Puglia Walking Holidays
Explore a truly wild and unspoilt slice of Italy’s unabashedly beautiful coastline, a region that figures in Italian culture as one of the last bastions of a lifestyle and natural landscape lost to modernity. Ancient Greek, Roman and Turkish masterpieces of architecture are found alongside the rugged coastal paths and old shepherd paths that lead around the shoreline, paths orsentierithat link the beautiful, sun-soaked fishing ports and villages of the province.
- Nights
- 7 to 7 Nights
- Distance
- 44.7 to 44.7 miles
- Location
- Southeastern Italy
- Difficulty
- Easy to Moderate
- Season
- Mar to Jul, Sep to Oct
- Price from
- £945
Highlights
Puglia Walking Holidays in Authentic Italy
- Observe baroque architecture and history in the city of Lecce, with the Piazza del Duomo, Basilica di Santa Croce and sunken Roman amphitheatre
- Discover centuries of history
- Roman ruins, Messapian towns, churches, fortresses, and villas.
- A number of fantastic swimming spots to be found along your route
- Follow traditional " traturri ", ancient roads and footpaths used by locals to go down to the seas or connect villages and orchards.
- Walk along the ‘ Sentiero delle Cipolliane Grotte ’, a picturesque walking route named after the famous caves (between Marina di Novaglie and Ciolo).
- Extend your walking holiday with a night in the Trulli region, staying in the whitewashed stone town of Alberobello
- a UNESCO world heritage site
Why this Walk?
Hiking Puglia offers the opportunity to discover this unspoilt Italian region on foot, as well as a chance to find yourself in an ideal place to simply watch the world go by. Puglia’s ascendancy from Italy’s best kept secret to a hotspot for Italophiles is a very recent development, but less obvious is the region’s wealth of national parks, nature reserves and miles of awe-inspiring rugged coastline. A walking holiday is the perfect way to see a side of Puglia often overlooked, following trails that originated as shepherd paths and trading links between villages. It’s a pursuit very much in keeping with the ideals and aims of slow travel, as you have time to fully appreciate where you are in the moment, at a pace best suited for taking in the wild and beautiful landscape of Puglia.
The Path
Follow the traditional routes used by the locals, known as “traturri”. These are a time-honoured system of ancient roads that linked villages and orchards to the neighbouring Adriatic. As you follow inland paths through olive groves to the old shepherd paths along the coast, the combination of the bleached limestone cliffs on one side and the vivid blues of the sea on the other create a truly striking effect. Following these paths, you’ll find a landscape largely unaffected by large-scale development, where artefacts from the Palaeolithic, ancient Greek and Roman and Second World War sit alongside each other as you follow the route that link spa town and fishing village along the coast.
The Accommodation
We have selected 3* and 4* accommodation in larger towns, Agriturismo farmhouses for more rural areas, as well as older country estates, rustic and stately - known as ‘Masseria’. All rooms have private bathrooms, breakfast included. Throughout the trip there will be many opportunities to dine out or taste some of the region’s prestigious regional wines. We have included evening meals in Porto Badisco and Marina Serra as there are no alternative options in the immediate surroundings.
Choose Your Walk
Our Puglia Coast Itineraries
Otranto to Gagliano del Capo
44.7 miles (71.9 km)ITA-PUG1
From £945 Per Person
Key Information
- 7 nights’ accommodation on a bed and breakfast basis
- 2 dinners (nights 3 & 6)
- Luggage transfers
- Personal transfers from Lecce to Otranto and from Gagliano del Capo to Lecce
- Walk Pack, to include Destination Manual and Road Book (route notes) showing directions to your accommodation.
- Access to a Travel App
Price Does Not Include
- City taxes (per person) only payable direct to accommodations - the prices below indicate the total to pay per person, rather than per night. City tax can vary during the year and new taxes can be introduced but in general range from 1.50€ to 4€
- Packed lunches (own arrangements)
- Evening meals except where stated above. Available in local restaurant or in-house.
- Travel to/from Lecce. Optional Airport Transfers (available upon request at time of booking)
Customise your trip?
We can organise additional nights/rest days, as well as transport options. Please contact us to discuss how we can help you with your specific requirements.
- Telephone
- +44 (0)1291 689 774
Puglia Coast Client Reviews
4.7/5 based on 15 reviews
"This is the fifth walk I have done with Celtic Trails (the 4th for my wife) and the 3rd that involved S-Cape. We are getting older so we have to be much more selective in the walks we can do, but we are already reviewing some possibilities. The app is great and it is good to have the paper back-up maps and way-point descriptions."
"Celtic Trails are well organised & reliable"
"Reliable, helpful, professional. This is our second walk with Celtic Trails, and we liked both of them a lot."
"Extremly helpful, responded immediateloy with any queries. Got us booked and confiurmed so quickly even though we booked at relatively short notice."
"CT reliable, easy to deal with. Loved the variety of accommodations Bag transfers excellent."
"I would recommend Celtic Trails, as our walking experience was very good. All our transfers were carried out and we had a variety of great hotels."
"The walking guide materials and the app were very well done and helpful."
"This was our 4th Celtic Trails trip. We have been well satisfied with all of them. We had a day of illness and the agent was very responsive in arranging a taxi for us to get to that next point."
"We have done a lot of long distance walking earlier, but have arranged everything ourselves. We wanted to walk on the heel of Italy and we found the Celtic Trail arrangement interresting and they did live up to our expectations. We loved this walk along the Adriatic sea with perfect timing for spring flowers blossoming and in sunny weather."
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Customise your trip?
We can organise additional nights/rest days, as well as transport options. Please contact us to discuss how we can help you with your specific requirements.
- Telephone
- +44 (0)1291 689 774
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