The city of Otranto offers an artistic and cultural heritage such as the ancient Pelasgian walls in the historic centre, the ancient churches and the characteristic streets with their boutiques, restaurants and bars. Furthermore, Otranto offers a very characteristic landscape heritage. The seafront has more than 20 equipped and freely accessible bathing areas, including beaches and coastal coves such as “Castellana” beach, the bay of “Baia di Turchi“, the beaches of “Alimini”, the bay of “Baia Mulino d’Acqua”, the sea bay of “Baia Mulino d’Acqua”, the bay of „Grotta Monaca” and the Caribbean beaches of „Torre dell’Orso with its famous grotto „Grotta della Poesia“. These destinations of undoubted beauty are very popular among young and adult tourists.
Within a radius of about twenty kilometres, the coastal landscape is very remarkable both to the north and to the south. From the lighthouse “Punta Palascìa” to the tip of Leuca there are countless attractions such as the bay of Porto Badisco with its small beach, the famous grotto “Grotta Zinzulusa“, the famous towers “Faraglioni di Torre Sant’Andrea”, the characteristic pit “Cava di Bauxite”, the Natural Park of the Alimini Lakes with its extensive pine forest, the beach “Torre dell’Orso” with the famous towers “Due Sorelle” rising out of the water, as well as the historic villages of Santa Cesarea Terme, Castro, Lecce , Nardo and Copertino.
