Santa Cesarea Terme is the main Apulia’s thermal resort, not only because of its sulphureous grottas, where you can have a healthy relaxing bath, but also thanks to its thermal spa, in which you can enjoy beauty health treatments. Santa Cesarea Terme climbs obstinately the cliffs that skirt the Otranto Canal, so that you can admire a really spectacular landscape. The peculiarity of this place is the oriental atmosphere coming from the Moorish architecture of some fascinating villas dropping from the cliffs to the sea (see the picture). You must visit: the sulphureous grottas, Villa Sticchi, Villa Raffaella, Torre Miggiano (one of the chief examples of the several warning towers in Salento), Porto Miggiano and the Belvedere.

At the extreme end of the heel of Italy there is Santa Maria di Leuca. On the top of the Cape you can see the imposing lighthouse and the very ancient Shrine of Santa Maria of Leuca. Here the shape of the coast is quite characteristic, as proved by the presence of a lot of grottas carved out by the sea during the centuries. You must visit: the Shrine of Santa Maria of Leuca, St. John Church, the harbour and the bridge “Ciolo”.

Our tour ends in Castro Marina, a splendid place situated on a rocky indented hill cooled by the Oak Wood, which is 6 km from Castiglione d’Otranto. In Castro you can appreciate charming panoramas and a limpid, crystalline sea, incomparable in its beauty. You must visit: Zinzulusa, Romanelli and Palombara grottas; the Belvedere; the Holy Annunziata Church and the Madonna of Pompei’s Church. (Visit the official website.)

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