Location: Gallipoli in Italy
Nearest Airport:
Brindisi at 50
Kilometres
Car: not necessary
Gallipoli is a beautiful town in the Province of Lecce, in Salento. Its name derives from the Greek (Kalé polis), or 'city beautiful'. It is, in fact, just the beauty the real feature that makes this place so unique and extraordinary.
And 'the charm of its treasures, its wealth (natural or otherwise) to make this town is known and appreciated worldwide. Low cliffs, beautiful beaches, outstanding historical monuments, this is Gallipoli, this is the true 'Pearl of the Ionian.' Gallipoli sits on the Ionian Sea, and is found on the western shore of the Salentine peninsula, in the Gulf of Taranto. A characteristic of the city is its clear division in two parts: the 'old city ' and the 'new area'.