Puglia MTB | Self-guided holiday

Puglia MTB | Self-guided holiday

Apulia has a whole interior rocky soul, just waiting to be explored by bike. Our Mountain Bike Holiday in Puglia is an adventure from the “Sun Mountain” (Gargano National Park) to Matera and the Itria Valley. Ready for your next adventure off-the-beaten-track?

 

  • holiday (8 days)
  • Formula: Self-guided

 

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Apulia’s climate, mild even in March and November

  • All the Apulian UNESCO sites in one journey

  • Explore the wilderness of the 2 National Parks of Apulia

  • Every day a different route with our crew just a phone call away and a bikeshuttle or train to get to the starting point of the daily route.

  • Enjoy the taste of adventure without giving up the comfort of an organized vacation plus tailor-made tour grades.

 

Schedule

DAY –  INFO –  ACCOMMODATION
1 Arrival in Bari Bari
2 morning train Bari – Ruvo | itinerary Castel del Monte Trani | train Trani – Bari Bari
3 day off Bari
4 morning train Bari – Pescariello | itinerary Pulo di Altamura | train Gravina – Bari Bari
5 morning train to Alberobello – itinerary Via Verde dell’Acquedotto until Ostuni – train Ostuni – Bari Bari
6 morning train transfer Bari – Foggia –> bus transfer Foggia – Foresta Umbra | meet the staff | itinerary Foresta Umbra & Trabucchi Vieste
7 bike shuttle Vieste – Foresta Umbra | itinerary Wild Paradise Vieste
8 End of services after breakfast

Price from:

€ 700 p.p.

Accommodation and local support

You will spend the first five days in city of Bari, Apulia’s capital city where you can easily reach the train stations for the morning transfers and the airport at the end of the holiday.

The second part of the journey you will stay in the beautiful city of Vieste with its unedendless sandy beach and a small harbour with daily boats to the Tremiti Islands and the marine caves. Vieste is one of the most complete all-in-one South’s destination with a vibrant movida during summer and tranquillity during the rest of the year. Don’t miss to discover the inland on foot or riding a horse. Sports lovers can surf or climb the cliffs of Gargano.

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We do know that a mountain bike journey may is not as easy ad road one. That’s why we designed the formula self-guided + local support. Thanks to our two bike-centers in the Gargano (Gargano Cycle Hub, our own base) and in the Alta Murgia (Ciclomurgia, our partner) you will have the assistance always close to you!

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Alta Murgia

The first riding day begins with a train transfer to Ruvo di Puglia. You will follow the route to the UNESCO site of Frederick II’s Castel del Monte, on the top of a hill overlooking the Apulian plateau. You’ll have the time to pay a visit to the castle, then you will follow a track beginning just at the feet of the mount riding past drystone walls and olive trees to the city of Trani, a pearl on the Adriatic coast. You can chill out in front of the charming romanique cathedral of Trani before taking the train to Bari.

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The second riding day begins with a train transfer to Pescariello, a small station in the middle of the Alta Murgia halfway from Bari and  Matera. Imagine a endless plateau and a trail ending at the horizon! That’s the Alta Murgia. Bike past sheep tracks and follow the footsteps of the Roman Way until the bridge Gravina.

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Itria Valley and Apulian Acqueduct Cycle Route

Once arrived to the station of Alberobello, you shall visit the UNESCO site of the Trulli. Alberobello is a privileged place to reach the Acqueduct cycle route, an off-road greenway traversing the whole Valle d’Itria. From Locorotondo quiet backroads will lead you to the “white city” of Ostuni on the top a hill and then all the way down on dirt roads towards the sea. The train station is nearby the coastline.

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Halfway of your journey, you will deserve a rest day. You may spend it as you like: going to the beach, visiting Matera (we reccomend you an hiking tour) or … just another bike ride.

 

Gargano, the Sun Mountaun

The fourth riding day begins with a morning train transfer to Foggia (we’ll book it), where the bike-shuttle will be waiting for you to bring you to the Gargano. In the Foresta Umbra our guides will introduce you in the naturalistic aspects of this primeval wood, a Southern wood with Northern trees, bearing a broad network of trails suitable to riders of all kinds. After a cross-country tour, you will get to your accommodation in Vieste, where we dropped off your luggage.

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The fifth riding day we will transfer you to a mountain hut up in the Foresta Umbra and show you a downhill track to Peshici and, after visiting the small fisherman’s village, you’ll ride all along the Trabucchi coast back to Vieste.

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Included

Welcome meeting

7 nights in double room in farmhouses (agriturismo), B&B or 3/4 hotels with breakfast

5 riding days and 1 day-off

luggage transport during the journey

h24 assistance

insurance

logistic support (2 bike-shuttle journeys)

GPS device with preloaded itineraries

infosheets with points of interest (natural and cultural sites, folklore, etc.)

What’s NOT INCLUDED

transfers from/to the starting/ending point of the journey

bicycle hire (MTB € 100; E-MTB: € 150)

tourist taxes (about € 10, pay on site)

train tickets (about € 30, pay on site)

Supplements

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middle season: + € 100 p. p.

high season: + € 200 p. p.

Single room supplement

in the low season: + € 100 p. p.

in the middle season: + € 200 p. p.

in the high season: + € 300 p. p.

Reductions

Are you a group of over 4 persons or a family with children?

Ask us for a discounted quote!

Want to design this experience with us?

Contact us for custom departures & group bookings.

Send an email to info@gargano.bike