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32 meters (105 ft) tall white cylindrical lighthouse located on the easternmost point of Italy. Walking along a path it's possible to climb over the 2-storey keeper’s house ad admiring the wonderful view of the Adriatic Sea. It is open to guided tours for visitors, particularly at New Year, when you can see the first dawn of the New Year.
Punta Palascia Lighthouse is an active lighthouse located in Capo d'Otranto, which is the easternmost point in Italy and the narrowest point of Strait of Otranto at the mouth of Adriatic Sea.
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Cava di bauxite
A small lake grew into an abandoned bauxite quarry, characterised by an impressive red color of the ground, surrounded by Mediterranean scrubland. It has become a true must-see in the last years for all tourists.
Castello Aragonese
A majestic fortress with three cylindrical towers and imposing rampants, deeply reinforced after the siege in 1481. You can visit the courtyard, various halls, the roof and even the dungeons.
Excursions through Adriatic coast highlights such as caves, inlets and sandy beaches on Salento. Fruit and appetizers available onboard.
Chiesa di San Pietro
One of the most important examples of Byzantine art in the whole southern Italy.
Here you can admire treasures from the Cathedral and other churches of the Otranto diocese: church vestments, paintings, sculptures and remains of a 4th-century AD mosaic. It's inside Palazzo Lopez, built during the Spanish government period.
Duomo di Otranto
An interesting church consecrated in 1088, and built on the remains of a Messapic village, a Roman domus and an early Christian temple. It represents an interesting mixture of Byzantine and Romanesque elements, and contains an enormous mosaic pavement, relics of the Martyrs, and a crypt resembling the Mezquita of Córdoba.