The history of castles in Salento is connected to the history of the land, objective during centuries of invasion by Turks or Saracens and continuous threats coming from the sea. Built as instrument of defence, they changed in prestige symbols and places where nobility used to live. They are the stronghold of history, the history [...]

A holiday in Salento from June to September could be the ideal chance to appreciate and enjoy Salento festivals which are played almost every summer night in the whole Salento peninsula. As well as tasting traditional food and the good wine, finding out the typical handmade pieces of pottery or white local stone, pietra leccese, [...]

June is the ideal month to enjoy the sea of Salento Peninsula. You will get pleasure from the sunniest days in the year with a perfect temperature: warm but not hot; the beaches, not so crowded, will be already equipped with everything to offer a comfortable relief from the sun. You will enjoy very large [...]

Being a small peninsula surrounded by the Ionian and Adriatic seas, Salento was called in ancient times “Lands between two seas”. The nature of the area has given beautiful landscapes to this land: long expanses of white sand and crystal clear waters both on the Adriatic coast, such as the wonderful beach of Torre dell’Orso, [...]