La Puglia

Puglia By Bike

Outside of the sweltering summer heat, bicycle tours are a popular way of visiting Puglia’s countryside and coastal landscapes. Whether on the flat Salento peninsula or on the hills of Valle d’Itria, cycling is a great way to explore the region, home to coastline and quaint inland towns. (“Ciclovia dell’Acquedotto” https://www.cicloviadellacquedotto.it/ and “Ciclonica” http://ciclonica.it/it/ are two popular cycle routes that can be covered in multiple days) To organize your cycling trips, we suggest: For all types of tours and rentals – Salento Bici Tour https://www.salentobicitour.org/en (mention you are friends with Margherita Guido when contacting them) To rent bikes in lecce, to explore the city or for day trips and longer excursions– Veloservice https://www.veloservice.org/tour-lecce/ , CPK Lecce https://cpklecce.it/noleggio-bici/ Bike rental service in the southern part of Salento – Fersini Ciclofficina https://share.google/6pJTSQzrtuyBsU998

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Porto Badisco

Rocky Beach

Porto Selvaggio

Rocky beach with cold spring

Porto Cesareo

Sandy beach

Grotta della Poesia

Seaside caves

Gallipoli

A charming city on an island with an old town made out of leccese stone

Otranto

A charming city with an old town made out of leccese stone

Cava di Bauxite

A bauxite mine near Otranto

Castro

Porto miggiano, Baia dell'acquaviva

Lecce

Lecce has a beautiful centro storico and many restaurants, bars

Ostuni

Alberobello

Cisternino

Matera

Matera is the oldest city in Italy, known for its amazing cave home (the Sassi) carved into the rock and forming a beautiful, historic maze.

Dining recommendations:

Lecce: Enogastronomia Povero Pescheria con cottura La putea osteria e ristoro Vico dei sotterranei Osteria Angiulino L’ostrica ubriaca Hosteria aretè Masseria Melcarne La succursale Pezzetto Il pizzicotto La locanda del macellaio Best cocktail bar: quanto basta Breakfast: cotognata leccese, avio bar, alvino Salento: Ristorante da Fabio (Zollino) Trattoria acaya (Acaya) Gustavo (Galatone) Masseria le stanzie (Supersano) Agriturismo da marta (Otranto) Vite colta (Felline) Osteria briganti (Gallipoli) La vinaigrette (Gallipoli) Antica osteria La sciabica (Gallipoli) La grotta del conte (Castro) Da Amedeo (Castro) Friggitoria marevivo (Castro) Trattoria Salandra (Nardò) La dispensa dei raccomandati (Nardò) Trattoria il vizio (Nardò) Masseria brusca (Nardò) Masseria bellimento (Nardò) Valle d’itria: Zio Pietro (Cisternino) Al vecchio fornello (Cisternino) La locanda di nonna mena (San vito dei normanni) Osteria Monacelle (Ostuni) Osteria del tempo perso (Ostuni)