Millennial villages between land and water at the crossroads of East and West
Crossroads of peoples and cultures, Salento has always been considered the Gateway to the East. Greeks, Romans, Arabs, Normans, Swabians, Angevins and Aragonese passed from this land to the center of the Mediterranean. The Salento Peninsula, which forms the heel of the Italian boot, juts out into the water dividing two seas, the Ionian and the Adriatic.
Between the high and rocky coast of the East and the low and sandy coast of the West, a sea of olive trees, dry stone walls, farms but also millenary villages. In this subregion of southern Puglia, the villages are treasures of history, art, culture and good food.
Whitewashed villages, fortified citadels and fishing villages, the villages of Salento enchant with baroque cathedrals, noble palaces and glimpses of blue. They are sunny villages to explore in the silence of the sun, sea and wind or to experience the magic of the taranta nights.
12 MOST BEAUTIFUL VILLAGES IN SALENTO
- Otranto
- Presicce
- Specchia
- Ostuni
- Acaya
- Galatina
- Nardò
- Santa Cesarea Terme
- Castro
- Calimera
- Gallipoli
- Santa Maria di Leuca