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Otranto

Italy's easternmost town, walled above a turquoise bay, with a cathedral floor covered by a vast 12th-century mosaic of the Tree of Life.

Photo: Benjamin Smith · CC BY-SA 4.0
Best Time to Go
May–Sep
Our full guide to Otranto is being written. It's on the Puglia list as Worth a Detour.

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Lecce

Puglia
About 22 miles away

The Florence of the South, a city of exuberant Baroque churches carved from soft golden stone, with a Roman amphitheater.

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Beaches · UNESCO

Corfu

About 82 miles away

A green island with a Venetian old town, olive groves and coves on the Ionian Sea.

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Spiritual · UNESCO

Meteora

Thessaly
About 169 miles away

Monasteries perched on top of giant rock pillars.

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Puglia

Trulli, white hill towns, baroque Lecce and turquoise coves on Italy's heel.

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