5a: Alberobello

Locorotondo: Sat Sept 3 – Tue Sept 6   Saturday 3rd September: day 2 of A’qto cycle tour My first full day of the A’qto section of our holiday started with a sunrise walk back along the beachfront before meeting up with the group at 8 am for breakfast. The cyclists set off for their… More

4. Polignano a Mare

Polignano a Mare: Fri Set 2 – Sat Set 3 Friday 2nd September Our Bari checkout today wasn’t until 10:30 am and so we went for a final walk along the Lungomare. Our cycle tour hosts, Nancy and Damian, picked our group up from Bari train station at 11 am and it seemed we were the… More

3. Bari

Bari: Wed Aug 31 – Fri Sept 2 Accommodation link. Wednesday 31st August.   It may well be the last day of summer in this part of the world but the daily temperatures don’t seem to register that fact. It was another glorious sunny day with not a cloud in the sky and the temperature… More

2a. Monopoli

Tuesday 30th September: Monopoli Day Trip The plan for today was to visit Monopoli but we started the day off with another early morning walk through the old town and along the city walls. I’d mentioned yesterday about how thick the city walls were and I captured a photo this morning to illustrate this dimension.… More

2. Ostuni

Ostuni: Sun Aug 28 – Wed Aug 31 Accommodation:  here         and       here.   Arrival Day: Sunday 28th. It was another glorious morning for our last day on the Amalfi Coast and Mark celebrated this by having a final swim before we set off to Ostuni. We decided to get away… More

1. Amalfi

Amalfi Coast: Fri Aug 26 – Sun Aug 28 Accommodation link Amalfi was the first stop on our 2022 six week European Cycle trip; the twice rescheduled trip thanks to Covid. QANTAS CEO Alan Joyce had recently been slammed for blaming travelers for many of the travel / flight woes due to them being ‘travel-unfit’.… More