Gallipoli is the unique seaside city of Salento, it is certainly the most enchanting tourist destination in the entire tourist Apulian outline and among the most refined in the South of Italy. This lovely historic small city rises on a rock, which pushes out into the sea and it is enclosed between two fabulous sand bays, holding numerous bathing establisments and tourist settlements. Its long golden beaches, with a very fine sand and low dunes with a Mediterranean vegetation behind alternate with streches of rocky coast, perfect for fishing- and snorkeling- lovers.

Its delightful medieval old town gave it the name of the “beautiful city” (“kalè polis”, in Greek), the narrow and winding alleys opening out into old- fascinating courtyard, the bastions, the castle, the churches, the ancient Greek fountain restored during the Renaissance, the noble palazzi: all these architectal elements have a lure which is hardly traceable in any other seaside city and they make your holiday very interessing and educational. All this and much more accompanied by the warm embrace of hospitality:  the pleasant sea smell, the warmth of the sun and of the locals, a walk along the crowded streets full of the shops of handicrafts and the lovely restaurants, where the traditions of the popular cuisine are preserved. You can taste the local dishes of the Salento rustic tradition or sea-food specialities cooked with very fresh fish, it will be a delight that cannot be given up!

Its fashinable places, the discos, the lidos, the beach bars and the disco pubs make of Gallipoli a cosmopolitan place, especially appreciated by young people in search of a funny holiday Gallipoli has very good road links, it is a veritable crucial road junction for anyone who wants to visit Salento far and wide. You can visit Otranto ( its castle and its cathedral), Lecce (known as the capital city of the Baroque), Santa Maria di Leuca (de finibus terrae), you can also visit ancient dolmens and mysterious menhirs, abbeys and sanctuaries, museums and palazzi, villas and farms, towers and trulli (white, dry-stone structures with domed roofs) standing almost everivery in the Salentine peninsula. The village festivals will cheer your summer evenings, with fireworks, lights and the unique sound of the “pizzica”.