through the lush countryside to reach Putignano (famous for hosting the European oldest carnival) and Castellana Grotte (known for it's impressive caves). It is the main karst site (limestone landscape characterized by sinkholes, sinking streams, caves, and springs) in the South Italy and we recommend a stop for a visit. Pedalling up and down hills that wind through oak forests, pastures and masserias, you reach Locorotondo, listed as one of the most beautiful villages in Italy.

• Daily distance: 23 mi / 75 km
• Accomodation: Domus San Giovanni - Locorotondo (or similar)
• Meals: Breakfast
Day 4: Locorotondo loop via Alberobello

Let’s play a game: are you able to cover even a single stretch of the daily route without spotting a trullo? They are everywhere in the Itria Valley, located in the the very heart of Puglia. The destination for today is the UNESCO site of Alberobello, the world capital of Trulli. Here you'll enjoy a traditional cooking class and lunch in a trullo.

• Daily distance: 19 mi / 30 km
• Accomodation: Domus San Giovanni - Locorotondo (or similar)
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 5: Locorotondo loop via Martina Franca

Cycle along the Apulian Aqueduct cycling route, the “Ciclovia dell’Acquedotto”, towards the quaint town of Martina Franca, known for its baroque architecture and capocollo (traditional cured meat).

• Daily distance: 23 mi / 37 km
• Accomodation: Domus San Giovanni - Locorotondo (or similar)
• Meals: Breakfast
Day 6: Locorotondo to Ostuni

Today is another full immersion in the Itria Valley, a triangle whose three vertices include Locorotondo, Martina Franca and Cisternino. After having already visited the first two, today you'll venture to the third: Cisternino! You will discover another outstanding mixture between spontaneous architecture and the elegance of big churches and palaces. The last daily kilometres are a gentle and extraordinarily panoramic ride down to Ostuni. A spa afternoon awaits you at your accommodation.

• Daily distance: 19 mi / 62 km
• Accomodation: Hotel Monte Sarago - Ostuni (or similar)
• Meals: Breakfast
Day 7: Ostuni loop via Carovigno and Ceglie Messapica

This last stage is dedicated to the best-kept secrets of this land. Don’t you think for instance that a castle is missing among all these trulli? Today you are going to visit two very different but both very scenic castles: “Dentice di Frasso” Castle of Carovigno and “Castello Ducale” of Ceglie Messapica. Ceglie is also considered to many as the "silent" capital of Apulian cuisine.

• Daily distance: 31 mi / 50 km
• Accomodation: Hotel Monte Sarago - Ostuni (or similar)
• Meals: Breakfast