Bari Hostel
Hostel, homestay or tent, shared
Puglia — 5 days
Old Mule Routes
Runs this trip
7 Days · 6 Nights
Fully planned multi-day journey
Accommodation
Bari Hostel
Fully guided
A guide travels with the group for the whole trip.
Walking / cultural tour
Seven days down the heel, ending in Lecce
Low Intensity
Travelers can expect comfortable transfers and light walking
Group size on request
Ages 8+ Welcome
The operator's minimum age for this trip is 8
Where this operator goes
7 days · 13 stopsItinerary
7 days, planned by Old Mule Routes
Seven days down the heel of Italy, ending in a city built entirely of one soft golden stone.
BariHow the day runs
- 0 hrsThe airport train into the centre
- MealsDinner
- AccommodationBari Hostel
Included Activities
- Transfer
- Hotel night
LANDMARKS Bari Vecchia Basilica di San Nicola Strada delle Orecchiette Start point Bari, Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI), Bari 00:00 - 23:59Trulli are dry-stone cones built without mortar, reputedly so they could be pulled down quickly when the tax inspector came.
Bari, Polignano, AlberobelloHow the day runs
- 1 hrs9:00 AM — the cliff town and its cove
- 1 hrs2:00 PM — into the trulli district
- MealsBreakfast, Dinner
- AccommodationAlberobello Hostel
Included Activities
- Trullo entry
- Guesthouse in a trullo
LANDMARKS Lama Monachile Alberobello Trulli Rione Monti Fifteen thousand people were forcibly rehoused out of these caves in the 1950s because the conditions were a national scandal. It was European Capital of Culture in 2019.
Alberobello, MateraHow the day runs
- 2 hrs8:30 AM — west into Basilicata
- 4 hrs10:30 AM — the Sassi and the rock churches
- MealsBreakfast, Dinner
- AccommodationMatera Hostel
Included Activities
- Rock church entries
- Cave hotel night
LANDMARKS Sassi di Matera Rock churches Casa Grotta Gravina Some of the olive trees on this plain are over a thousand years old and are protected individually by law. Many are dying of Xylella, and you will see them.
Matera, OstuniHow the day runs
- 2 hrs9:00 AM — back east to the coast
- 3 hrs2:00 PM — the whitewashed lanes and the cathedral
- MealsBreakfast, Dinner
- AccommodationOstuni Hostel
Included Activities
- Masseria stay
- Olive oil tasting
LANDMARKS Ostuni Cathedral Ancient olive groves Lecce stone is soft when quarried and hardens in air, which is why the baroque here is carved to a level that would be impossible in marble.
Ostuni, LecceHow the day runs
- 1 hrs9:30 AM — south into the Salento
- 4 hrs11:00 AM — Santa Croce, the Duomo and the Roman theatre
- MealsBreakfast
- AccommodationLecce Hostel
Included Activities
- All entries
- Guesthouse in the old town
LANDMARKS Basilica di Santa Croce Piazza del Duomo Roman amphitheatre The heel is narrow enough to swim in the Adriatic before lunch and the Ionian after. Otranto's cathedral has a twelfth-century mosaic floor covering the whole nave.
LecceHow the day runs
- 3 hrs9:00 AM — the Adriatic side, then across to the Ionian
- MealsBreakfast, Dinner
- AccommodationLecce Hostel
Included Activities
- Transport
- Guesthouse night
Optional Activities
- A swim on each coast, which is the point
LANDMARKS Otranto Santa Maria di Leuca Porto Selvaggio Bari flies across Europe and has ferries to Greece and Albania if you are continuing.
Lecce, BariHow the day runs
- 2 hrs9:00 AM — the train back north
- MealsBreakfast
- AccommodationNot included — onward travel
Included Activities
- Rail and airport transfer
- Day 1Day 1 · Arrive Bari
- Day 2Day 2 · Polignano and Alberobello
- Day 3Day 3 · Matera
- Day 4Day 4 · Ostuni and the olive groves
- Day 5Day 5 · To Lecce
- Day 6Day 6 · The Salento coast
- Day 7Day 7 · Back to Bari, and out
Pickup point
Day 1 · Fri, 18 Sept, 2026
Meet atBariBari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI), Bari
Reporting time00:00 - 23:59
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Included in the price
You arrange yourself
Most of these can be added to your booking later — the operator confirms within a day.
Where you'll stay
Published by the operator. Nights on the ground can move with weather and permissions.
Alberobello Hostel
Hostel, homestay or tent, shared
Matera Hostel
Hostel, homestay or tent, shared
Ostuni Hostel
Hostel, homestay or tent, shared
Lecce Hostel
Hostel, homestay or tent, shared
What you'll eat
6 breakfasts and 5 dinners across 7 days, at camp. It opens with dinner on day 1 and closes with breakfast on day 7.
- DinnerServed on days 1, 2, 3, 4, 6
- BreakfastServed on days 2–7
11 meal services named in the itinerary. Vegetarian and vegan covered; Jain, gluten-free and allergies on notice at booking
Who runs this trip
Operated by
Old Mule RoutesVerified
“Self-guided European walking with route notes and luggage transfer”
Based in Porto Running treks since 2016
- Rating
- 4.3(10 reviews)
- Response time
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About Old Mule Routes
Route notes, GPX and a van that moves your bag. No leader on the hill, which suits some people and not others.
Cancellation policy: Full refund up to 14 days before departure
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Customer reviews
Overall rating
4.3/5
Based on 10 reviews
Review summary
Food3.9/5
Guide4.1/5
Itinerary4.0/5
Transport4.2/5
Accommodation4.1/5
Tour operator4.1/5
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Manav Sethi – Mumbai2025-08-30 · Verified booking
Good mix of the obvious things and a few places we'd never have found. Nothing fancy about the beds, and nothing wrong with them either. Whoever planned the days knew what they were doing. Solid operator.
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Appreciate the honest feedback; we're looking at the pacing on that section.
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Sameer Khan – Kolkata2025-08-30 · Verified booking
Everything was arranged properly — transfers, entries, all of it. Good value for what's included.
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Sofia Marchetti – Zurich2025-08-30 · Verified booking
Hotels were a step below what I expected for the price.
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Thanks for writing this up. We've passed your note to the team.
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Vikram Bose – Delhi2025-08-30 · Verified booking
Good mix of the obvious things and a few places we'd never have found. Recommended.
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Arjun Pillai – Lucknow2025-08-30 · Verified booking
Everything was arranged properly — transfers, entries, all of it. Nothing fancy about the beds, and nothing wrong with them either. Simple food, well made, and enough of it. Recommended.
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Nikhil Joshi – Chandigarh2025-01-20 · Verified booking
Puglia and Basilicata done well. The itinerary had room to breathe. Worth every rupee.
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Priya Nair – Pune2025-01-20 · Verified booking
Well paced over 7 days with enough free time to not feel herded. Nothing fancy about the beds, and nothing wrong with them either. Plenty to eat and they were happy to work around a gluten allergy.
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Nina Hoffmann – Singapore2025-01-20 · Verified booking
Good mix of the obvious things and a few places we'd never have found. Nothing fancy about the beds, and nothing wrong with them either. Would book with them again.
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Questions people ask
Because the whole of Italy is here. Puglia in August is upwards of thirty-five degrees, the coast is solid, and prices roughly double. May, June, September and October are the same landscape without any of that.
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