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In 2025, the Catholic world is preparing to celebrate an event of great importance: the Jubilee.
If you have always wanted to take a journey that combines faith and tradition, now is the perfect time to do it: walk to Rome

Visiting Brindisi is a tasty and fascinating journey between the different cultures that have coexisted here for centuries. Each of which has left traces of its passage, making the history of the city unique..

Visiting Polignano a Mare is a total immersion among the wonderful balconies overlooking the sea.

Visiting Monopoli is a total immersion among the wonderful balconies overlooking the sea.

«We're almost going to the seaside!» and so, in the middle of winter we decide to cross a small piece of Salento to reach the sea at the gates of Otranto.

I didn't know what I did for years had a name, but when I discovered it I felt like I was in great company!

Meeting other cycle travellers with bags and tents and greeting them with a big smile is the thing that excites me most about travelling by bike.
Maybe because we are aware of doing something beautiful, adventurous, relaxing, simple but with the that flavour of freedom, or it is that bit of presumption we have when we realise that we are not polluting, consuming, spending money, and at the same time we are seeing what other people, locked inside their car, don't see. We feel happy with our own choice and we don't want to hide it at all.

The beautiful season is approaching and there are many spring weekends that we can take advantage of for a short bike trip. I think back to a trip I took in November but which, considering the mild temperatures of the spring months, could very well be replicated in the following months too.

We have prepared a handbook for a Eco-conscious traveller consisting of 10 useful rules to make your holiday with Slow Active Tours even more sustainable. Adopting a sustainable lifestyle is certainly a good habit that each of us should practice all year round.  If we want to contribute to making this world better, we should start to be more conscious of the choices we make, even on holiday. Any small measure can become decisive.

Santa Cristina Gela stands on a hill near the lake of Piana degli Albanesi.