About this guide
Salento is the southernmost part of Puglia, where the Adriatic meets the Ionian Sea. Turquoise water, dramatic cliffs and Lecce, the “Florence of the South”.
The guide is based on our own trip. Stay in Lecce or on the coast near Otranto; each day heads in its own direction.
What you’ll see
- Lecce’s baroque route and pasticciotto
- Otranto cathedral’s 12th-century floor mosaic
- Grotta della Poesia and the coast road to Leuca
- Sunset in Gallipoli’s old town
Route
Bari→Lecce→Otranto→Grotta della Poesia→Castro→Santa Maria di Leuca→Gallipoli
Contents
01
Overview: travelling around SalentoBases, distances and seasons
Free
02
Lecce: baroque in honey-coloured stoneSanta Croce, Piazza del Duomo and the Roman amphitheatre
6
03
Otranto and the coast to LeucaMosaic, cliffs and the end of the land
12
04
Gallipoli and the Ionian sideAn island old town and the best sunset
7
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