Salve

城市概覽

"Salve" literally means "hello" in Italian and according to a local legend the name derives from the centurion Salvius, that in 267 BC received this land as a reward during the Roman conquest of Salento. Actually the town was founded in the 5th century AD by refugees from nearby villages that were abandoned following Ostrogothic raids and epidemics. During the 16th century several fortified towers and farmhouses, the typical masserie, were built in the countryside and in town as a result of the frequent Ottoman and Barbary corsairs' raids. Most of these buildings are still standing, usually converted into B&B or agritourism accommodations. Nowadays the municipality comprises the coastal villages of Pescoluse, Torre Pali and part of Lido Marini, renowned tourist localities, as well as the small inland village of Ruggiano of just 500 inhabitants.

1 Tourist Information Office Salve (Ufficio I.A.T. Salve), Piazza Concordia, 7 (inside Palazzo Carida-Ramirez), ☏ +39 0833 520550, [email protected]. M-F 17:00-20:00. Information about the locality, nearby tourist destinations and events. Open year-round and located in the old town. (updated Mar 2021) 2 Tourist Information Office Pescoluse (Ufficio I.A.T. Pescoluse), Parco dei Gigli (Pescoluse), ☏ +39 0833 520550, [email protected]. 10:00-12:00, 17:00-20:00. Smaller info point open from 1 July to 27 September, located close to bathouses in Pescoluse. (updated Jun 2021)

如何抵達

By plane The closest airport is in Brindisi (BDS IATA), 120 km away. From here you can reach Salve by renting a car or through the various bus shuttle services.

By car From the airport of Brindisi: take the to bypass the city, merge onto towards Lecce, here take Tangenziale Ovest and to Gallipoli and finally until the exit of Salve/Torre Pali. Once you get here turn right to arrive in the proper town, or turn left on the provincial road 339 to reach Pescoluse and Torre Pali in 5 minutes. The whole route will require about 1½ hr. From Santa Maria di Leuca: take the freeway and then the provincial road 190 to arrive in Salve in 15 min. As an alternative you can drive along the coastal road enjoying the beautiful view.

By train The municipality is served by the 1 Salve-Ruggiano railway station, which is located in the small village of Ruggiano, 1km north of the town of Salve. The station is managed by Ferrovie del Sud Est network, but the service is usually inadequate and people will strongly discourage you to take a regional train, since it takes a bit more than 2 hours to reach Salve from Lecce with a cost of €6.40.

當地交通

By car A car is necessary to move from the inland town of Salve and the village of Ruggiano to the coast, as well as exploring the enchanting countryside rich of traces from past centuries, considering the lack of a public transit system. Main roads are in acceptable conditions considering the standards of southern Italy villages but they are scarcely lit, so you will have to drive with high beam headlights on for most of the time if you drive at night. Several internal countryside roads are really narrow so watch out for eventual vehicles incoming from the opposite direction and moderate the speed. The modern centre of Salve is built in a grid pattern with one-way streets while part of the old town is precluded to vehicular transit.

On foot Most of the streets in Salve have little traffic and the small size of the centre allows you to walk relaxed between the baroque architectures and the white houses in Mediterranean style, probably catching the eye of the curious and talkative inhabitants. Parco dei Gigli (lilies park) in marina di Pescoluse is a nice zone to stroll and to access the beach, while the port of Torre Pali can reveal a truly suggestive place during a walk at twilight.

必看景點

1 Chiesa di San Nicola Magno (Church of St. Nicholas the Great), Piazza Concordia (main square in the old town). Finished in 1672 AD the cathedral church is one of the most richly decorated of the cape of Leuca area, containing four valuable baroque altars built in Lecce stone during the 16th and 17th centuries as well as a white wooden pulpit with gold-leaf motifs and a ceiling of the crossing with elaborate stuccoes and frescoes. But the centerpiece is the pipe organ Olgiati-Mauro acquired in 1628, which is the oldest functional pipe organ in Apulia and one of the oldest in Italy. Unlike the interior, the exterior is quite simple and it has been restored in 1954, with the construction of a small square-based bell tower on top of the preexisting clock tower facing the central square. Free entry. (updated Aug 2019) 2 Frantoio ipogeo "Le Trappite", Via Veneri Francesco. An underground oil mill carved into the rock during 1601, at the border of the old town. Free entry. (updated Aug 2019) 3 Torre Pali (Poles tower). Partially collapsed coastal tower built in the 16th century, one of the hundreds built in the Kingdom of Naples during the Spanish rule as a defense against Ottoman raids. The circular plan structure in now completely surrounded by the sea, few meters off the beach, because of the natural erosion of the sandy coast. The second level is collapsed in different steps during the last decades and the tower resembles now a lonely great rock against the low coastline. (updated Aug 2019) 4 Santuario di Santa Marina (Sanctuary of Saint Marina), Via Santa Marina, 9 (Ruggiano). Small but fine baroque church in the small village of Ruggiano, north of Salve. Free. (updated Aug 2019) 5 Pajara "Trausceddhu" (Pajara "Trauscello"), Via Paolo Borsellino. The largest pajàra in the municipality. It consists in an ancient countryside house built in dry-stone before the 19th century, one of the thousands of this truncated conical structures similar to the trulli built in this a

體驗活動

Sea-based 1 Salentour escursioni, Corso Cristoforo Colombo (Torre Pali), ☏ +39 347 660-7036, [email protected]. A 4 hour mini-cruise starting at 9:00 or 14:00 to the Ionian and Adriatic sea caves of Leuca, with two stops of ½hr to bathe and aperitif on board. A shorter 2 hour trip starts at 18:30 to discover only the Ionian sea caves with a stop to bathe, but it will end with a rich aperitif on board with raw seafood and live music. You can also choose to rent a boat to hold a private party starting at 20:30 with aperitifs and deejays music on board. Finally you can even sail the Ionian sea for 1½hr on board of a large dinghy to reach the Greek island of Othonì, swimming in the waters of the bay of Kalipso, having lunch in a local restaurant, enjoying an aperitif on board and discovering the island to come back to Torre Pali at 19:00. (updated Aug 2019) 2 Maldive del Salento, Litoranea Leuca - Gallipoli (Pescoluse), ☏ +39 349 852 0580, [email protected]. 07:00-22:00. One of the most popular beach resorts in the province, by now well known even outside Apulia, offers activities such as parasailing, jet ski rentals, dinghy tours in the frame of one of the best stretc