Lunch break gives me the opportunity to discover interesting places in Torre Lapillo. Today, I recommend you not a new discover but an old acquaintance: the Tribal Restaurant of my friend and neighbour Ivan. With a new interesting news: Giuseppe Terminiello its head chef. […]
Torre San Giovanni at Ugento marina is fantastic a summer holiday location for those who love the beach and the sea in Salento, Puglia. Kilometres of sandy coast with low dunes and a shallow crystal clear sea that stretches for many metres from the shore. I want to take you to discover this enchanted place. I will tell you how to get there, where to find the beautiful beaches and some curious things about it, [...]
One of the most beautiful beaches in Puglia is the beach of Torre dell’Orso at Melendugno in Salento. It is a bay of almost 1 kilometre with very fine sand, dunes and a pine grove behind the dunes. The sea in this area is limpid and crystal clear thanks to the currents from the Otranto Channel. You can get there on the Adriatic coastal road from the north, just after Roca. While from the south [...]
Some of my friends have opened an establishment on the beach of Torre Lapillo: The Waikiki Beach, right in the centre of the bay. I will take advantage of my blog to tell you about it: to discover new places and spend a wonderful holiday in Torre Lapillo, in Salento. […]
We are always on the lookout for the best holiday homes and villas for your holidays in Salento: here we present to you some of the most beautiful bungalows in Puglia, in the area between Porto Cesareo, Torre Lapillo and Punta Prosciutto. Recently constructed, the bungalows in question can host up to 5 people and are immersed among olive trees and pomegranate trees. The bungalows can be an excellent alternative to holidays in apartments or [...]
I had been craving some delicious Asian cuisine for some time when the perfect opportunity presented itself right in my home town, Lecce. Where? At the Japanese and Thai restaurant, Fugu. Here are some shots from my dinner with Chiara from In Chiara Veritas, enjoying our Japanese tasting accompanied by an excellent bottle of wine from the Valle del Maipo in Chile! Because even Lecce can be exotic! Fugu restaurant location Fugu is situated in [...]
If you are booking a holiday home in one of Puglia's localities, it is better to know beforehand where to rent in order to avoid unpleasant surprises upon arrival. In this article, I will suggest where to rent your holiday home in Torre Lapillo, one of the most beautiful beaches in Salento, which is located in Porto Cesareo. Would you like to stay close to the white beach? Would you like the main amenities to [...]
This is a new acquisition of our portfolio concerning the offer of the holiday homes and the villas in Salento: flats (real estate Code: PP03) at just 50 meters from the sea with the white sand of Punta Prosciutto, close to Lido degli Angeli, in Porto Cesareo. The holiday apartments are just behind the amazing dunes of Punta Prosciutto and they have direct access to the sea. Some of them, those at the first floor, [...]
Among the wines of Puglia there is one that is less known than the others: the Susumaniello. This post was written by my cousin the sommelier Cosimo Ricciato. In the last two-three years I was very pleased to find that Puglia, a region I know well also because I was born there (Salento) is also beginning to use pure autochthonous (1 - see at the end of this post) vines for the production of particularly [...]
The beach of Torre Mozza is in Ugento, in Salento, between Torre San Giovanni and Lido Marini and Torre Pali beaches. It is a beautiful beach that joins up with the white beach of Torre San Giovanni to the north, creating a continuous line of sand kilometres long. Torre Mozza is in itself a very small centre inhabited by a few dozen people that increase in numbers during the summer due to the amount of [...]
I went to Castro for the nth timealong the Otranto - Santa Maria di Leuca coastal road in Salento, one of the most beautiful ones in Italy. The serene and sunny day urged me to take various photos and write this mini guide at Castro that you may find useful in case you find yourselves on holiday in Salento. The first thing you will notice about Castro is its position on a small bay dominated [...]
We will be in Florence for the event focusing on short term rentals for touristic purposes: the Vacation Rental World Summit on the 23rd and 24th September. Summer is coming to an end, but here in Torre Lapillo and in Porto Cesareo September is still september summer as we call it here, òand we are beginning to organise activities that go beyond the sole management of clients and guests in our holiday homes for rent. I am [...]