School trip

Education is the fundamental pillar for building a slightly better world.
For this reason, we have also decided to organize educational trips by bicycle, designed for secondary schools coming from all over Italy and Europe.The internal movements are mainly on foot or by bike, through natural parks and small villages, on secondary roads with little traffic. Every day there is no shortage of playful and mostly educational activities (visits to museums, workshops on biodiversity).
The proposal can be modulated according to the time and training needs of the various schools, notwithstanding the educational purpose with particular attention to sustainability.

DAY 1: WELCOMING AND DISCOVERING OF LECCE
Departure from school and transfer to Brindisi / Bari airport or Lecce station.
Meeting in Lecce with tour leader and walking tour of the historical centre. Ice cream break in the best pastry shop in town!
Transfer to the hotel in Gallipoli and dinner.

DAY 2: PORTO SELVAGGIO REGIONAL NATURAL PARK (24 KM – CYCLING)
Breakfast at the hotel.
Presentation of the trip, useful recommendations, bike and accessories delivery.
Bike ride to the Porto Selvaggio Regional Natural Park (12 km).
Stop at the museum of memory in Santa Maria al Bagno – collection of proves of the stay in the area of Jews who survived the horror of the extermination camps of World War II.
In the Porto Selvaggio reserve there will be a long stop with a packed lunch and a small trek with activities for the identification of spontaneous herbs and analysis of the Mediterranean ecosystem.
Ride back towards Gallipoli (12km) and return to the hotel.
Dinner at the hotel.

DAY 3: THE NATURAL PARK OF OTRANTO – LEUCA E BOSCO DI TRICASE (BUS + TREKKING)
Breakfast at the hotel
Departure with bus towards the “Otranto-Leuca’ coastline and Tricase’s reserve” Regional Park
Trekking (4 km) inside the valonia oak biotope. Activities on biodiversity, playful activities (sack race, orienteering)
Packed lunch in the woods.
Transfer by bus to Otranto. Visit to the city of Otranto, and its main monuments: the castle, basilica SS. Martyrs of Otranto, San Pietro and more.
In the afternoon, return to Gallipoli.
Dinner at the hotel.

DAY 4: GALLIPOLI AND ITS SURROUNDING (20KM - CYCLING)
Breakfast at the hotel and then preparation of the bikes and departure to the city of Alezio where we visit the Messapian culture museum and the necropolis.
In the museum there are recreational and educational activities, such as, hunting the killer.
Departure by bicycle towards Tuglie with a visit to the Radio Museum and the Museum of Rural Civilization, where we have lunch.
Return by bike to Gallipoli and walk through the old town, the harbour and the ramparts with a visit to the castle and the its museum dedicated to the sea.
Return and dinner at the hotel.

DAY 5: BACK TO SCHOOL!
Breakfast at the hotel
Transfer by bus from Gallipoli to Brindisi/Bari airport or central station of Lecce.
Transfer from the arrival airport to school.