Gallipoli

Flock to Gallipoli like young Italians to sip fizzy prosecco and rich local Salentine wine. Lounge at a bohemian lido beach club, find bliss at Purity Beach or snorkel into craggy coastal caves and grottoes teaming with life. Follow fishermen with their fresh catch to local trattoria serving savoury zuppa di pesce and fish prepared all ways. Historians connect to the past via a bridge tethering a tiny, fortified island completely surrounded by 14th-century walls whilst gourmands venture to the outlying scenic Salentine region to plunder underground olive oil mills and photographic small villages. Gallipoli has got it all.