Nord Salento Tour

North Salento’s guide to Unknown curiosities from Puglia and Salento

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Apulia,what does the name means?

We don’t know exactly from where the name Apulia derives but it is told that it is connected to the chronic lack of water that has always characterized the region. But it has not always been so arid like now. During prehistoric periods there were rivers that surely flowed in

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La neve conservata – come nasce il gelato

Pare che il gelato sia stato inventato nel Medioevo dal solito italiano furbo che un giorno versò dello sciroppo su una palla di neve e fece la grande scoperta oggi trasformata in vera e propria industria. E’ però certo che il creatore del vero gelato fu il fiorentino Bernardo Buontalenti

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Miti e leggende del Salento

Il passato del popolo salentino non si racconta solo attraverso i monumenti e i preziosi reperti storici ritrovati su tutto il territorio: c’è un’altra anima del Salento da scoprire, quell’ energia più irrazionale e fanciulla che cercava di dare una spiegazione a tutto quello che esiste e prende forma vitale.

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Apulian Legends

Santa Cesarea Terme, the refuge of Hercules

#ENG #santacesareaterme #salento #Puglia #myths A village a few kilometers from Otranto, the fame of Santa cesarea Terme is linked to the sulphurous waters considered miraculous, gushing out from four natural caves: the Sulfurea, the Fetida, the Solfatara and the Gattula, recommended for treating diseases related to the respiratory tract.

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I 10 Ice Bar più cool d’Europa

WHat about a cool drink? Or … frozen? An extreme possibility to escape the summer torrid heat: an Ice-bar. Inside the temperature goes from the outside 30 degrees to -10 inside an Ice Bar and you can spend few minutes having a frozen drink (but also hot …) in a

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Apulian Legends

The Apulian Omphalos, the Templars and the black Virgin

The Omphalos, in Greek means navel and indicates a sacred center, a place where the divine meets the ground. There are many omphalos in the world. In Italy, the tradition is linked to many symbols worked by man, like circular boulders. Often they are represented by obelisks, menhirs, wells or

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