For lovers of trekking from Torre Squillace it is easy to walk to the peninsula of La Strea a strip of land characterized by rich Mediterranean scrub vegetation, part of the Regional Oriented Nature Reserve also called Palude del Conte. La Strea is also called the land between two seas precisely because on one side it overlooks the coast road that connects Sant"Isidoro to Porto Cesareo and is characterized by the presence of a small stretch of golden sand and the sea that is all in all shallow, ideal therefore for families with children, while on the other side it has a wide cliff that faces directly onto the open sea and the water immediately becomes deep. The Strea is a beautiful experience both for its unspoiled nature and for a habitat that contains different species of birds of rare beauty and sees the proliferation of fauna thanks precisely to the low accessibility of the place and the maintenance of certain environmental balances; an amazing peace and tranquility reigns here. Walking some stretches of these suggestive paths among the rushes, the dry stone walls and a long wooden fence to delimit the various areas you will be surprised by how the only human presences are represented by traces of mountain bike wheels or horse dung that have marked their passage; for the rest only a few small green lizards will cross your path ignoring you completely. In the past, human neglect meant that on the Strea was also accessed by cars thus defacing much of this earthly paradise; today this area has been fully recovered and returned to nature. Thanks to the establishment of the Marine Protected Area in some places bathing is absolutely forbidden, and the flora that characterizes this beautiful stretch of Salento coastline includes various species of wild plants including myrtle, sea lily, sea onion, thyme and lentisk. The only way to reach the La Strea peninsula is on foot precisely from Torre Squillace, or by boat. Visiting this wonderful place you will realize for yourself that you are in the presence of a pristine environment take care of it!
Last Updated: 23/11/2022, Tonio Viva
