Discover Puglia
by bike
Self-guided cycling holidays between olive groves, trulli and white towns, from Matera to the sea of Salento. We take care of bikes, hotels and luggage: you just ride.
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Cycling holidays in Puglia,
planned by people who live here
Apulia Bike Tours is a tour operator based in San Vito dei Normanni, in the heart of Puglia. We organise self-guided bike tours, gravel trips and walking holidays in Puglia and Basilicata, with quality bikes, selected hotels, daily luggage transfers and our own navigation app.
Ride through the Itria Valley with the trulli of Alberobello and the white towns of Locorotondo and Ostuni, reach the Sassi of Matera, follow the Baroque of Lecce down to the sea of Otranto and Santa Maria di Leuca, or discover the Gargano and the old Roman roads on a gravel bike. Puglia is mostly flat or gently rolling, with a mild climate from March to November.
Bike tours in Puglia and Basilicata
Self-guided bike tours that start on any day, gravel routes on ancient roads and walking holidays: choose your way to discover Puglia.
Cycling Loop Between Two Seas Along the Ancient Roman Roads
The Cycling Loop Between Two Seas is an 8-day, 7-night self-guided bike tour in Puglia that starts and ends in Brindisi, crossing from the Adriatic to the Ionian Sea and back in six moderate stages (340 km).
Tour of Salento
The Tour of Salento is a 6-day, 5-night self-guided bike tour in southern Puglia, an easy loop from Lecce back to Lecce across the Salento peninsula (233–256 km in four stages).
From Sassi of Matera to Salento – 8 Days
From Sassi of Matera to Salento is an 8-day, 7-night self-guided bike tour from Matera in Basilicata to Lecce in Puglia: a challenging one-way route of five cycling stages (316 km) plus a train transfer.
From Sassi of Matera to Salento – 9 Days
From Sassi of Matera to Salento (9 days) is a 9-day, 8-night self-guided bike tour from Matera in Basilicata to Lecce in Puglia: a challenging one-way route of seven cycling stages (464 km) that rides all the way, with no train transfer.
The World Heritage Sites of Puglia and Basilicata
The World Heritage Sites of Puglia and Basilicata is an 8-day, 7-night self-guided bike tour that starts and ends in Bari, a challenging circuit of six stages (about 327 km) through the Murgia plateau to three UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
From the Adriatic Sea to the Itria Valley
From the Adriatic Sea to the Itria Valley is an 8-day, 7-night self-guided cycling tour in Puglia: a moderate loop that starts and ends in Monopoli and links the Adriatic coast with the Itria Valley.
Amazing Puglia: Sassi, Trulli and Salento
Amazing Puglia: Sassi, Trulli and Salento is an 8-day, 7-night self-guided cycling tour from Matera to Lecce, a challenging point-to-point route across Basilicata and Puglia.
Tour of Gargano
The Tour of Gargano is an 8-day, 7-night self-guided cycling loop from San Giovanni Rotondo around the Gargano promontory, the spur of Italy's boot – the most challenging tour we run.
Grand Tour of Puglia
The Grand Tour of Puglia is a 15-day, 14-night self-guided cycling tour that crosses the whole region from north to south, from Bari to Polignano a Mare – a challenging journey of 13 riding days.
The Apulian White Towns
The Apulian White Towns is a 6-day, 5-night self-guided cycling tour based in San Vito dei Normanni, near Brindisi, with easy to moderate stages through the Itria Valley and northern Salento.
The Final Stretch of the Via Francigena
The Final Stretch of the Via Francigena is a 7-day, 6-night self-guided gravel tour in Puglia from Polignano a Mare to Santa Maria di Leuca, with five easy-to-moderate riding days along the Adriatic and down through Salento.
Cycling the Appian Way: from Venosa to Brindisi
Cycling the Appian Way is an 8-day, 7-night self-guided gravel tour from Barletta to Brindisi, following the ancient Roman road from Venosa in Basilicata across the Murgia to the Ionian and Adriatic coasts, with two demanding hill stages at the start and easier days towards the sea.
Cycling Route of the Apulian Aqueduct
The Cycling Route of the Apulian Aqueduct is a 9-day, 8-night self-guided gravel tour that crosses Puglia from Barletta on the Adriatic to Santa Maria di Leuca at the region's southern tip, a 460 km journey of moderate difficulty overall along the line of the Ciclovia dell'Acquedotto Pugliese.
The Trajan Way by Bike: from Trani to Brindisi
The Trajan Way by Bike is a 7-day, 6-night self-guided gravel tour in Puglia from Trani to Brindisi, retracing the Roman road built by Emperor Trajan in the early 2nd century AD, with five easy-to-moderate stages between the inland towns and the Adriatic coast.
The Path of the Ravines – from Matera to Alberobello
The Path of the Ravines is an 11-day, 10-night self-guided walking tour from Matera to Alberobello across the Terra delle Gravine of Basilicata and Puglia, graded moderate to challenging.
The Hellenic Way – from Alberobello to Brindisi
The Hellenic Way is an 8-day, 7-night self-guided walking tour of moderate level from Alberobello to Brindisi, across the Itria Valley to the Adriatic coast of Puglia.
The Coast of Trulli – Via Francigena, Trulli & Sea
The Coast of Trulli is an 8-day, 7-night self-guided walking tour from Fasano to Alberobello, easy to moderate, following stretches of the Via Francigena along the Adriatic coast of Puglia and into the Itria Valley.
From the Adriatic Coast to the Ionian Coast
From the Adriatic Coast to the Ionian Coast is an 8-day, 7-night self-guided walking tour of moderate level that crosses Puglia from Polignano a Mare to Taranto, through the heart of the Itria Valley.
Hiking the Salento Coast – from Lecce to Santa Maria di Leuca
Hiking the Salento Coast is an 8-day, 7-night self-guided coastal walking tour from Lecce to Santa Maria di Leuca, at the southern tip of Puglia, of moderate level with some demanding stretches.
Your Puglia bike holiday
starts here
Local team
We live in Puglia, design every route ourselves and test it before selling it.
Your pace
Self-guided means your stops: a coffee in Ostuni, a swim in the Adriatic, lunch in a masseria.
Sustainable travel
Family-run hotels and producers, members of Travelife, and olive trees replanted in Salento with Olivami.
Food and wine
Burrata, orecchiette, Primitivo and Negroamaro: every stage ends at the table.
Always reachable
Telephone assistance for the whole trip and GPS tracks in our Bike & Hike Navigate app.
E-bikes available
Choose an e-bike and even the longest stages in the Murgia become easy.
We organise everything,
you just ride
Every self-guided tour is a complete package: you arrive, collect your bike and follow the route in the app.
- ✓Bike of your choiceTouring bike included; e-bike, road or gravel bike on request
- ✓GPS navigation and roadbookTracks, maps and tourist information in our app
- ✓Luggage transfer every dayYour bags travel from one accommodation to the next
- ✓Selected accommodationMasserie, B&Bs and hotels with breakfast
- ✓Telephone assistanceWe are reachable for the whole trip
- ✓Transfers on requestFrom and to Bari and Brindisi airports
4.65 out of 5 from 412 travellers
Book with a licensed operator. Always ask for the business licence of whoever sells your holiday: ours is Puglia Region licence no. 873 of 06.11.2006, with liability insurance and a travel guarantee fund.
Everything you need to know
about cycling in Puglia
It is a cycling holiday without a group or guide: we book your accommodation, provide the bike, move your luggage every day and give you GPS tracks and a roadbook in our app, so you ride at your own pace. Most tours start on any day with a minimum of two people.
From March to June and from September to November: warm but not hot, with the countryside in bloom in spring. July and August are hot, so early starts are best.
Yes. Puglia is mostly flat or gently rolling, many stages are 30–60 km, and every tour can be booked with an e-bike.
The airports are Bari and Brindisi, with direct flights from many European cities. Our tours start close to them and we can organise transfers on request.
Yes. Besides self-guided bike tours we offer gravel trips on the Appian Way, the Via Traiana, the Via Francigena and the Apulian Aqueduct cycle path, and self-guided walking holidays.
Self-guided tours start from € 770 per person in a double room, including accommodation with breakfast, bike, luggage transfer and navigation app. Write to booking@bikeandhikeitalia.com for a free quote.