While choosing the holidays, Gallipoli can not go unnoticed, so let's discover a better destination, let's talk about Gallipoli in the province of Lecce. Located along the west coast of the Salento peninsula, is the fifth center of the province by number of inhabitants, it is a city in an enchanting position, overlooking the Ionian Sea and divided between the village and Old Town.
The village represents the most recent part of the city, built on a peninsula that juts out into Ionian to the west, while the Old Town, is located on an island of limestone origin, connected to the mainland by an arched bridge erected in masonry in the '600. If you are staying in a hotel in Gallipoli, do not miss for any reason the opportunity to visit the'Island of Sant'Andrea, a place of great beauty and historical-naturalistic importance, which is located about a mile off the coast from the historic center. The island is also part of the Isola di Sant'Andrea regional natural park and coast of Punta Pizzo established in 2006 by regional law.
It gives a climatic point of view Gallipoli fits perfectly into the standards in the southern Salento area which has a Mediterranean climate, with very mild winters and hot summers and rather humid. It is a welcoming destination throughout the year, but of course in the summer months, in many ways it gives its best.
When you get out of yours hotel in Gallipoli, walks for the narrow streets and alleys winding through the city, you will come across at every corner in true masterpieces of sacred and civil architecture, testimony of the history and wealth of the port city. You will find majestic portals and splendid facades of stately mansions erected between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. Of great value for the understanding of the economic and social history of the city, is the majestic underground oil mill of Granafei Palace, once a place of oil production exported to numerous European cities.
Along the perimeter of the walls then, there are numerous churches facing the sea and, in the heart of the historic center, you can admire the Cathedral of Sant'Agata, a splendid example of the Lecce Baroque. If after so much art and history you want to take a bath or splash out in the sun, Gallipoli will amaze you with the beauty of its beaches, characterized by low and sandy coasts, which close to the south with Punta Pizzo and north with the Lido San Giovanni which encloses a splendid bay with one of the most beautiful beaches in Salento, and in the whole of Italy, the Punta della Suina.
Finally I recommend, north of Gallipoli, a few minutes from the town, the beautiful beach of Lido Conchiglie frequented mainly by the inhabitants of the area.
