Where the land ends
Santa Maria di Leuca: a gateway to paradise
Sanctuaries, villas, caves, paths and beaches in the landscape where the Ionian and Adriatic seas meet.
Santa Maria di Leuca crowns Salento and preserves treasures suspended between history and nature: small villages, masserie, paths between dry-stone walls and ancient pajare. The hinterland can be explored on foot, by car or by bicycle. Leuca and its harbour have long been a crossroads of peoples, cultures and faiths; the southern Via Francigena also passes through this landscape of sacred places and wild nature.
From the harbour to the caves
Five places that reveal the history and landscape of Santa Maria di Leuca.
The villas
The lighthouse
The monumental waterfall
The harbour
Leuca dal mare
The caves of Leuca
Leuca changes when seen from the sea. Caves, inlets and small coves hide in the cliffs where two seas meet and are often invisible from land.
Twenty-two names etched into the geography of the coast.
- Grotta del Drago
- Grotta degli Innamorati
- Grotta della Stalla
- Grotta del Presepe
- Grotta dei Giganti
- Grotta delle Tre Porte
- Grotta Titti
- Grotta del Fiume
- Grotta de Mesci Scianni
- Grotta del Cerchio
- Grotta del Diavolo
- Grotta Porcinara
- Grotta Cazzafri
- Grotta della Ruttedda
- Grotta di Terradico
- Grotta del Gabbiano
- Grotta Verdusella
- Grotta di Ortocupo
- Grotta del Soffio
- Grotta della Vora
- Grotta Giuncacchia
- Grotta Le Mannute
Clear waters and open horizons
From sand to rock, the cape of Leuca offers many ways to enjoy the sea. Clear water, seabeds and cliffs frame the coast; near the seafront, rocks soften into two small sandy crescents, while other beaches are a short journey away.
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