Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Endeavour Lines
( 0831 57 38 00;
www.endeavor-lines.com
; Via Prov. Le per Lecce 27)
To Igou-
menitsa, Patras, Corfu and Cephalonia in Greece.
0831 57 52 89;
www.directferries.co.uk/red_star_ferries.htm
)
To Vlore in Al-
Red Star Ferries
(
bania.
BUS
STP
( 0831 54 92 45)
buses go to Ostuni (€2.90, 50 minutes, six daily) and Lecce (€3.30,
45 minutes, two daily), as well as towns throughout the Salento. Most leave from Via Bas-
tioni Carlo V, in front of the train station. Ferrovie del Sud-Est buses serving local towns
also leave from the same place.
TRAIN
The train station has regular services to the following destinations:
Bari
(from €14, one hour)
Lecce
(from €9, 30 minutes)
Milan
(from €99.50, 8½ to 11 hours)
Rome
(from €66, five to seven hours)
Taranto
(from €4.50, 1¼ hours)
Getting Around
A free minibus connects the train station and old ferry terminal with Costa Morena. It de-
parts two hours before boat departures. You'll need a valid ferry ticket.
To reach the airport take the STP-run Cotrap bus from Via Bastoni Carlo V.
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Southern & Western Salento
The Penisola Salentina, better known simply as Salento, is hot, dry and remote, retaining a
flavour of its Greek past. It stretches across Italy's heel from Brindisi to Taranto and down
to Santa Maria di Leuca. Here the lush greenery of Valle d'Itria gives way to flat, ochre-
coloured fields hazy with wildflowers in spring, and endless olive groves.
