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    • TravelerPals in Croatia & Italy 2024
      2532
      Day 33

      Otranto to Santa Maria Di Leuca

      May 28 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

      We were on our bikes at 0900 - needing to get a good start for our 56 km ride.
      Another glorious day for riding until we got rained on for maybe 30 mins. Adds to the fun!
      Today's ride was, apparently, the most challenging in terms of ascents, however, compared to Croatia, we thought it was quite manageable. We rode down the east coast of the Puglia region to the most easterly point of Italy.
      Stopped at a little grocery store in Tricase Porto for ham and cheese rolls (see video). No butter or mayo, etc. However, it was delicious. Outside the store, there was a group of Italian men playing cards. The scene epitomized the Cittaslow concept (slow living). It was such a special scene I asked if I could take a photo.
      Our final stop was at Santa Maria Di Leica's Lighthouse Square. This place is a destination for pilgrims all over Europe and is referred to as 'the end of the earth'. It is where all distance is measured from so zero km is in the square - there is a monument with 0 km inscribed on it.
      Checked into our hotel, went for a swim in the glorious sea and then strolled around the area before dinner at a local restaurant.
      We start biking up the west coast tomorrow - 65 km.
      As with our Croatian bike trip, this group is developing lovely relationships - it takes 3 or 4 days for this to happen, but it's nice when it does!      Read more

    • Apulien & Basilikata
      2
      Day 3

      Entlang der Ostküste

      September 19 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C

      Es ist noch recht frisch als wir uns Richtung Otranto auf den Weg machen. Wir wollen von dort aus entlang der Ostküste bis in den Süden nach Santa Maria di Leuca fahren. Die Tage davor muss es geregnet haben, denn auf den Feldern steht an einigen Stellen das Wasser und die Landschaft ist jetzt im Herbst grüner als gedacht. Die Küste hält was sie verspricht – azurblaues Wasser, beschauliche kleine Orte und immer wieder schöne Buchten, die zum Schwimmen einladen. Die Hochsaison ist vorbei und die obligatorischen Strandliegen abgebaut. Die Sonne hat im Laufe des Tages an Stärke gewonnen und der angekündigte Regen sich verzogen. Zurück fahren wir durch das Landesinnere. Im kleinen Ort Diso sind wir von der mächtigen Straßendekoration überrascht. Am Abend muss das Ganze spektakulär aussehen, denn alles ist mit kleinen Lampen versehen. Ende April/ Anfang Mai gibt es hier wohl ein Fest, das alles erleuchten lässt.Read more

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    • LA LGM EN ITALIE ENCORE
      Day 13

      Jour 12

      August 15 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 34 °C

      Après une bonne matinée tranquille. Nous sommes partis a Porto Badisco (merci Jeanne pour tes petits tips😉).
      La vu était ma fois fort sympathique. Marion, Livio, Noah et Léon en ont profité pour explorer les rochers et pour sauter d'en haut pendant que Suzon et Eugénie bronzaient. Ensuite nous avons bu un petit verre à côté de la plage.🌞
      Le soir nous nous sommes baladés dans les rue d'Otranto. Pour l'ascension il y avait pleins de stands et des concerts de rue. Eugénie, Suzon et Marion ont pu découvrir les danses Italienne.💃
      Nous nous sommes posés dans un bar et Marion et Léon ont fait un super spectacle de magie.🪄
      Demain départ pour Bari !      Read more

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    • TravelerPuglia, Sicily via Barcelona
      Day 11

      Otranto - Santa Cesare Therme

      September 14, 2019 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

      A difficult nights sleep at B&B Lilium with traffic that shook the balcony window glass forcing me to wear and turn on my active noise cancelling ear phones.
      It was a shame as Roberta and Antonio were lovely (though in need of B&B101 training as rule one must be do not leave previous mornings dirty breakfast plates etc on the main table). Roberta is a teacher at Santa Cesare Terme so drove me there and back today and detoured to the lighthouse at the most easterly point in Italy Faro Palascio. The coastline is littered with ruined towers from the days of watching for the attacking Turks. I walked to the gorgeous cove of Spiaggia di Miggiano - deep, clear water with plenty of fish. Above this cove was a resort with several infinity pools which actually looked great also. Then passed the old bath house built in early 1900 in the moorish style.
      Said goodbye to Roberta and family and I then checked into the gorgeous Palazzo Marzo less than 200 yards away but uphill in a calm area.
      Had had a panini at Santa Cesare (proscuitto crudo and white mozzarella) so sat out the hottest middle of the day, then had a divine cafe and coconut gelato for lunch from Martinucci before walking north as far as Canal Monaco. Still too much swell up there but it would be gorgeous on another day. Swum in the shallows at the north end of the main beach. Water temp must be 26 and air temp a hot feeling 28.
      Had a good sausage and chicoria pizza and red wine for dinner.      Read more

    • TravelerItalien 23
      Day 12

      Leuchttürme bis Gallipoli

      March 22, 2023 in Italy ⋅ 🌬 15 °C

      An der Küste entlang. Wir passieren den Leuchtturm Cabo di Otranto. Zerklüftete Küstenabschnitte und Wehrtürme lösen sich ab. Den Leuchtturm di Leuca lassen wir liegen und fahren an der Küste nach Gallipoli. Hier finden wir einen geöffneten Campingplatz, wo wir ein paar Tage bleiben wollen.Read more

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    • TravelerApulija
      Day 4

      Punta Palascia

      April 4 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C

      Le nekaj kilometrov južneje sem se ustavila pri Punti Palascia.

      Iz planote je hoje za cca 15 minut, da se spustiš do samega roba morja in svetilnika. To je najbolj vzhodna točka Italije, od Albanije oddaljena nekaj več kot 60 km.

      Svetilnik je bil zaprt, pravzaprav je v uporabi vojske, se je pa dalo povzpeti po stopnicah do razgledne ploščadi.      Read more

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    • Europe In The Spring
      Day 11

      The Deep South (Part II)

      April 11, 2019 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

      After leaving Leuca, we were both very excited to visit Grotta Zinzulusa, a series of coastal caves that apparently offers astounding rock formations. The caves were about a forty-five-minute drive north from Leuca and the entrance was at the bottom of a very narrow and twisting road with numerous switchbacks. When we arrived, the skies had clouded over, and the wind had picked up. We looked around, hemmed and hawed, did some internet research and decided we'd forego visiting the damp, cool caves and perhaps return to explore them some other time, when the weather is warmer.

      Brenda generously offered to buy us a spa visit in our next stop, San Cesarea Terme, where hot springs fuel the town's economy and we headed straight for Terme di Santa Cesarea only to find the spa closed. We figured it was likely just shut down for lunch, but a little internet research uncovered that visits at this time of year are by appointment only. Drat, once again foiled by our off-season travels!

      As we wandered around the town, we realized that literally NOTHING was open, except for Martinucci Dolci e Gelateria, a cafe and pastry shop that seems to have branches in every place we stop. I had a coffee and a panino for lunch, served to me by one of this restaurant's typically miserable staff. Unlike every other establishment we visit, where service has been friendly and welcoming, at Martinucci belligerence seems to be a prerequisite for working there. At least the panino and coffee were good.

      As we traveled North, we were struck by the presence of dry-stone walls everywhere we looked. Surely, tens of millions of stones were used to create these walls that, in Puglia, were built to define landowner's boundaries. Stonemasons must have been very, very busy in those days.

      Our last stop on our 'round the heel tour was Otranto, which deserves a blog all to itself. I have nonetheless attached a few pictures here because I have far too many to share and each of these blogs allows me to post only six photos.

      Until tomorrow!      Read more

    • Süditalien
      Day 8

      Cabo Otranto

      June 19, 2019 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C

      An der schmalen Küstenstraße zwischen Otranto und San Cesarea Terme liegt das Cabo Otranto, das durch einen aus den 1870er Jahren stammenden Leuchtturm markiert wird.
      Wir klettern den Weg vom Parkplatz hinunter, um diesen schönen Ort zu genießen.
      Dann geht es weiter der Küste entlang, allerdings nicht weit, denn wir halten gleich wieder diesmal an einem der Torre, die alle paar Kilometer an den Klippen thronen. Eine Erinnerung an die Zeiten als die Küste Apuliens immer wieder Ziel feindlicher Übergriffe war. Dieser Turm, der Torre Minervino, aus dem 16. Jahrhundert ist noch recht gut erhaltenen.      Read more

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