Altamura Tours and Trips

We really enjoyed our recent cycling holiday trip to Puglia with Explore. Massimo, our Italian guide was extremely helpful and knowledgeable about each area we visited and made each day interesting. We would recommend this area and liked cycling with a lovely group of people, well done again Explore.

Cycle Puglia was my first cycling holiday - despite being a cyclist for most of my life. I was pleasantly surprised in that I thoroughly enjoyed it, not least thanks to the efforts of our excellent guide, who was thoroughly professional. My one qualification is that next time I would check the mix of normal and ebikes beforehand on the tour, since beginners on ebikes and experienced riders on normal bikes are not a good mix - the two ride at a different pace and have differing priorities on the road. Despite this I had a good time, and think that we were very lucky with the members of our international group, who generally got on very well with each other. But perhaps the star of the tour was Puglia itself, which is a truly amazing place. From being a poor backwater of Italy only a few years ago, the region has begun to show off its incredible landscapes and food, and fast becoming popular. The people here are friendly and welcoming, and generally tolerant of obviously out-of-town cyclists. Even English is now widely spoken. Moral - go now before it becomes too known. NB. As our guide emphasised, cycling on the right is the right thing to do!

Very interesting cycling and sightseeing tour of Puglia The cycling was fabulous and as described in tour information. bikes were good quality and some had electric bikes The hotels and and places we stayed were great and varied. Our tour guide was brilliant. On a day of heavy rain when cycling was cancelled he managed to sort out a minibus for our transfer by 11am and then a place for lunch all on the day. Thanks Massimo a great trip!

A really enjoyable and well organised tour. This tour was all about the food with many opportunities to sample local Puglian food and wine. The days were spent exploring stunning towns, a couple of gentle walks in the countryside with stops at numerous coffee shops and restaurants. All in all a really great trip facilitated by a friendly and enthusiastic tour guide.

One of my best cycling trips. Our guide Massimo was great: smiling all the time, keeping us fully informed all the time, choosing great restaurants, asking each evening for our highlight of the day. The towns we stayed in and the stops for bread making, mozzarella making, olive oil tasting and wine tasting made for an interesting trip. Cycling into Matera was a longer climb than I was expecting for a “Leisurely “ day … walked a few hundred metres. Would recommend this trip.

Explore leader was fabulous and suggested super excursions and restaurants. Great cycling although first couple of days were a little more challenging than expected for the quoted grade level. Hotels were perfect and in great locations.