PUGLIA EXCURSIONS
We are thrilled to offer these fun, relaxing and edifying excursions during our Puglia retreat. You'll walk away with a strong sense of the Salento peninsula's history, and the waves of settlement and cultural influence over thousands of years.
We often have lunch or a snack in a restaurant when we visit a city; you may choose your own meal, beverages and shopping as those are paid on your own. Excursion charges cover transportation, tour guidance, (light) trekking experiences, Italian interpretation (and aperitivo in Lecce).
Gallipoli/Porto Selvaggio
Departure from Zollino around 11:30 am or 12 pm.
• Visit the National Reserve of Porto Selvaggio
• Driver leaves the group until the early afternoon,
depending on group preference/weather conditions
• Enjoy seaside picnic and/or a trekking experience
• Driver will pick up the group upon request
• Explore the old Gallipoli city center
• Cost for transit and excursion guide: 60 euro/$68
• Cost for food/drink/shopping in town: your choice
Otranto/East Coast
Similar structure to the Porto Selvaggio trip.
• Trekking in the beautiful Otranto landscape. Driver will
pick up when done and will drive to old Otranto
• Visit the city center of old Otranto, lunch together
• Cost for transit/excursion guide: 55 euro/$62
• Cost for food/aperitivo/shopping in town: your choice
Lecce Aperitivo
• Aperitivo before dinner, departing around 4:00 pm and returning around 7:00/7:30 pm
• Learn what makes Lecce the "Florence of the South",
a Baroque architectural explosion
• Cost for transit/guide/aperitivo: 50 euro/$55