Salento

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Holiday offers in Salento (Puglia)

Salento.it It is the #1 search engine for choosing where to spend your holidays in Salento or in its hinterland.

On our online tourism site you can receive advice on where to go in Puglia and you can also receive a quote with the price of over 1000 tourist facilities on the sea, in the provinces of Lecce, Toast, Taranto and throughout the Puglia.

Choosing where to stay for your holidays in Salento is really simple: just fill out the various forms for free and you will receive the holiday quotes conveniently via email, together with the direct telephone number of the accommodation facility.

Where to stay to visit Salento?

For yours holidays in Salento, we suggest you the strategic point where to stay starting from Lecce. 

In particular, here we give you useful information on where to go in Salento, with children, as a couple, or if you want to choose where to stay, you can find the best tourist offers, also convenient for the nightlife for young people.

Lecce It is the capital of the Salento peninsula and is the ideal place where spend a weekend in Salento.

In the evening, it is pleasant to walk around the historic center, staying in the typical Bed and Breakfast and in hotels, discover local craftsmanship while admiring the baroque of Lecce in its monuments

Adriatic coast of Salento (Puglia): what to see?

First, we continue along the Adriatic coast from San Foca to Torre dell'Orso, where for lunch, on the characteristic docks directly on the sea, you can enjoy delicious, freshly caught fish, with sea urchins. 

So, we then come to Otranto where it is recommended to visit the Castle, the Cathedral and the lighthouse of Punta Palascia, which is the geographically easternmost point of Italy.

First of all, we recommend you take a guided tour of the greenery Salento Greece, where a community, which speaks Griko, lives and preserves its traditions of Greek-speaking origin.

Let's continue towards Santa Cesarea Terme e Castro Marina along the Adriatic coast of the cliffs.

These locations on the Adriatic Sea are particularly important, as they are famous for the Thermal Baths of Santa Cesarea, the Zinzulusa cave, as well as the important Grotta dei Cervi in ​​Porto Badisco, known as the landing place of Aeneas.

...and furthermore, the magic of the Adriatic Salento continues!

The Adriatic coast slopes southwards with a rocky coastline that passes through Marittima, where we encounter the marvellous inlet of Acquaviva.

Continuing, we meet the marina of Andrano Tricase Porto which allows us to reach later Santa Maria di Leuca.

In conclusion, you will appreciate that this location is the best place to take a boat trip and admire the most beautiful caves of Salento, the majestic promontory with the Basilica, the Sanctuary and the Finibus Terrae lighthouse.

Finally, once we arrive at Capo di Leuca, in the extreme edge of Southern Italy, all we have to do is rent a seaside apartment or a B&B to enjoy a healthy holiday.

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Ionian coast of the Salento peninsula: what to visit?

Meanwhile, going north, from the Ionian coast of Salento, we meet: San Gregorio marina di Patù, I go tower and Pescoluse, which are called "the beaches of the Maldives of Salento".

Below, continuing along this road, you have the opportunity to take a nice swim in the sea of Pali Tower, Mozza Tower o Lido Marini; consequently, you can enjoy the white beaches of the tourist villages along the coast that runs along the Ionian Sea of ​​Puglia.

After that, our itinerary leads the traveler to Torre San Giovanni, which is the main beach of Ugento.

Then, after a few kilometers, you will arrive at Gallipoli, the “beautiful city” where you can spend the night in a hotel and have fun in some of the beach clubs along the coast of Lido Pizzo and Baia Verde, and enjoy the lively summer evenings of the Salento nightlife.

And finally, you can reach the marine of Nardo, in order: Santa Maria al Bagno, Santa Caterina, Sant'Isidoro and Porto Selvaggio.

The Ionian between bays and parks

There are wonderful and panoramic places to visit such as the natural park of Porto Selvaggio and the bay of Uluzzo.

Likewise, a visit to the town of Nardò is highly recommended, where you can visit the baroque monuments, while sipping a glass of good local wine.

Finally, the tourist itinerary of the province of Lecce ends at Punta Prosciutto, Lapillo Tower e Porto Cesareo, places full of seafront resorts, located on sandy beaches, overlooking a crystal clear sea.

In the evening, the typical fishmongers and restaurants on the coast await tourists who can taste the typical dishes of Salento, combined with a good local wine.

How many days are needed to visit Salento?

Salento is a vast sacred place to visit not only in summer but to enjoy all year round: in fact, every city in the province of Lecce preserves the signs of popular devotion that is identified in the devotion to its own Saint.

Generally, we recommend at least 5 or 7 days to visit Salento.

However, you can choose to stay for a weekend or for 3 days, although, in this case, we recommend booking a B&B in Lecce, and then, renting a car, to move comfortably throughout the Salento peninsula.

At the same time, from the map of Salento, you can understand what to visit in the province of Lecce, and you can also locate all the cities that organize popular events and patronal festivals, which attract visitors from all over the world.

Thus, you will appreciate how each festival enhances its own town, welcoming tourists in its wonderful square.

Tourism in Salento, what to do besides the sea?

First of all, if we want to talk about Tourism In addition to the sea, we recommend captivating tours and guided visits inland that can be booked online directly with the tour operators who organize these experiences.

In fact, there are various tours that can be booked, guided itineraries to natural parks, protected marine areas and many cycle paths that will allow you to discover interesting cave settlements, mirrors, dolmens, menhirs and castles of the hinterland.

Similarly, with organized trekking routes, you can also discover the wonderful watchtowers.

To conclude, Salento.it offers its visitors a list of seaside resorts and beaches of Salento, ideal for spending your tourist stay, and we also point out the possibility of boat rental, restaurants, to request airport transfer or from Lecce station, buy flights to Brindisi, or save by choosing the most convenient parking.