Discover the Salento

The Salento is a magnificent land and reserves for its many tourists and residents, food and wine events of the highest level and long-standing tradition.
Among these, the Festa della Municeddha stands out.

The Tavole di San Giuseppe (St Joseph’s Tables) in Giurdignano (and also in other neighbouring towns in Salento and the Terra d’Otranto) are a shining example of how peasant civilisation, faith and devotion to the patron saint of the Holy Family come together in a unicum.

Negroamaro of the Salento is an excellent Apulian red wine. Listed in the National Register of Vine Varieties since 1970, the name of this red wine from Salento today is and remains the subject of much debate among scholars and historians.

Massa e ciceri, Massa di San Giuseppe, Ciceri e Trìa, are different names for this representative dish of traditional Salento cuisine.

Those who come to Salento and those who live there cannot fail to taste a delicacy such as the pasticciotto.
The Salento dessert par excellence, numerous have been its variations over time.

We are about to reveal a great truth to you: Salento is the land of saffron.
I can already see the holders of historical and culinary knowledge turning up their noses, but this is the reality.

When driving along the long, hot roads of southern Salento, surrounded by centuries-old olive trees, it is impossible not to notice the stone constructions curiously scattered around the Salento countryside.

They are many, huge, fortified or surrounded by the countryside, small pine and oak forests or cultivated land, the Masserie in Apulia and particularly in Salento, are the true symbol of Salento’s historical rural and cultural heritage.