EAT AND DRINK
NEARBY AND TO THE SOUTH
Galatina
Corte del Fuoco - great local dishes
Anima & Cuore - elegant food
Pasticceria Andrea Ascalone
Lecce
Alle Due Corti - wonderful and simple local food
Le Zie - old school restaurant run by two sisters
Doppiozero - funky modern restaurant
Quanto Basta - great cocktails and party vibe
Further south
La Maruzzella - a great no frills seafood right on the water
Le Macare - modern version of local dishes
Le Stanzie - great food in a beautiful setting
Bar Alimentari Tabacchi da Carlo - one of our favourite, a town cafe next to the beach
Taverna del Porto - one of the best restaurants in the south, next to the sea.
Farmacia Balboa - a cocktail bar owned by Helen Mirren, great pizza next door.
Osteria la Vecchia - very simple food, very old school
Bar Guardiola - a simple bar but with the best view
Ristorante Lo Scalo di Novaglie - up market restaurant with great food, have a swim in the port before.
TO THE NORTH
Taverna della Gelosia - great food with a beautiful outdoor setting.
Miramare da Michele - one of our go-to places, simple seafood dishes right on the sea.
Braceria Pomodoro - great meat BBQ
Sommarco - great natural wine bar
La Cantina - simple tasty home made food
L’Osteria del DivinGustare - simple tasty home made food
Osteria del Vicoletto - simple tasty home made food
Il Principe del Mare - a great seafood place right on the beach
MoMó - great seafood
Il Cortiletto - a wonderful place with great food
Trattoria il Grottone - a famous restaurant of Polignano a Mare
Pescaria - seafood in a fast food style.
Mint, cucina fresca - Great fresh vegetarian food.
SEE & DO
NEARBY AND TO THE SOUTH
Towns within 30 min
Lecce - A magnificent baroque town, steeped in history. Do not miss it
Galatina - a smaller version of Lecce with the feeling of being in a movie. Only 5 min from Soleto
Nardò - one of the main towns of the area, full of life. Don’t miss the villas of Santa Caterina close by
Otranto - beautiful town on the sea, don’t miss the Cattedrale di Santa Maria Annunziata
Places
Cava di Bauxite
Giardino Botanico La Cutura
Beaches and beach clubs
Mora Mora Beach - great beach club
Grotta della Poesia - fun place to watch everyone jumping the cliffs
Caletta di Toraiello - nice beach
Lido la Castellana - one of our favourite beach clubs, feel like you are in a movie from the 50’s
Porto Badisco - Love this low-key town, great for a swim
Bagno Marino Archi - very special beach club on the rocks
Cala dell’Acquaviva - beautiful cove
Il Ciolo - very special place
Lido Pizzo - beautiful water
Lido Beija-Flor - nice beach club
Porto Selvaggio - spectacular, but you need to walk
Baia di Torre Uluzzo - beautiful water
TO THE NORTH
Towns within 1 hour to 1.5 hours
Ostuni - perched high looking to the sea, it’s very touristic, but beautiful nonetheless
Cisternino - beautiful white town famous for their meat restaurants
Ceglie Messapica - beautiful town and more authentic
Alberobello - the town of the Trulli, it’s quite touristic but worth to see
Monopoli - a beautiful town on the water, nice beach
Polignano a Mare - an amazing town on the water. Lots of tourists but it is worth it
Grottaglie - a town famous for its hundreds of ceramic shops
Further away
Matera - a must-see town 2 hours drive
Bari - the largest city, a great old town. Famous for the Spaghetti all'assassina
SHOP
Le Icone (antics, vintage furniture) in Cisternino
La Mercanteria (vintage furniture) in Ostuni
Nicola Fasano (ceramics) in Grottaglie
Antonio Fasano (ceramics) in Grottaglie