Cycle Puglia

What's Included

• Accommodation
  7 nights in mainly 3 star hotels

• 7 breakfasts - varied buffet breakfasts are served in each hotel

• 7 nights accommodation in mainly 3 star hotels and a typical trullo in Alberobello (subject to availability) on a twin share basis with private facilities (upgrade to mainly 4 star hotels - supplement applies)

• Luggage transfers

• 27 gear bicycle rental with puncture resistant tyres, pannier, gel saddle and helmet (ebike available on request - supplement applies)

• Digital information pack including route notes, maps and navigational App (can be used offline) with GPS Tracks per room booked (smartphone required)

• Emergency Hotline

• Bike insurance against theft and damage

• 1 piece maximum 20kg, supplement applies for excess

• Digital information pack including route notes, maps and navigational App (can be used offline) with GPS Tracks (smartphone required)

• Luggage transfer - 1 piece maximum 20kg, supplement applies for excess

• 27 gear bicycle rental with puncture resistant tyres, pannier, gel saddle and helmet (e-bike available on request - supplement applies)

What's Not Included

• Travel to Alberobello and from Lecce

• Local hotel taxes approximately €10-15

• Lunches, dinners and drinks

• Travel insurance - mandatory

• Guide - this is a self guided cycle

• An arrival transfer from Bari or Brindisi airport to Alberobello is available. A departure transfer from Lecce to Bari or Brindisi is also available. Supplement applies, please ask your consultant for details.

• A pre-tour extension in Matera is available on request, 1 or 2 nights accommodation with breakfast and transfers: Bari airport to Matera and Matera to Alberobello. Supplement applies, please ask your consultant.

• We recommend bringing a holder for your mobile phone to be fixed to the handlebar to cycle smoothly following the app

• A supplement will apply if you book a single room

• Excess luggage

• Items of a personal nature

• Meals not listed as included, drinks

• Handlebar phone holder – to follow the route more easily using the app / GPX files

• Local hotel taxes, allow approximately €10-15 - payable directly to the hotel

• We recommend bringing a handlebar phone holder – to follow the route more easily using the app / GPX files

• Entrance fees not listed as included

• Transfers not listed as included

• Transfers by taxi or public transport if you need to skip a stage

Grading

This trip involves 6 days cycling with daily distances between 45 and 70km/28 and 43.5mi. The route is mostly in the lowlands, although it is sometimes hilly. You will cycle almost always on asphalt roads. Traffic is almost non-existent in Puglia, except during the high season. The route includes very beautiful stretches along the coast. It requires a reasonable level of fitness to fully participate in this adventure. You need only carry your camera and water bottle. Your luggage is transported for you between hotels. *For safety reasons, we insist that cycle helmets be included as a compulsory item on your equipment list.

Accommodation

7 nights in mainly 3 star hotels
The accommodation chosen is a special feature of the trip. Ranging from an atmospheric trullo in Alberobello (subject to availability) to a cave hotel in Matera (if Matera pre tour option is taken), a seaside hotel in Santa Maria di Leuca with a pool, a historic hotel in Otranto and Ostuni and a modern city hotel in Lecce and Gallipoli*. All accommodation is good quality, with private facilities. Breakfasts are included and are buffet style with a range of food available from breads and cakes to cheese, meats and yoghurts, sometimes cereal and eggs.
*accommodation subject to availability. If our first choice is not available a property of equal standard will be used but may not be as described above.

What You Carry

During the cycle day you will carry your daily requirements in the pannier provided with the bike. This may include your lunch, wet weather gear, mobile phone and water. A small daypack which can be kept inside the pannier is useful for sightseeing.

Book with Confidence

• Transfer as credit to Future Tours

  UTracks allows you to transfer existing payments to a future tour to avoid cancellation fees if you can't travel and inform utracks, 70 days before departure.

• Low Deposit

  UTracks requires a minimum deposit of 150 GBP per person or the full booking value, whichever is less, with the final balance not due until 70 days before departure.

• Cancellation Policy

  We don't charge a cancellation fee, here is a summary of utracks charges.

  Up to 70 days before tour starts: Forfeit 100% of deposit.

  At 69 days before tour starts: Forfeit 50% of booking price.

  At 35 days before tour starts: Forfeit 100% of booking price.