Salento is ours all year round: the two on this page have something extra, but every week can be booked. Just tell us who's coming.
Core Week · seven nights in Salento
There's a Salento you can't see from the car, and it only makes sense when you go slowly. Seven nights to cross it.
It's not a tour with a guide up front and a coach behind. It's a week you decide yourself, day by day.
The Core Week
Inverno 2026 / 2027 · SalentoIt's not a list of what's included: it's what surrounds you for seven days.
Exposed stone, vaulted ceilings, history inside. The services differ between Classic and Oasi, the character of the place doesn't.
In the village, everything within walking distance. And the sea a few minutes away by bike, from every home.
Every home has a proper table and a connection. If you need to be online one afternoon, you can be.
Five days of e-bike, the coves, the paths through the olive groves. Out in the open, not stuck in a queue.
All the details — what's inside, what we organise together — further down →
The format
Five days on the bike out of seven at your home base. The other two are yours: to work in peace if you need to, to stay where you feel good, to do nothing. It's the week that adapts to you.
All included
The bikes, the tours and the home. Classic and Oasi are two alternatives: everything else never changes.
IncludedFour Italwin trekking bikes, already charged in the morning. The motor takes the uphill out of it.
Audio guideRoutes recorded around the people who live here. The tracks start on their own when you reach the right spot.
The homeA period home in the village, all yours for seven nights. With its own outdoor space.
The homeEverything in Classic, plus the things you really notice over seven days.
The atmosphere
You know those places where the bakery opens at seven and the café on the square learns right away how you take your coffee?
Well: for seven days, that's the place you leave from in the morning and come back to at night. The sea a few minutes' ride away, wide roads, all yours, and time to stop wherever you like.
Who's already been
Their words, untouched. Look at the months: February, March, November. These aren't people who found Salento in August.
“We explored Salento's ancient villages by bike. Pedalling along paved lanes and past artisan workshops, we had an authentic experience.”
Giovanni and PaolaFebruary 2024“A warm welcome, a lovely family.”
“I tackled Salento's hills successfully thanks to an electric bike. Exploring the headlands was easy and effortless: the adventure really is within everyone's reach.”
DanyNovember 2023“Located in a quiet, low-traffic area, ideal for a relaxing holiday.”
“I changed my mind about bike rides thanks to e-bikes. Exploring Salento I discovered breathtaking views and tasted authentic flavours.”
MassimoMarch 2024“They showed us around their home town and even organised a day trip to Lecce with us.”
“In April I discovered Salento with bike rides and swims in the sea. The spring colours and breathtaking sunsets made this adventure unique.”
AnnaApril 2024
The Core Week
Day 1
Morning flight into Brindisi. No car to drive.
Day 1 · afternoon
Adjusted to your size, and they stay there all week.
Day 2 · Salentour
Hidden coves and the castle above the harbour. Three hours, no rush.
Day 3
Nothing planned: the book, the laptop, or the bike.
Day 4 · Salentour
Porto Miggiano, Santa Cesarea, the Punta Palascìa lighthouse.
Day 5 · Salentour
All the way to the lighthouse where the land ends. The epic ride.
Day 6
Dirt roads, no track and no schedule.
Day 7
The light on, and no wish to pack your bag.
The first Saturday
Someone who knows the road wants to show it to you. You hop on, all four of you.
In a car, the sea is something that slides past on the right. On a bike it's right beside you, and you can smell it.
You stop at the railing with the other three. One laughs, and you all laugh.
Salento isn't something you visit: you ride across it.
Everyone goes in summer, and we thought so too. Then we saw it out of season.
The bakery and the café on the square are open: they work for the people who live here.
The roads are clear, all for your wheels.
In winter, in the square, the panare are lit.
The sea runs alongside the road: you watch it, you smell it.
A Salento like this deserves a week made just for it.
We started from the front door.
Open the door and your bike is already there, charged.
In your earbuds a voice comes in when you're at the right spot, and goes quiet when you want silence. These are the three Salentour: they start when you arrive.
Five days in the saddle, two empty days. The book, the lunch that stretches out. And if it rains, your bike day is refunded.
When you arrive, a person is waiting for you. And a number that answers.
The people you come with. At dinner there's time for the things that get left half-done at home.
The body. The motor pushes you up the hill, you do the ride. In the evening you arrive with good legs.
The mind. The roads run clear and your thoughts fall into line.
And afterwards. The three Salentour stay on your phone: listen again from the sofa and the road comes right back.
Now choose the road, and the door to come back to each evening.
a service
Three audio tours with map and GPS. No timetables, no group: set off when you like, stop where you like.
We'll tell you straight away: the voice is rebuilt by computer. The stories and tips, though, are truly his — he was born in Spongano.
It doesn't tell you where to look. It tells you who lived there and why the road bends the way it does. Then it goes quiet.
The heel of Italy
The tour adjusts by GPS to where you are, in Spongano as in Ortelle. Routes chosen and already tested, all easy: only the number of kilometres changes.
Between sea and history
Ride toward Otranto past spectacular bays and archaeological mysteries, with stops even a local doesn't know well.
Connected with nature
Crystal-clear sea, hidden coves and natural treasures. A short but intense tour, for those who want big thrills without the effort.
Authenticity and views
From the Leuca lighthouse to the most beautiful villages in Italy. Nature and authentic history, for those who want the whole of Salento.
At the end of the day
You come back with tired legs and the road still in your eyes. In the village, a stone's throw from the bakery and the café, there's a place that stays yours all week.
Classic1/5Period ground-floor apartment, with a private garden and a dry-stone wall.
Oasi1/5Villa with a courtyard, a private bathroom for each couple and bikes delivered to the front door.
How to book
From the calendar, or by sending us your dates. We confirm availability within one working day.
30% on confirmation, the rest seven days before arrival. Card or bank transfer.
A week before, you get everything you need, and the direct number. You just think about which book to bring.
Included in the Core Week
You don't pay for them separately and they aren't added later: they're built into the week, and anyone renting a bike by the day doesn't get them. They're why you can book now without checking the weather.
Rain wipes out a bike day? We refund it. Rains all week? We refund the rental.
Life changes plans. Up to 30 days before, you can move the week with no penalty, subject to availability.
A number that answers, not a switchboard. Phone support 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Who's already been
Real photos, taken as it happened. Nobody posing, no models.
How many we run
It's not an offer that stretches when demand grows: it opens for seven nights, then closes again.
We don't open an extra date to make room for someone. When a week fills up, it's full: you wait for the next one.
There are two, and that's it. When a week is taken, that week is gone: there's no third home to bring out.
They're the ones with clear roads and clear sea. They don't last all year, and they're the first to go.
One price, everything in
Same programme, same tours, same bikes. Totals are for seven nights and four people.
Final cleaning included. Linen and towels included.
Outdoor courtyard. Shared pool, open May to October.
The house costs the same either way: that's why we write the bill by hand instead of putting it on a price list.
19 → 26 December22 December · Spongano, in the square
December here is mild: days around 13 °C, cool evenings. Bring a light jacket.
The price is the same as Classic. In Oasi: from €950 per person, €3,800 for four. You can move your week without penalty up to 30 days before it starts, subject to availability.
26 December → 2 January1 January · Punta Palascìa, at dawn
January brings mild days and cold evenings. Bring a jacket, a scarf and a jumper for dawn.
The price is the same as Classic. In Oasi: from €950 per person, €3,800 for four. You can move your week without penalty up to 30 days before it starts, subject to availability.
Need another week? All are available, from October to May. Send us your date →
Before you choose
Take half an hour with me. On a video call we choose the option and the week together, and I'll tell you whatever you want to know: the house, the routes, Salento out of season.
I graduated in Innovation Design, but my real mission is something else: helping people discover the authentic Salento. I don't just offer hospitality: I accompany those who come here to live our land “cu tuttu lu core”, with all our heart.
Before you write
Yes: you always arrive on a Saturday and leave the following Saturday, seven nights. If you need another date or a different group, there is the Tailor-made package.
If it rains all day, or rains in the morning and you can't get out on the bike, that day is refunded. If it rains all week, we refund the rental.
The Core Week is seven nights. For shorter stays there's the Core Pack (5 nights and 3 bike days): write to us and we'll send you that.
It's one of the reasons the bike days are five and not seven. The homes have wi-fi and a proper table. We don't promise an office-grade connection: we tell you that many people do it, in the afternoons.
Yes. The home stays all yours, so we work out the price by hand: write to us with your dates and we'll send you the price for two.
Italwin trekking bikes, mid-drive motor and 8-speed gears. Range over 100 km in medium mode, far more than any day of the programme.
No licence needed: these are pedal-assist bicycles, not mopeds. You can ride from age 16, but an adult always signs the contract.
Call the number and we'll come: first roadside rescue is included in the week, on all routes. If the fault isn't down to you, the bike is replaced, and you don't lose the day.
No, you pay nothing upfront. At pick-up you sign the rental contract and leave a card as security, as in a hotel.
30% on confirmation, the balance seven days before you arrive.
No. To book, we only need your name, email and phone. We'll ask for the lead guest's ID later, before the bikes are picked up.
The journey to get here, the airport transfer, insurance and entry to museums and caves. We don't leave you to organise them alone: we tell you what makes sense and, if you like, we book them together with you.
Yes, on top of the five included. Tell us how many you need and we'll add them to your quote.
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