Cycling through the beautiful region of Puglia, between olive groves and vineyards, trulis and blue sea!
The southernmost region of Italy geographically forms "the heel of the boot". Along impressive stretches of coastline and through beautiful olive groves and cypress trees, we cycle between the Adriatic and the Ionian Sea, from Alberobello to Lecce.
Puglia is a land of friendly and hospitable people. Although still little explored internationally, this beautiful region called Puglia is ancient farmland, full of history and beauty. Initially inhabited by Illyrians and Greeks, it was later conquered by the Romans, Germans, Normans and Ottomans. The Norman churches, the Castel del Monte and the Trullis bear witness to these times. The villages are thousands of years old, with Greco-Roman ruins, churches covered in mosaics, little white towns perched on hills, others leaning vertiginously over cliffs by the emerald sea. Some names: Locotorondo, Alberobello, Otranto, Gallipoli, Lecce.
Apúlia ainda é uma belíssima alternativa ao turismo de massa. Por enquanto apenas Alberobello sucumbiu um pouco mais a esse turismo. Nos demais locais ainda há “vida real” no centro histórico, ainda há um sabor autêntico, un vero vivere all´italiana.
