マンドゥリアの天然記念物・トップ10

In some parts the sand on the trail is quite thick: if you are travelling with a very heavy bike it might be better to push it.

The Salina dei monaci of Torre Colimena is a small earthly paradise located on the Ionian coast of Salento a few kilometers from Porto Cesareo

The area that is now a magnificent park, was originally a plot of land left uncultivated that was transformed in the first half of the 18th century by the Celestine Fathers, of the nearby convent, into a beautiful and suggestive garden sloping down into several terraces and used as a think tank and orchard. With the Kingdom of Italy, following the suppression of the religious orders (1866/1867), the place was purchased by the Salerno - Mele family who with great taste enriched it with several plants of exotic origin and numerous flower beds, organizing and arranging it partly as an Italian garden and partly as an English garden, thus creating a pleasant naturalistic path with panoramic views from which even today you can admire a magnificent landscape. A series of steps guides the visitor to an enchanting panoramic walk that connects two towers of the adjacent Norman - Swabian Castle: from the Torre del Salto to the Torre dello Sperone. The Salerno - Mele family later donated it to the Bishop of Oria. It remained abandoned for many years and in 1982 it was purchased by the Municipal Administration of Oria which brought it back to its original splendor.

Park from which you can admire the Federiciano Castle of Oria, with terraces and shady spaces where you can stay cool and perhaps read a good book

One of the many coastal towers in the area. Among the most beautiful and imposing.

Today we started the lovely walk through the dunes and had lunch in Torri Colimena, on the way back from the roundabout this route is absolutely no longer recommended, first along a road, then the land is plowed and then no good passable path can be found, we are over climbed stone walls and crossed a ditch over metal pipes to get back on the route and finally went straight through blackberry bushes and over a wall with difficulty and ended up back on the road, didn't try the last part anymore, seemed to be overgrown

The Salina dei Monaci is a nature reserve and protected area located in the province of Taranto near Torre Colimena.

Torre Colimena is part of a system of coastal towers wanted by the king of Spain, after the invasion of Otranto by the Turks in 1480.