Otranto is one of the most important national tourism and in particular the Salento.
Stationed about thirty miles south of Lecce, on the Adriatic coast, has countless attractions and interests that make the holiday in this center unique and unforgettable.
Defined East Gate, was extreme bulwark against the Turks, who in 1480 attacked and stormed the, beheading 800 people who had defended and whose relics are now preserved in the cathedral is a jewel of Romanesque and which is of particular attraction of the mosaic floor, considered one of Europe's most important monumental works.
In honor of the Martyrs in Otranto is celebrated every year on August 14 a patronal festival, which ends with the spectacular fireworks over the sea.
Of this glorious past, the town retains all signs, including the castle, towers and defensive walls, built by Ferdinand of Aragon to defend the city, after the Ottoman invasion, and within which access through "Porta Terra".
In the old route then winds striking and full of attractions, where streets converge on the waterfront or on walls where you can admire the Bay below Otranto.
The territory that surrounds it presents a variety of landscapes ranging from long and sandy beaches that run north, bordered by lush and dense pine forests, picturesque coves and inlets to the reef south of Otranto, where starts the same name coastal park Otranto - Santa Maria di Leuca.
Special mention must be some of these including the lakes "Alimini" Bay of the Turks, Porto Santo Stefano, the inlet dell'Orte the tip "Palasca" means the most to the east of the peninsula and the port Badisco Port of Aeneas and described by Virgil in the 'Aeneid' ..
For more news about Otranto visit this link:Comune di Otranto.
Stationed about thirty miles south of Lecce, on the Adriatic coast, has countless attractions and interests that make the holiday in this center unique and unforgettable.
Defined East Gate, was extreme bulwark against the Turks, who in 1480 attacked and stormed the, beheading 800 people who had defended and whose relics are now preserved in the cathedral is a jewel of Romanesque and which is of particular attraction of the mosaic floor, considered one of Europe's most important monumental works.
In honor of the Martyrs in Otranto is celebrated every year on August 14 a patronal festival, which ends with the spectacular fireworks over the sea.
Of this glorious past, the town retains all signs, including the castle, towers and defensive walls, built by Ferdinand of Aragon to defend the city, after the Ottoman invasion, and within which access through "Porta Terra".
In the old route then winds striking and full of attractions, where streets converge on the waterfront or on walls where you can admire the Bay below Otranto.
The territory that surrounds it presents a variety of landscapes ranging from long and sandy beaches that run north, bordered by lush and dense pine forests, picturesque coves and inlets to the reef south of Otranto, where starts the same name coastal park Otranto - Santa Maria di Leuca.
Special mention must be some of these including the lakes "Alimini" Bay of the Turks, Porto Santo Stefano, the inlet dell'Orte the tip "Palasca" means the most to the east of the peninsula and the port Badisco Port of Aeneas and described by Virgil in the 'Aeneid' ..
For more news about Otranto visit this link:Comune di Otranto.
