Alliste is a pretty marina in the province of Lecce , located on the Ionian coast of Puglia, between Ugento – Gallipoli and the beautiful Santa Maria di Leuca.
Here is a series of tourist offers in Marina di Alliste, and in the nearby Torre Suda and Mancaversa.
On the coast in the nearby seaside resorts you can take a holiday here:
Marina di Alliste is ideal for a seaside holiday, as all the rental homes are just a few meters from the sea. This seaside resort borders Torre Suda (Marina di Racale) to the north and Torre San Giovanni, Ugento's main marina, to the south.
Marina di Alliste has a crystal clear sea with low cliffs and splendid coves for swimming in complete relaxation as it is not a place frequented by the masses.
The Alliste coastline has 7 km of particularly rocky and low coast, ideal for children.
To the north, for those who don't want to give up the sand, there are sandy beaches such as Punta della Suina and the Punta Pizzo park and to the south the beaches of Torre San Giovanni, the main marina of Ugento.
Marina di Alliste has a crystal clear sea and splendid coves for swimming in complete relaxation, the three most famous tourist locations along the marina of Alliste where you can spend days in total tranquility immersed in a magical setting are: Posto Rosso, Capilungo and Pilella.
Our recommendations are for staying at the elegant Giardino dei Pini , which offers fully equipped suites, a wellness center, and a swimming pool surrounded by the countryside where you can relax in absolute tranquility.
A holiday in this seaside resort in Salento, Puglia, can also be spent with a charming vacation in the villas for rent on the Ionian coast , considering that the coast of Marina di Alliste overlooks a very convenient coastal road for swimming, with low rocks and many coves to choose from for sunbathing.
From here you can easily reach the most important locations, but a holiday here allows you to have a lower influx of mass tourism, and a lower cost of rents.
Nearby is the hamlet of Felline , which boasts a historic centre of considerable importance.
Other seaside resorts on the Ionian coast of Salento worth discovering are: Mancaversa and Torre Suda.
During your holiday in Marina di Alliste we recommend that you also visit the historic centre of the municipality of Racale (province of Lecce, in Puglia) and eat in a place where you can savour ancient pleasures and dishes of typical Salento cuisine.
Another interesting location along the marina is Torre Sinfonò , with its namesake tower located 200 meters from the sea. Built in the 14th century to defend the coast, it is now partially ruined.
Here the sea is about ten meters deep and the rock overlooking it is 6 meters high, a suggestive and legendary view.
In this tourist resort on the Ionian coast of Salento, there are services and recreational activities and everything that can be useful to the tourist.
In the main summer months, festivals, events and fairs are organised that keep the fun going until late at night.
A few kilometers from Torre San Giovanni , a hamlet of Ugento, we find Capilungo and Posto Rosso , two other marinas in the municipality of Alliste.
The particular conformation of the coast makes the holiday even more exciting and relaxing: long stretches of rocky coast overlooking the sea give way to stretches of fine golden sand, facilitating access to the sea.
Against the backdrop of this rare and splendid landscape, an even more beautiful and characteristic one opens up.
In fact, nature reigns supreme, with its thousand colours, facets and peculiarities, allowing the user to immerse themselves in an uncontaminated and parallel reality, such as that of the rural and peasant world made of history and traditions.
Centuries-old olive trees, Mediterranean scrub, rocky outcrops and a sea that leaves room for every type of imagination.
In Capilungo, the jewel in the crown is the famous cycle/pedestrian path , a 2 km long route along the cliff where you can take leisurely walks or healthy jogs with a sea view.
With small pebbles framed by centuries-old olive trees and recently discovered caves and the inevitable Mediterranean scrub.
The cycle/pedestrian path ends shortly after the small square in Pilella , the second marina of Alliste in the direction of Santa Maria di Leuca.
The Capilungo and Posto Rosso cliffs also attract fishing and scuba diving enthusiasts thanks to the historical and naturalistic heritage preserved on the seabed in this part of the sea.
The splendor of the places also allows one to fantasize about the numerous legends linked to these places.
One of the many is the one concerning the nearby Devils' Sea , characterised by a very high and jagged rock, and a very deep sea.
According to legend, the shipwreck of King Pyrrhus in these waters greatly worried the locals who, having never seen elephants, hypothesized that they were devils.