Cycling Tours in Puglia
Self-guided bike tours through the heel of Italy — trulli, white towns, the Salento coast and Matera, on flat, quiet lanes.
Puglia — the sun-baked heel of Italy — is one of the country's best regions for a relaxed self-guided cycling holiday. Our Puglia cycling tours roll through olive groves and vineyards between the trulli of Alberobello, the white hill town of Ostuni, baroque Lecce and the beaches of the Salento, with several routes starting in the UNESCO cave city of Matera. Every tour includes hotels, daily luggage transfer, GPS tracks and travel insurance from €678 per person.
Cycling in Puglia is about flavour and ease rather than climbing: the terrain is flat to gently rolling, the roads are quiet, and stages average 30-55 km — perfect for leisure riders and families. Whether you want a short Salento loop or a full week from Matera to the coast, you will find the right Puglia bike tour below.
5 Puglia cycling tours
Puglia by Bike: Into the Heart of the Mediterranean
8 days · Self-guided · From €798 per person
View tour detailsPuglia by Bike: Hotel-Based Tour from Alberobello
8 days · Self-guided · From €1,029 per person
View tour detailsWhy cycle Puglia
Flat, quiet and beginner-friendly. The heel of Italy is largely flat, with a dense web of low-traffic country lanes through olive groves — ideal for leisure riders, families and anyone who wants culture and food without long climbs.
Trulli and white towns. Alberobello's cone-roofed trulli (a UNESCO site), the whitewashed lanes of Ostuni and Locorotondo, and the baroque stone of Lecce give Puglia a look found nowhere else in Italy.
Two coasts and Matera. The Salento peninsula is edged by both the Adriatic and Ionian seas, with swim stops never far away — and several tours open in Matera, the ancient cave city just across the Basilicata border.
One of Italy's great food regions.Orecchiette, burrata, taralli, Adriatic seafood and bold Primitivo and Negroamaro reds — Puglia rewards riders who travel as much for the table as for the saddle.
Explore more Italian cycling tours
Beyond Puglia, Italy offers Umbria, the Dolomites, Tuscany and bike-and-boat itineraries from Venice — all self-guided with hotels and luggage transfer included. For inspiration across the continent, see our guide to the best bike tours in Europe.