The city of the two Seas, where the Adriatic Sea and the Jonian Sea meet, where Apulia ends: “Finibus Terrae”, as the Romans said.
The Basilica dedicated to the Virgin is located sheer above the sea, at the foot of the Punta Meliso lighthouse overlooking the bay.
Here you may appreciate very elegant liberty villas one after another along the seafront and one of the most evocative tourist ports of Salento.
From this port the boats leave towards the karst caves that are along the coast: Grotta Zinzulusa (Zinzulusa cave, in Castro), Grotta del Diavolo (Devil Cave), Grotta dei Giganti (Giant Cave), Grotta degli Innamorati (Lovers Cave), Grotta Verde (Green Cave, in Marina di Andrano), ….
SURROUNDINGS OF LEUCA
The Ciolo.
A stone's throw from Leuca there is a spectacular place where the vertiginous cliffs plunge into the blue. Two rock spurs that let the sea in, leaving a small cove. From the deck the view is spectacular, and all around, like in a painting, the colors of the Mediterranean scrub and the blue of the sea.
The site takes its name from the dialect word Ciole (the magpies) that nested among the ravines of the caves.
In the town you can find restaurants for aperitifs by the sea, and of course the famous Gibò, one of the coolest places in Salento nights.
