The Salento remains a land rich in resources waiting to be discovered. Just when you think, after so many years, that you have the whole area in your grasp, thinking you know most of this marvellous coastline, someone points out a peculiarity unknown to you and you immediately start to rewind the tape of territorial expertise. One example above all is the Marmitta dei Giganti di Porto Badisco, found on the eastern coast of Salento between Otranto and Porto Badisco. Now some claim it is a bombard ball used in past centuries by Saracen pirates to bombard the nearby Tower of Sant Emiliano, I want to think of it instead as a characteristic and evocative sphere of rock eroded by the natural elements over the course of time and deposited like a big magic egg testifying to nature shaping its landscape with often surprising results. Reaching Porto Badisco"s Marmitta dei Giganti is, however, an arduous undertaking considering the high rocky ridge, so once you have parked your car on the coast road, all you have to do is put on your hiking boots and set off along this fascinating, steep path among rocks mixed with Mediterranean scrub that descend from the top of the Torre Sant Emiliano down to the sea. Once you reach (not without difficulty) the foot of the coastline, this spectacle of nature opens up before your eyes. Immersed in a kind of natural well lies this spherical stone, perfectly polished by the weather, and the emotions you feel are really strong in front of such a spectacle of nature. A lively piece of advice, take advantage when you decide to reach the Marmitta dei Giganti in Porto Badisco of a calm, windless day, because otherwise, given the position, a particularly rough sea could create enough problems that it would be better to avoid, especially if you are on holiday. There is nothing more to add except to emphasise and reiterate that you never cease to discover a magical land that is the Salento... have a good summer.
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Località Punta Palascia, SP87, 73028 Otranto LE
+39 327 3670393
S.P. 87 Otranto - Porto Badisco Otranto (Lecce)
+39.0836.804009
Litoranea Otranto – Porto Badisco, 73028 Otranto (Le)
+390836812999
La Fraula 32, 73020 Fraula (Le)
+39 348 7937793
Litoranea Otranto - Porto Badisco, S.P. 87 km 7, 73028 Otranto (Le)
+39 0836 80 12 39
Strada Provinciale Uggiano (Loc. Lame),73027 - Minervino di Lecce (Le)
+39 0836 818904
Via Panoramica 1, 73020 Santa Cesarea Terme (Le)
+39 338 267 7693
Via Martiri d"Otranto, 30, Cocumola (Minervino di Lecce) 73027 - (Le)
+39 0836 95 47 26
Via Roma, 237 – 73020 Santa Cesarea Terme (Le)
+39 0836 944 316
SP 87, 73028 Otranto (Le)
+39 339 109 2769
Strada Provinciale Otranto, 87 Via Masseria le Creste, 73028 Otranto (Le)
+39 0836 804 381 - +39 368 760 4754
SP61, 73020 Santa Cesarea Terme (Le)
+39 0836 949 810 - +39 320 222 2779 (Vincenzo)
SP358 Otranto - Uggiano la chiesa, 73028 Otranto (Le)
+39 0836 804 653
Azienda Agrituristica Grotta dei Cervi, SP87, 73028 Porto Badisco (Le)
+39 340 318 24 06
SP358, 73028 Porto Badisco (Le)
+39 347 622 8115
Via Torre Mozza, sn, 73020 Uggiano la Chiesa (Le)
+39 328 123 1579
Via Santa Cesarea, 72, 73027 Cocumola (Le)
+39 0836 954 915
Str. Vicinale Panareo, 73028 Otranto (Le)
+39 333 908 8540
Via Madonna della Scala, 23, 73020 Casamassella (Le)
+39 340 760 5426
Via Madonna della Scala 86, 73020 Casamassella (Le)
+39 389 844 0953
SP358, 73028 Otranto (Le)
+39 0836 804 651
SP358, 73028 Otranto (Le)
+39 0836 804 647
Via Giorgio La Pira, 6, 73027 Cocumola (Le)
+39 335 820 8021
Via Uggiano, 27 Casamassella (Le)
+39 339 1669502
Via Vicinale Sant Emiliano, 73028 Otranto (Le)
+39 328 382 1459
SP87 Otranto-Santa Cesarea, 73028 Porto Badisco (Le)
+39 348 780 9165
Litoranea Otranto-Santa Cesarea Terme, Porto Badisco, 73028 Otranto (Le)
+39 0836 812 999
Via Vicinale San Giovanni 73020 Giurdignano (Le)
+39 0836 813 508
Via Badisco, 90, 73020 Uggiano La Chiesa (Le)
+39 380 439 8628
Piazza Municipio, 22, 73020 Giurdignano (Le)
+39 328 252 4124
Via Palombaro, 13, 73020 Uggiano la chiesa (Le)
+39 0836 812 942
Via Memorie, 73028 Otranto (Le)
+39 0836 190 2453
73028 Otranto (Le)
+39 320 400 5765
Via Paolo Graziosi, 73028 Porto Badisco (Le)
+39 347 0512 752
The names of beaches, lidos, natural swimming pools, caves, coastal towers, nature parks and reserves, along with the names of accommodation facilities such as hotels, bed and breakfasts, agritourisms, holiday homes, resorts, hostels and campsites, are deliberately left in their original language to respect the culture, historical identity and authenticity of the area.
Last update, 09/12/2024