Sunday, May 12, 2019

Otranto

May 10: A beautiful, if strenuous, day spent hiking (approx. 18K steps, 8 miles) in and around the historic town of Otranto, in the Apulia region. It is the eastern-most point of Italy.


Streets, walls, and arches dating back to Greek and Roman times


 A beautiful, not overcrowded in this off-season, marina and fishing port



An 11th C cathedral, with cases of skulls and bones of martyrs who refused to convert to Islam


A very rocky coast and interior, outside the town



Watchtowers for sighting Moslem and other invaders coming over the Adriatic Sea


Profusions of beautiful wildflowers



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