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Day 2 of 3 · Lecce · Salento Nature & Culture Balance

Day 2 — Porto Selvaggio Nature Reserve

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An active day out from your base in Lecce, with ≈ 2 h 33 of travel by public transport and plenty of free time.

Porto Selvaggio Nature Reserve
A view of Porto Selvaggio bay from the pine-wood © photographed on 25 June 2010 by Yellow.Cat from Roma, Italy — CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Stage 2 · Gallipoli · Italy

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day 2 0 nights ≈ 1 h 17 by public transport≈ 41 kmclimate favourable

Interest of the place — nature 30. Based on: nature reserve.

programme
4 h 03
public transport
≈ 2 h 33

This public transport time is an estimate, not taken from a real timetable.

  • Scenic day hike through pine forests and along cliffs to Torre UluzzoPlace Torre Uluzzo, 2.5 km away · exact place name

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    4 h 03(instead of 6 h — not enough time that day (travel + walking))

To add if time allows: Guided snorkeling session to observe marine life in the Porto Selvaggio cove (3 h) · Two-hour walk around the island-bound historic center of Gallipoli (2 h 30)

“Scenic day hike through pine forests and along cliffs to Torre Uluzzo”: shortened version, 4 h 03 instead of 6 h — not enough time that day (travel + walking). The activity as described is only partly done.

Bad-weather option — something else that day — Two-hour walk around the island-bound historic center of Gallipoli

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