Otranto - Apulia Hotels and accomodation

Otranto is situated on the east cost of Salento region and it's very important for the peninsula's tourism.

You can book on line your Holidays accomodation
infact there are many
Hotels and Bed and Breakfast,
Tourist Villages
Apartments and Holidays Homes in Residence,
Farm Holidays and Masserie with Trulli Home 
bars and restaurants, discos when you can spend all your holiday
in relaxing but also fun.

Here the tourist can be fascinated by the local tradition
but also by an oriental atmosphere.

At the end of the XV C., Otranto was besieged by the Turks,
who want to impose the Moslem religion to the local people.

The Otrantines made a stand but for this reason were beheaded
on the hill of the Minerva.

In memory of the 800 Idruntine martyrs it was built a church dedicated
to S. Francesco e Paola.

The Byzantines, Goths, Normans, suevi, Angevin and Aragonese
replaced one another over the centuries.

Important to visit in Otranto South Italy is
the St. Peter Church in Byzantine style,
the cathedral with its mosaic and the chapel of Martyrs,
the castle where today take place important cultural
events and exhibitions.

Otranto South Italy has a timeless landscape and a wonderful coast,
where the Adriatic sea meets the Ionian sea.

Nearby you can visit Torre dell'Orso and Castro Marina.

It enchants with its crystal clear see, white beaches,
like Baia dei Turchi, Alimini (also lakes), and the suggestive rocks
near Porto Badisco.

In Otranto Apulia you can do a lot of water sports like
Kite surf, windsurf, diving, sailboat and so on.