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Every place in our outskirts, even the smallest and unknown, hides small
treasures that won’t fail to pleasantly surprise you and make you exclaim…I
will never have thought…surely I will be back…and people always come back to
Puglia. There are always dishes you didn’t taste, dances you didn’t go
through, something you didn’t have the time to see, a museum, a site, a
feast, an event, something to discover…
There is something, a feeling, that takes you inside when you remind the
whiteness of the walls, the spaces, the places, the red soil, the dry-stone
walls, the olive trees, the sweet wave-like landscape, dotted with small
houses…
And still today you seem to hear again, in the distance, sounds mixed to
voices, that, in the countryside, in the silence of a summer night, joined
your dreams……and then, you want that dream never end……and so, just because holidays are not only sea…you will come to “Northern
Salento”.
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This web-page gives you just a starting point, an idea, an opportunità for
a trip or an outing. These are just our tips about some places in our outskirts, that we think are worth
of being visited. Such indications are not exhaustive; they are just an
incentive to begin to know the local culture.
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Archaeological sites |
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Egnathia - town of the Bronze Age; |
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Maria of Agnano - Delia, Paleolithic period; |
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We are between the Murgia barese and the beginning of Northern Salento, in
the middle of two morphologically different areas, both rich in tipical
placet and cultural heritage. This lucky geographical position allow to
reach other places to see with short car movings.
In fact, you can have a trip to Lecce, the queen of Baroque; Alberobello,
with its old town and its trulloes - a very singular circular building with
a conic roof made with dry stones-; Ostuni, Ceglie Messapica, Martina
Franca, Locorotondo, etc…all places you haven’t to miss for the peculiarity
of their old towns (stone-paved little roads, little staircases, arches,
narrow winding alleys, local handicrafts, and the typical whiteness of the
walls that every tourist can’t forget).
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Land of caves |
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Castellana Grotte is known for its caves filing down a few kilometres.
Basilian caves of San Biagio, in the nearby San Vito dei Normanni:
frescos dated 1100 after Christ.
Caves of Montevicoli, rich in stalactites and stalagmites.
Zinzulusa Grotte.
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Natural reserve |
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Natural state-owned reserve. It’s a 200 hectares wide damp area of
great environmental importance, located along the coast. It’s also a
place where migratory birds stay to breed.
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Coast sand dunes in Torre S. Leonardo.
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Regional Natural Reserve is a Mediterranean scrub area, with dunes and
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Handicrafts |
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Grottaglie, town with a strong pottery tradition and a whole district,
the “Quartiere delle Creramiche”, where for ages the local artisans
have been working. |
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