If you arrive in Salento by plane the airport of reference is the Brindisi airport that is called Aeroporto del Salento. It is the airport of reference for southern Puglia and ideal if you want to visit the cities in Salento and in the Valle d'Itria where the Trulli are. While if you want to visit the northern central part of Puglia then it's better to land at the Bari airport. Right, once you have [...]
There is a beach on the west coast of Salento in Puglia, on the Ionian sea, half way between the famous beaches of Porto Cesareo and Gallipoli: it is the white beach of Sant'Isidoro in the municipality of Nardò. It is a particular beach, different from the other beaches in Salento. It is a small beach, about 700m long, a thing of pure beauty! Where is Sant'Isidoro Sant'Isidoro is just south of Porto Cesareo at [...]
In reality, I have to include myself as well as I have also never seen snow on the beach of Torre Lapillo. Therefore, forgive all my joy and exaggeration but here in Salento snow is always a really exceptional thing. We can't even remember the last time it was mpannata here as we say in dialect. This morning there was a layer of snow to make the white sand of this beach you all know, [...]
Puglia has many typical desserts and like all regions in Italy, it also has it's Christmas specialities. One of the most important and widespread in the whole region are the "cartellate". Their shape reminds us of a rose but tradition attributes a different symbolism to this pastry: some say that the shape of the cartellate are reminiscent of Baby Jesus' halo, others say that they remind us of the crown of thorns Jesus Christ wore [...]
A piece of nature and Puglia sea you must see when you are in the area spending your holidays, is the Salt mine and the Torre Colimena Dunes (Palude del Conte and Dune Costiere) in the natural reservation of the Litorale Tarantino Orientale. The salt mine is called Salina Vecchia or dei Monaci and is just north of the Torre Colimena for about 25 hectares of size. It is a depression closed by dunes towards [...]
I live in Puglia, ok, but I can't know all the places in this marvellous region well. Every day I never stop learning new things. For example, I don't know the area of Polignano a Mare well. Some time ago I read a post about places to go and eat in Polignano written by Manuela Vitulli of Pensieri In Viaggio a local travel blogger that knows more about it than me and so I asked [...]
Finding an apartment for rent for the holidays at the beaches in Salento (Puglia) could seem simple considering the great quantity of holiday rentals available on internet. Ok, but do you want to be sure and have quality accommodation? I will give you some tips on three different kinds of accommodation we have: studio, two room and three room apartments. Recently restructured, furnished with care, they are accommodations we could include in the boutique apartments [...]
I like to walk through the streets in the historic centre of Lecce very much. I usually pass there to take a look at houses for rent for the holidays or welcoming structures such as B&Bs and holiday homes belonging to my clients and real estate partners. And I realise always more that strolling through these streets my whole history passes by me. A history deeply rooted long before the Romans (of which a theatre [...]
My advice for today's trip is: where are the beautiful and best beaches in Porto Cesareo in Puglia, Italy? From the emails and phone calls I receive, this is a recurring question. So much so that I have decided to write an article on the subject to share with all of you who follow me. I will begin by telling you that Porto Cesareo is quite a large district that extends itself along a coastal [...]
In October I enjoy my Salento sea completely. It's a period in which we work less here at the beaches, schools have started again, working life also after the summer holidays. But for those of us who live in Salento, some weekends can be really incredible! Yes, because even if October is a month that belongs to Autumn in some places in the world it seems more like a temperate summer. So, a friend of [...]
Campomarino di Maruggio, or just Campomarino, is a quiet town in the northern area of Salento, Puglia. It is located near the coastal tower Torre delle Moline, one of the hundreds of towers that run along the sea of Salento, which were used to spot the Saracens. However, this tower did not manage to prevent the raid of Maruggio in the seventeenth century! In this post, I will tell you further information about this touristic [...]
Besides its beautiful beaches, Otranto has many other things to offer you: it is definitely one of the most beautiful sea towns of Salento and of Puglia in general. There are many of them, such as Gallipoli, Santa Maria di Leuca, Castro and Porto Cesareo, but Otranto has a different kind of charm. It is a very ancient town, which preserves monuments, roads, rocks and a borderline vibe. I will now tell you the three [...]