Marina di Novaglie has maintained over time its special charm due to the beauty of the area that sees the presence of the typical dry stone walls, small streets that are lost among the fields of centuries-old olive trees and expanses of Mediterranean scrub that embrace a coast characterized by low cliffs and inlets full of caves. Certainly the richness of this location has been preserved by the fact that Marina di Novaglie is still unknown in popularity compared to other desirable destinations in the Salento such as nearby Santa Maria di Leuca, Otranto, Castro, or the beaches of Gallipoli just to name a few. At a time when the development of mass tourism accelerated by tools such as the Internet and social networks has seen much of Salento"s territory involved, Marina di Novaglie has remained a stranger to all the changes taking place, and visiting it in person one immediately realizes how in these areas time seems to have stopped to give precedence to the simpler and more genuine emotions of a land waiting to be discovered. Located in an area that is said to have been inhabited since the Paleolithic period this area owes its tourist richness also to the presence of several caves all worthy of a visit, and one of them is the Grotta del Porto Vecchio. This small cave rises in the area adjacent precisely to the Porto Vecchio and the main chamber has different shades of colors ranging from bronze, white, brown and gray; a green grassy shelf also overlooks the upper part of the cave. All the inlets of this beautiful coastline can be visited safely by kayak or by renting a small boat...have a good summer from the blue Adriatic Sea.
Last Updated: 19/10/2022, Tonio Viva