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Signature places
24 places we have written about
These are not certified businesses: they are the villages, the views, the trades and the traditions around the network.
Pieve
Frescoes of the Basilica of Santa Caterina d'Alessandria in Galatina
Galatina (LE)
The basilica of Galatina holds one of the most extensive and best preserved early-fifteenth-century fresco cycles in southern Italy, often overlooked by the main tourist circuits.
Tradizione
Traditional craftsmanship in the villages of inland Salento
Lecce (LE)
The Salento hinterland preserves a network of small villages where local artisans hand down manual techniques tied to the territory's materials, from pietra leccese to cartapesta, in a community context still very much alive.
Frazione
Campomarino di Maruggio
Maruggio (TA)
Coastal hamlet of Maruggio, in Ionian Salento, reached from the old Templar and chivalric village. A stretch of coast still little affected by mass tourism, suited to those seeking the Puglia sea beyond the busiest circuits.
Borgo
Ceglie Messapica — town of the Messapians
Ceglie Messapica (BR)
An ancient Messapian town in the heart of the Valle d'Itria, Ceglie Messapica preserves a historic centre of arches and white squares that speaks of cultural layers from the Iron Age to the Baroque. A town shaped by deep-rooted culinary and artisan traditions.
Celle San Vito and the Franco-Provençal Language
Celle San Vito (FG)
A small village in the Monti Dauni, the least populous in Puglia, home to a rare Franco-Provençal language variant introduced by the Angevins in the Middle Ages. Its cultural and culinary context reflects a borderland identity unique within Puglia.
Corigliano d'Otranto
Corigliano d'Otranto (LE)
A Salento village inland between the two seas, with squares marked by large clocks and slow rhythms of life offering an authentic alternative to the crowded coast.
