In the footsteps of the Italian Magna Graecia
2024
Highlights of the trip
During your stay you can enjoy the following highlights: Culture / Heritage, Discovery.
Best times to go
The best time(s) to go is/are : Printemps, Eté, Automne.
Where to stay - Brindisi ?
The map of your stay "In the footsteps of the Italian Magna Graecia"
Detail of the stay : In the footsteps of the Italian Magna Graecia
How to get there - Brindisi
From Brindisi to Lecce
Steps: Lecce
In the high season, flights arrive directly at Brindisi. You will then join the city of Lecce, a baroque capital which was formerly called the "Athens des Puglia" since founded by the Greeks. Night in Lecce.
Gallipoli
Steps: Porto Cesareo
Departure for Gallipoli, from the Greek Kallipolis meaning "beautiful city". Important city of Magna Graecia, it had a large territory that included what is today Porto Cesareo. Overnight stay in Gallipoli.
Taranto
Steps: Taranto
Departure for Taranto and visit of the city and its national museum, the only place where it is possible to fully explore the historical and artistic cycle of Taranto in the Greek era.
Metaponte
Steps: Crotone
Departure for Metapontum, founded around 700/690 BC by Greeks from Crotone and Sybaris and which hosted Pythagoras. Visit the archaeological museum and the palatine tables, the ruins of the columns of a 6th century BC temple dedicated to the goddess Hera. Night in Metaponte.
Places of interest : TEMPIO DI ANTAS MUSEO ARCHEOLOGICO
Et and Eraclea
Steps: Policoro
Visit of Policoro and Ereclea, close to each other. Balade, made famous by the Battle that pitted Pyrrhic I and the Romans in 280 BC, then visits the archaeological site of Eraclea and the ruins of his Greek theatre. Night around Policoro.
Sibari
Steps: Sibari
City of the Great Greece, Sybaris was a colony of Crati. The city was famous for its immense wealth: wheat and wine harvests, domination over the Lucanians and trade in wool and fabrics. Night in Sibari.
