Drive and stroll holidays in Puglia and Basilicata
Drive and stroll walking holidays in Italy.
A luxury tour of Puglia by car, cruising and hiking southern Italy at your own pace.
A unique self-drive holiday offering total control and great flexibility for the duration of the tour while exploring Puglia by foot and at your own rhythm while enjoying various activities. Our detailed maps instructions and special GPS will let you easly drive through the unspoiled countryside, reaching selected point of interest and little charming villages, enjoying, personalized, professional services, unique leisure coastal walks off the beaten paths and plenty of free time for individual sightseeing and food shopping. A distincitve holiday to explore unspoiled Puglia, through its culinary heritage with leisure drives and walks, savouring dilightful regional food and fine wine. A marvelous combination of gastronomic excursions, gourmet meals, hands on cookery lessons & practical demonstrations of how the local recipes are handled enriched by guided tasting sessions of selected local product and fine local wine with our expert sommelier, chefs and confectioners.
A gourmet drive and stroll tour of Puglia, Italy...
Day 2 stay in Lecce the Baroque capital walking with our knowledgeable guides
Day 3 cruise the adriatic coast and its sun-soaked fishing villages
Day 4 taste the finest apulian wine after a private wine tour of our favourite boutique winery
Day 5 make your own fresh pasta and experiment with the local recipes
Day 6 hike the adriatic coast through unspoiled trails
Day 7 walk into Otranto and take an historic private tour of this charming fishing town
Day 8 enquire to know more...
Please note that all drive and stroll tours of Puglia & Basilicata can be centre-based or milti-centre starting and finishing from different locations as Matera, Lecce, Otranto, Monopoli.
All departures are private, groups departures also available. Please enquire to tailor made your dream drive and stroll trip of southern Italy and require a detailed itinerary .
Guided tours more info here
Trip details
| Start/End: | Lecce/Otranto/Gallipoli/Ostuni/Monopoli |
| Duration: | 4/12 Days |
| Level of activity: | easy |
| Daily drives: | between 50k & 100k |
| Daily walks: | between 7k & 15k |
| Tour Price: | 4 days casual from € 390 based on two people sharing a room |
| Dates: | year round |
Trip highlights
- Breathtaking coastal drive & hikes
- Gourmet meals
- Guided olive oil and wine tasting
- Private cultural tours
- Cooking workshops of local recipes
The Price includes
- accommodation & breakfast
- road book & detailed maps
- GPS & information pack
- welcome pack and aperitivo
- Local support throughout
- Personalized service
- Tutored wine, olive oil and food tastings
- enquire to know the complete inclusion list
Getting here
- If you wish to start your walking tour from Lecce the closest airport is BRINDISI only 45 km north of Lecce, if you are planning to start from the itira Valley, Alberobello, Monopoli etc... the closest airport is BARI.
- You can fly to Brindisi & Bari with domestic flight from Rome or Milan; get a car from the airport and reach Lecce with an easy drive throug the motorway.
- Best Car hire rates are available at ALAMO
- From Rome Termini train station few daily departures are also available to reach Lecce or Bari by train.
- Check TRENITALIA time table here.
Not included
- Flights & travel insurance
- CAR RENTAL & gasoline
- Everything not mentioned within the "This trip includes" list
Accommodaton
- Wide choice of casual, luxury hotels and charming restored fortified Masserie