Experiences
Walks, sea and caves: activities for lovers of sport and adventure, to relax and keep fit with the Itria Valley panoramas in view.
01 · Borgo Canonica
Because only electric cars are used in the surrounding area, the air around the borgo is still pure, just as it was centuries ago. You can walk in complete peace through the Itria Valley, where the scenery shifts with every season. Along the paths through the wood above the borgo there are green areas for reading and exercise.
Straight from the borgo
02 · Polignano a Mare
The coast of Polignano a Mare is dotted with hollows and caves that hold wonderful plays of light and colour. A boat trip lets you appreciate the purity of some of Italy’s most celebrated waters. The most famous cave is the Grotta Palazzese, mentioned by D’Alembert and Diderot and immortalised by the engraver Louis Jean Desprez in 1778.
45 km · 45 min from Borgo Canonica
03 · Polignano a Mare
If there is a place where blue turns blue, it is Polignano a Mare, “the pearl of the Adriatic”. It is known for the Red Bull Cliff Diving — a 27-metre dive — and has held the Blue Flag since 2008. On the seafront the statue of Domenico Modugno smiles at his home town: a tribute to the singer of “Volare”.
45 km · 45 min from Borgo Canonica
04 · Grotte di Castellana
A system of karst caverns among the most spectacular in Italy. The guided visit winds for 3 km at about 70 metres underground, past canyons, stalactites and stalagmites, to the Grotta Bianca — for the whiteness of its alabaster, “the most dazzling in the world”.
36 km · 42 min from Borgo Canonica
05 · Giardini di Pomona
Between the white towns of Cisternino and Locorotondo, the botanical conservatory keeps more than a thousand varieties of ancient fruit trees, many saved from extinction, across ten organically farmed hectares. Its fig collection numbers 560 varieties.
4 km · 6 min from Borgo Canonica
06 · Torre Guaceto
A protected marine area on the Adriatic coast, 27 km from Brindisi: Mediterranean maquis, junipers, dunes, marshes with migratory birds, golden beaches and Posidonia meadows. In summer you can visit with expert guides and a shuttle to the unspoiled beach.
49 km · 48 min from Borgo Canonica
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