11. marzo 2017

From Melendugno to Roca ... a man’s story! The feast of Our Lady of Roca is a highly important event in Salento, because it holds the memory of the old days when the population of Salento was frightened by hordes of Saracens who were roaming the Adriatic coast of Puglia and plundering the villages. Madonna of Roca helped the population to escape from looting by the Turks, thanks to his intercession. To thank the Virgin, the inhabitants return back to Roca on foot. The pilgrimage begins at...

04. luglio 2016

You say illuminations and immediately you can think of the patronal feast of Santa Domenica in Scorrano which takes place between June 5 and 10 every year. The tradition of illuminations, which has ancient origins in Scorrano documented by a chronicle of the mid-1500s, has been renewed by combining the classic style with technological innovation. Here you can find a wide range of decorations from wood combined with the light of torches, candles of oil, the oil to electric light. Today...

26. marzo 2015

A walk through the green countryside of Salento will allow you to admire the masterpieces of the architecture of Salento. The Pajare: rural buildings made with the technique of building dry and with the patient and laborious work of composing a mosaic of interlocking stones arranged to obtain cone-shaped buildings. The pajare were temporary shelter for families who left their homes in the country in the summer, and moved to the country to care for and guard the crops and livestock that would...

26. marzo 2015

"Lecce may be called the Florence of the Baroque. In this artistic trend there is nothing in Italy that you can compare with it. » Lecce, which is the capital and the largest cultural center of the Salento peninsula, the seat of the archdiocese and the University of Salento, is located 11 km from the Adriatic coast and 23 km from the Ionian. It is the capital of the easternmost province of Italy. Being active in the sectors of the agricultural industry (oil, wine), ceramics, paper mache and...

26. marzo 2015

The town of Melendugno, located inland in the south-east of Lecce, at 36 m above the sea level and is 6.5 km from the Adriatic coast. Melendugno includes six villages: Borgagne, Roca Vecchia (home of significant archaeological excavations), San Foca, Torre Specchia, Torre dell'Orso and Torre Sant'Andrea. In 2011 the marine at Melendugno reconfirmed the Blue Flag award. It overlooks the sea with a coastline of over 15 km between Mirror Tower, in the north, and Tower of Sant' Andrea, in the...

26. marzo 2015

Otranto is a town in the province of Lecce in Puglia. Located on the Adriatic coast of Salento peninsula it is the easternmost town of Italy: the head of the same name, also called Capo d'Otranto, south of the town, is the geographic point to the east of the Italian peninsula. In 2010, the old town became part of the UNESCO heritage because of its cultural preservation. It is also member of the club, ‘The most beautiful villages in Italy’.

26. marzo 2015

Roca Vecchia is a coastal village of Salento and Melendugno, in the province of Lecce. It overlooks the Adriatic Sea and is located between San Foca and Torre dell'Orso. The site of important archaeological excavations is a tourist center of relief during the summer. The ruins of the castle, signals of the watchtower century, overlook the sea with the shrine of Our Lady of Roca from the seventeenth century.

26. marzo 2015

San Foca is a coastal village of Salento, part of Melendugno, which is a fraction, in the province of Lecce. It is located between Torre Specchia Ruggeri and Roca Vecchia, on the Adriatic Sea. It's about twenty miles from Lecce and Otranto. There are only a few steps from your apartment to the marina which is one of the most important of the coasts between Brindisi and Otranto.

26. marzo 2015

Sant' Andrea is a seaside village of Salento, marina of the municipality of Melendugno, in the province of Lecce. Sant 'Andrea is dominated by a large, cool pine forest that reaches up to the Lakes Alimini. The fishing port is situated on the Adriatic Sea, 2 km from the most popular beach resort, Bear Tower, which is 15 km from Otranto and 20 km from Lecce. Its ‘faraglioni’ are very well known and they attract large numbers of tourists and lovers of unspoiled landscapes. She was awarded...