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Pioneers Leg 6 – Bari to Thessaloniki

Italy, Greece

Welcome to LEG 6 (of 25) of our Ride25 Pioneers’ Adventure!

This 4 day trip sees us pedal from the seafront in Bari taking in coastline, vineyards, olive groves, hilltop towns but mostly open countryside – read more about the trip here.  With a total of 375 miles and 28,000 feet in climbing– this is another epic Ride25 challenge with the ultimate aim of raising even more vital funds for 1morechild.

Please note there are limited single rooms available and a single supplement is £150 extra per person per trip (NB: there are no single berths on the ferry).    If you pay for a single room and we are unable to allocate you one, we will refund the single supplement cost once all rooms have been allocated.  Singles are on a first come first served basis.

As in all previous Pioneer trips this is a not-for-profit trip – i.e. the cost is a sum of the direct costs of running the trip only and is reliant on the help of our wonderful volunteers.

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Next Date

May
25-29
2017

Duration

4
DAYS CYCLING

Distance

Miles
375

Av Miles Per Day
94

Cost

£745
(£150 Deposit)

Next Date

May 25-29

Duration

4 DAYS CYCLING

Distance

Miles - 375
Av Miles Per Day - 94

Cost

£745
(£150 Deposit)


BOOK YOUR PLACE NOW

To secure your place you are required to pay a £150 deposit. Please note the full cost of this tour is £745.
If you would like to book for more than 10 people, or would just like to talk to one of our team, please call 0207 947 4118 .

Itinerary


Day 1: Bari to Brindisi
Day 1: Bari to Brindisi
On leaving Bari we follow the coastline for the 1st 5 miles before heading up a gentle hill to enjoy some of the key sites of Puglia including the beautiful trulli of Alberobello. The roads are exceptionally quiet for the whole day from the outskirts of Bari to the outskirts of Brindisi. As usual, there will be great pit stops including agriturismos and a waterfront restaurant in Bari. After dinner we will make our way to the port for our overnight ferry to Greece.
Day 2: Igoumenitsa to Metsovo
Day 2: Igoumenitsa to Metsovo
Day 2 will be the day to remember! After arriving on the ferry at 5.30am we will enjoy a cooked breakfast in a seafront restaurant and then continue onto mostly traffic free roads for the day. The cultural shift will become more and more apparent as we may come across wild dogs and undrinkable coffee on our way. We will end the day with a climb into the quirky mountain town of Metsovo.
Day 3: Metsovo to Kozani
Day 3: Metsovo to Kozani
We leave Metsovo and have the option of cycling around a beautiful mountain lake – very similar scenery to a Scottish Loch or you can go direct and save 18 miles. We are treated to another day with very limited traffic and people as we head across northern Greece. We stop for lunch in a local taverna in the centre of a town called Grevena – renowned for growing mushrooms. Home for the night is the lively regional town of Kozani. We finish in the main town square with a great selection of bars.
Day 4: Kozani to Thessaloniki
Day 4: Kozani to Thessaloniki
After leaving Kozani, we will cycle around a lake and continue on traffic free roads. We will have a late lunch once all the climbing for the trip has been done at a gorgeous vineyard with far reaching views. The run in to Thessaloniki is flat with the final couple of miles right along the seafront to the hotel. We finish at a hotel on the seafront and can enjoy drinks at the pool bar and dip in the hotel pool. We than have a party in a converted warehouse on the seafront.

What's Included


 

  • Overnight ferry from Brindisi to Igoumenitsa (NB: No singles available – 4 berths only)
  • 4 x nights accommodation (overnight ferry, Metsovo, Kozani and Thessaloniki)
  • 4 x breakfast
  • 4 x lunch
  • 4 x dinner including celebration dinner in Thessaloniki
  • Support crew and vehicles including 2 x bike mechanics & first aiders
  • Transportation of bags each day to the finish
  • Transportation of bike boxes from Bari to Thessaloniki
  • Water, fruit and emergency supplies in the vehicles
  • 4 x personalised cycling shirts including the badges achieved so far
  • GPS files of the routes & “get out of trouble” cloth maps
  • Access  to the Ride25 app

Optional Extras

  • Single room supplement for nights 2, 3 and 4  (no availability for single room on the ferry on day 1)

What’s not included?

  • Flights and transfers (please organise your own transport to get you to Bari and then back home again from Thessaloniki)
  • Accommodation the night before in Bari (please see here for details of a group discount)
  • A Bike
  • A bike box
  • Personal insurance
  • Coffee/cake at optional coffee stops mid morning and afternoon
  • ALL drinks & incidentals – please pay for all your drinks at each stop / meal / hotel – otherwise you will be publicly shamed – you know who you are!

BOOK YOUR PLACE NOW

To secure your place you are required to pay a £150 deposit. Please note the full cost of this tour is £745.
If you would like to book for more than 10 people, or would just like to talk to one of our team, please call 0207 947 4118 .

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