Holidays Castro Marina, Lecce

Castro marina in south Apulia is a mediaeval town situated between
Santa Maria di Leuca and Otranto on the Adriatic see.

In Castro marina you will find many solutions for your vacations such as
Hotels, Bed And Breakfast, Apartments and Farm Holidays.

From Castro marina in particularly clear days you can see Albania.

The town is divided into two areas:
Upper Castro and Marine Castro.

Upper Castro dominates the scene high on a cliff,
there you can see the ruins of the 16th century Gattinara Castle and
of the ex Romanesque Cathedral of the 12th century.

Castro Marina represents the seaside resort,
with its harbour and boats, where important activities are diving,
boat hiring and excursions.

Near Castro we find the most suggestive caves of the coast:

- Grotta Romanelli of the Palaeolithic era (35,000 years ago) .

The Romanelli Cave is considered one of the most important preistorical italian site,
because of the graffiti that decorate its walls, as well as the trace left  there
by the prehistoric men and animals like some bones and refined stone objects.

- Grotta Zinzulusa  with its characteristic stalagtites and stalagmites.

The Zinzulusa Cave opens on the sea with a natural arch
generated by the carsism and the sea.

The names of the cave, "Zinzulusa", in local dialect, 
depends on the stalagtites, similar to rags, that hang from the vault of the entrance.

The stalagtites and stalagmites displayed in the caves for 1 kilometer,
where there are two pools of sweet water and a paleo-river
where live animals without eyes or pigmentation.

The Grotta Zinzulusa is opened to public for about 150 mt and is visited
by over 100.000 paying guests a year.