“The water does not come into Gallipoli: the bastions
Do not allow this.
Gallipoli remains a land town in the sea,
Risking the sea,
Surrounded by its bastions
Like a child in a wheelbarrow”.
C. Brandi
A Messapic, Greek, Roman, Byzantine and charming history, a crystal clear waters thanks which it is named as pearl of the [...]

“… and the white of lime will start shining again just for an instant,
dried and solid queen…”
Finibusterrae – V. Bodini
Between huge expanses of red land and careful gaze of millenary olive trees, here is Santa Maria di Leuca, the place where it is believed the Adriatic Sea and the Ionian sea [...]

The Adriatic Coast of Salento is characterized by long sand and cliffs, sometimes high, enclosing large sandy bays.
Starting from the area north of Lecce, with marine Chianca Torre, Frigole and Casalabate, crossing San Cataldo and San Foca, there are wide sandy stretches. Just around San Foca,  Melendugno, the coast began to present with rocky cliffs [...]

If Lecce, Gallipoli and Otranto are certainly the most famous tourist destinations of Salento, deserves special attention throughout the inland area of Salento with picturesque small countries that follow each other and stop the massive campaigns with their olive groves and vineyards.
It ’s an area that must be visited when you are on holiday in [...]

Itria Valley is an area of Puglia that, proceeding from south to north, begins in Ostuni and Ceglie Messapica, includes Martina Franca, Locorotondo and Cisternino, to finish between Fasano and Alberobello; Paretone mounth is the highest peak and touches 430 meters.
Very famous for its Trulli, the whole valley is a paradise for those who love [...]

Strolling along the jonic coast of Salento you can admire some of the most beautiful beaches of Salento and probably Italy.
From the north salento, on the border between the province of Taranto to Lecce, and going to Porto Cesareo there are long stretches of sand with a crystal-clear sea, occasionally interrupted by low cliffs.
Further south, [...]

A real explosion of art and culture of the first stage in Lecce “obliged”  path that leads to the discovery of Salento.
The city boasts notable monuments, with evidence of Roman, medieval and renaissance.
But the architecture is baroque, playful, whimsical, exuberant and excessive, which predominates on monuments, churches, palaces that fascinate the visitor.
The old city enclosed [...]

Otranto
“You’ll wake up on the indigo of the morning
When the light has
One foot on the ground and
The other in the sea …”
F. De André
Otranto, the East gate, the most eastern point in Italy, has always been a natural bridge between East and West, a crossroads of peoples, a heap of cultures, a [...]