点评:We did a bike trip in Salento organized by Apulia Bike Tours in September 2025. We started and finished in Lecce with stops in Gallipoli, Otranto and Santa Maria di Leuca. The ride itself was very scenic along coastal roads with views of the Adriatic and Ionian Seas. We saw awesome cliffs, medieval towns and beautiful beaches where you could have a swim. The ride was not particularly hard with only one day of some hills. The accommodation was good, and our bags were transferred each day with no issues. The route app worked well on our trip with no significant issues. We found that we would run out of battery power after about 4 hours. However, we had the app loaded on two phones and had a battery pack so we could charge along the route. We new from previous bike trips that using a app to navigate required a lot of battery power. Apulia Bikes never provided us that information we knew from previous bike trips. So, if you were new to this you could end up somewhere without any power to navigate.
We had a couple of issues with getting our bikes at the start. We were expecting to get step-through E-bikes but instead received a mix of non-step through E-bikes that were too large for 2 our group. It took over a day to get that sorted out and as a result four in our group missed doing the ride from Leece to Gallipoli. Also, during the trip, it became clear that one of the e-bikes was not work properly and provided no assistance to the rider in getting up hills. When we contacted Apulia bike tours, they provided no assistance in getting a new bike and left us to figure out a solution. Lastly on paying for the trip there was an additional “Service Fee" of 231 euros added to the invoice. When I queried what was covered in the Service Fee was not provided any rational.
Sadly, my over all conclusion is that I would not use this company again nor recommend it to others.
Paul Ryall
翻译:2025年9月,我们参加了由普利亚自行车旅行社(Apulia Bike Tours)组织的萨兰托自行车之旅。旅程从莱切出发,途经加利波利、奥特朗托和圣玛丽亚迪莱乌卡。沿途风景优美,沿着海岸公路骑行,可以欣赏亚得里亚海和爱奥尼亚海的壮丽景色。我们欣赏到了雄伟的悬崖、中世纪小镇和美丽的沙滩,还可以在那里游泳。骑行过程并不特别艰难,只有一天爬坡。住宿条件很好,我们的行李每天都顺利托运。路线应用程序在我们的旅途中运行良好,没有出现任何重大问题。我们发现大约4小时后电池就会耗尽。不过,我们在两部手机上都安装了应用程序,并且带了电池组,以便沿途充电。从之前的骑行经历中,我们了解到使用应用程序导航需要大量电池电量。普利亚自行车公司从未提供过我们之前骑行时了解到的这些信息。所以,如果你是新手,你可能会在某个地方完全没电导航。
我们一开始在取车方面遇到了一些问题。我们原本想拿到的是步进式电动自行车,结果却收到了一堆非步进式电动自行车,对我们两个人来说太大了。我们花了一天多的时间才解决这个问题,结果我们一行四人错过了从莱切到加利波利的骑行。此外,在旅途中,我们发现其中一辆电动自行车出现了故障,在爬坡时根本没能提供任何帮助。我们联系了普利亚自行车旅行社,他们没有提供任何关于换新车的帮助,让我们自己想办法解决。最后,在支付行程费用时,账单上还额外加了231欧元的“服务费”。我询问服务费包含哪些内容时,他们没有给出任何合理的解释。
遗憾的是,我的最终结论是,我不会再使用这家公司,也不会推荐给其他人。
Paul Ryall