Top Puglia Extreme Sports

With its old town of more than 1,000 whitewashed “trulli”—traditional round dwellings topped with conical slate roofs—Alberobello is one of the most alluring destinations in Puglia. With this shore excursion, skip the hassle of organizing transportation and instead visit this remarkable town hassle-free with round-trip transportation for the ports of Bari or Brindisi. Enjoy free time to sightsee, dine, and shop before your return drive to the port.

Cover more sights in less time during this scenic, off-the-beaten-track bike tour, with stops at prehistoric ruins, a Byzantine crypt, and the turquoise bay of Porto Badisco, with options to swim or rent a canoe. Enjoy fresh, regional delicacies with a traditional local lunch spread, cooked in a stone oven. You’ll also be treated to a tasty iced coffee as you cruise the magnificent coast.

Journeying through Capo di Leuca by bicycle allows travelers to go where buses and cars can’t. With this tour, cruise through the charming villages of the region along bike paths and “secondary” streets. Discover hidden gems like the medieval hamlet of Giuliano and the Sanctuary of Leuca Piccola in Barbarano. It’s an easy, roughly 9.3-mile (15 kilometers) bike ride suitable for all fitness levels.

Independent travelers will enjoy this 3-stop tour in Puglia, which provides transportation from Lecce but allows you to explore on your own. There's no need to rent a car; just sit back and enjoy the scenery on the way to Ostuni, Alberobello, and Polignano a Mare. Explore each town on your own, with some tips from your guide if you wish.

Discover the highlights of Puglia’s Itria Valley region (famous for its rugged landscape and conical trulli houses) and travel like a true Italian on this half-day vespa tour. Meet your guide at your area accommodation, and set off to three of Puglia’s most scenic hill towns: Locorotondo, Martina Franca, and Ostuni. Admire the sights, learn more about the area’s history, and stop for a traditional snack at a family-run farm.

Sympathy, staff preparation and hospitality make the tour unique and unforgettable, so much so that it is recognized by several magazines as an experience not to be missed. 90 minutes of excursion where you visit 10km of coast with a visit from the inside to all the sea caves, you can enjoy a swim stop (the place to stop depends on various factors such as sea conditions or maritime traffic) where you can make snorkeling (mask and tube provided by the staff on request). The tour is accompanied by historical information and enriched with funny anecdotes, also in a foreign language (English). The reception of the staff is guaranteed from the moment of booking, to boarding and disembarking. Music, if appreciated by all guests, accompanies the fun. The possibility of a fresh water shower after the bath is included (to be specified if desired). There is a sun shade (if required). To seal everything there is a small aperitif with alcoholic and / or non-alcoholic drinks.

The route is out of the conventional tourist itineraries, winding through the countryside of Trani and Bisceglie among olive trees and fruit trees. The riders will be able to discover isolated monuments of great historical and cultural interest. Trust us: cycling, into the sunset, to the Cathedral of Trani is a great experience! Trust us!

This tour is a full immersion into the unspoiled nature of one of the most beautiful natural areas of Puglia. Thanks to the bicycle you can reach places of great environmental interest, inaccessible to cars. The professional guides, who lead the groups, know how to involve you with the "tale of nature", revealing the secrets hidden in every corner of this incredible treasure box of biodiversity.

Only a bike tour into the nature of the National Park, surrounding the hill where the federician castle is located, can give the opportunity to observe Castel del Monte from unique, invisible perspectives. This bike itinerary is a full immersion into the "Murgia", between oak woods and pseudo-steppes, an infinite treasure of biodiversity. The bicycle is the ideal way to visit the Park slowly; moreover, the possibility of optioning our E-Bikes makes the experience suitable for everyone.

An exclusive bike trip in southern Italy cycling across the itria Valley and the "Salento" peninsula to cycle and discover authentic  Puglia through the finest wine, delicious local products and traditions. A unique active and gastronomic biking adventure holiday to ride the most scenic backroads of PUGLIA.  Cycle Secret Puglia is an authentic "cycling holiday" crafted for the discerning cyclist...and  READY TO BOOK

A fleet of 18 boats allows you to experience excursions to the caves of Santa Maria di Leuca. A fantastic scenario told by our guides at the helm of the boats. The duration of the excursions is one and a half hours with a swim break. If desired, both sides can be visited by prior arrangement.

Fly in a hot air balloon in the Itria Valley Trulli surrounded by vineyards and olive groves on red earth, this is the most authentic face of the Itria Valley. The landscape fills the eye with a timeless magic, in the heart of fascinating villages such as Alberobello, Locorotondo, Martina Franca and Cisternino. Ostuni appears like a mirage, splendid on the hill in the plateau covered with olive trees, where the green plunges into the blue of the Adriatic Sea.

The experience of our team will lead you towards the discovery of the true and authentic soul made in the south, made up of food and wine excellence, typical crafts and sites of historical and cultural interest. "Landing on South Italy" is a true airline, the only Italian company in southern Italy authorized to perform commercial flights with passengers, as it is licensed by ENAC, the National Civil Aviation Authority and specific aeronautical insurance.

What is a hot air balloon flight? It is something halfway between the speed of the wind and the lightness of the air. Each experience is unique and different from the others: it allows you to enjoy the beauty of the territory that surrounds you at 360 °, touch the highest peaks until you descend, almost to caress the velvety wheat fields.

Coastal kayak excursions to visit the sea caves along the Adriatic coast and the west coast of Salento. Departure from Leuca from the private beach of the Terziario hotel, a succession of evocative explorable caves and coves with crystal clear water to live a unique experience and enjoy swimming, sun and sea of Salento.

PlacenPeople.com, the largest local community of organizers in Puglia, presents this new tour "Hunt for Treasures of Bari". A new way to get to know the city: a journey organized in stages, in each of which you can discover a cultural treasure, solving an enigma with the help of the Organizers, and starting with some clues that will be found along the way. You will discover while having fun the cultural treasures of Bari. A "Dan Brown" style adventure, in which the entire path was conceived by PlacenPeople with the collaboration of famous scholars of the history of Puglia, and well-known names, so that everything you will experience is historically founded, and in the end you will know the true soul of this city. Attention: the service provided via Viator or Tripadvisor consists of the search for an organizer available on PlacenPeople.com. Once this research has been carried out, the service is concluded, and does not include physical participation in the tour, for which a specific reservation is required.

Our staff is made up of boys of friends, graduates for the roles they hold within the Association. They are motivated by a passion for our territory.

We will take you for a walk among the coves, cliffs, beaches and Saracen towers, symbolic places of this land where the waves seem to get lost beyond the clouds, where the wind gives way to the horizon and opens to infinity. The colors and scents are unmistakable, they are those of the infinite, of the Mediterranean.

During the excursion there is a bathroom break in one of the most beautiful places on the Polignano coast. With the Cliff Tour you can enjoy a tasty aperitif with fresh drinks and prosecco offered by the crew. WE WILL SHOW YOU THE HIDDEN TREASURES OF THE BEAUTIFUL POLIGNANO A MARE.

Discover a mix of stunning natural landscapes and ancient history during this half-day, private excursion through Roca, an archaeological site in northern Italy. Explore the Cave of Poetry, a natural pool lauded for its otherworldly beauty, hike to hidden, cliffside coves, and enjoy a refreshing swim in the Beach of the Two Sisters.

With this exciting excursion we will do Trekking to discover Otranto and explore the Idro Valley, in the Otranto-Leuca Natural Park. Trekking on the coastal paths,  visit the legendary costal tower Torre del Serpe,  explore the world-famous Red lake in the Bauxite quarry. Trekking in the Natural Park, exploring the Tumara Wood and visit Masseria Scalelle. We will explore the Selva del Turchese and  Trekking in the Idro Valley.

We will guide you in this fascinating Speleo-Trekking and we will live an incredible adventure exploring the Canyon and the Caves of the Cervi Valley in Porto Badisco, along breathtaking hiking trails, a path surrounded by unspoiled nature in a site of immense paleontological and archaeological importance. unique and exciting adventure to discover the Caves and Speleology. You will explore the Canyon of Porto Badisco and the Caves of the Valle dei Cervi, accompanied by expert Environmental Hiking Guides, in complete safety, equipped with all the necessary equipment to face this splendid adventure in complete safety and serenity. Equipped with all the necessary equipment, we will explore caves and cavities, we will observe the fauna that inhabits these particular and unique environments, thus practicing the approach to caving in complete safety, living together unique emotions and learning to live and respect this hidden and unexplored world .

Live a unique adventure pedaling on your favorite bike in a natural and archaeological park, guided by an expert guide who will tell you about the places, will assist you on the route and will assist you in any situation. Experience an unmissable emotion with this cycle-excursion riding our bikes of different types and with different configurations. Live a cycling touring experience in Salento accompanied by the best professional guides in the sector and assisted along the way by a staff who will make this experience unique and unrepeatable. With this exciting guided bike excursion we will explore Otranto, the Valley of Memories, Giurdignano with its Megalithic Garden and the Agricultural Park of the Paduli, immersed in the Giuggianello countryside, along a path rich in naturalistic, historical and archaeological elements of great value.

With this adventurous excursion we will guide you along the Path of Capo d'Otranto to admire the Lighthouse of Punta Palascia and the naturalistic trails of the Natural Park Otranto-Leuca. We will make an exciting panoramic and extreme trekking, along the coastal paths on high cliffs, we will visit the legendary Torre del Serpe, we will walk on the Path of the Orte, we will go up the coast we will explore the ex Cava di Bauxite, its red lake and the suggestive dunes of red earth . We will continue along the path of Capo d'Otranto, we will make an adventurous trek, we will cross the fossil forest and we will explore the Grotta del Vento and the panoramic Grotta del Ciclope, we will arrive at the lighthouse to stop at the easternmost point of Italy, we will walk along the paths of the Via Francigena until you reach Masseria Cippano, from here we will travel the Sentiero delle Memorie from the Colle dei Martiri. From here we will return to Otranto to the starting point where the excursion ends.