Building on the success of Ciclismo Classico’s signature Bike Across Italy, director Lauren Hefferon created its ideal counterpart: Bike Across Southern Italy, a 9-day, coast-to-coast journey from the Adriatic to the Mediterranean through Puglia, Basilicata, and Campania. This tour reveals an Italy few travelers ever see. We ride from seaside Polignano into the Trulli region, famed for its fairytale stone dwellings, then cross Basilicata to unforgettable Matera, the ancient Città dei Sassi, an archaeological and cinematic marvel carved into the rock. From there, we pedal through the dramatic Dolomiti Lucane to the hidden village of Castelmezzano and continue across the Southern Apennines, passing nature reserves, historic monuments, and timeless hill towns. The journey ends along the unspoiled Cilento coast in Campania—every bit as beautiful as the Amalfi Coast, yet blissfully untouched—before concluding in Maratea, the “Pearl of the Tyrrhenian Sea,” where forested hills meet brilliant blue water.
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Polignano a Mare
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Polignano a Mare to Alberobello
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Alberobello to Matera
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Rest Day or Loop Ride to Montescaglioso
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Matera to Castelmezzano
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Castelmezzano to Padula
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Padula to Palinuro
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Palinuro to Maratea
Arrivederci!
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