A Beautiful Walk along the Coast of Torre Dell'Orso
A Beautiful Walk along the Coast of Torre Dell'Orso
It was a beautiful but slightly windy November day when we arrived here in Torre Dell'Orso, at the very south of Italy. We parked the Campervan and walked along the scenic coastline of Salento. After a few rainy days, the sun was out again. Going out in this sweet weather felt incredibly good after days of being locked in a small campervan hiding from the rain. That made the weather extra enjoyable. I travelled here together with my friend, Patricia, my Slovakian friend who came to visit me for a week. Some of you might know that I was travelling with my boyfriend before, but he is back in Austria now to run some errands before his working season starts again. So except this week, I am travelling alone now with the van. However, Let's go to the beach!
Where to park?
The large P is the place we parked. I found this place on the camper app Park4Night. It is prohibited to camp there. However, following the law of Italy it is not illegal to park here and if you don't show camping behaviour it might be legal but that depends on the policeman which you will encounter. We dried our towels outside so I guess we are law violators now as it is considered camping behaviour.
The way to Torre Dell'Orso's Beach
The plan was to have a nice walk along the coastline, going to the beach. There is a nice path directly from the parking area. Some parts were very muddy since it had rained a lot, some were very full of stones. If you walk to the right, you will walk into the direction of Torre Sant'Andrea, which is also a really great place to go. However, we walked to the left, in the direction of Torre Dell'Orso.
The walk to Torre Dell'Orso beach isn't very far, just around 15 minutes and another 5 a 10 minutes to reach the town. The town isn't really worth a visit and the only pizza we could get was in the worst rated restaurant of the city (less than two stars out of 5.) All the other Pizzerias were closed for some reason. Maybe because the tourist season was over, maybe because we came at the wrong day. However, the pizza was not as bad as expected. But of course we didn't come all the way down here for the worst rated pizza, we came for the beach!
These pictures were taken around two weeks ago as I am a little behind on my blog and they are actually taken on two different days. The first time I went alone and the second time I went with my friend whom I mentioned at the start of my blog.
The temperature on the land isn't as high as in summer, but the seawater actually was still 20 degrees which is warm for Europe. I guess that's the hottest the sea in Holland will reach, but Italy is a bit warmer as it is further south. Anyway, since the water was still warm, I decided to have a swim which was really nice as the water temperature was even warmer than the land temperature. At the start I was the only one at the beach until some man arrived who got naked and was just looking at me. That's when I decided to go deeper into the water at first since I felt awkward, but soon decided to leave after telling the man my opinion and he ran away and looked ashamed (I am sure the man wouldn't have gotten naked if I wouldn't have been at that beach. However, I think Italy is quite safe to travel as a girl alone as far as a country can be. I only feel like Italian men stare too much, teenagers and young people excluded. They usually don't get naked as far as I know though. I guess I was just unlucky. I don't wanna make girls afraid to travel Italy. Italy is still awesome)
During this season (under normal circumstances), the only people you are probably gonna find on this walk are fishermen. They seem to be always somewhere out on the cliffs. It doesn't matter if it is evening and already dark or 6 AM in the morning, People will be fishing here
That are the views we are doing it for
I hope you enjoyed my little story from Italy! Thank you for passing by. I would appreciate it if you leave a comment!
Regards,
Sascha
What a beautiful place!! Italy surprises me every day!! These places that seems to be somehow hidden, are small paradises in the country. It’s like wonderland!! Italy has the touristic places that are already stunning, and also the “unknown” side, that could take you to other world!!
Yeahh Italy is really beautiful! Can't wait to explore more of Italy in Spring!
I've recently visited Italy but only focused on the Urban journeys instead of places like the one shown by you. Though, I promised myself that I'll return one day and see more of it :)
Well, I believe the Urban sides of Italy are definitely worth as well! You can probably find beautiful nature as well in Romania, which is maybe even better, but no architecture is like Italy!
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when the photo above the cliff you are not afraid. if I'm afraid to fall, the beach is very beautiful
Well, just don't go to close to the edge and it should be fine ;)
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The water is very clear, a beautiful place surrounded by cliffs like that is a place I have always wanted to visit
Italy is the place to go then!
😅😅Maybe the time will come one day
Inspirational cool pictures makes me want to take a vacation
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It is always a good moment for a vacation right! At least if the bank account agrees 😅✌️
Wow! What an amazing place it is. Nice photos too. Indeed, it was a great experience of yours. Stay safe and God bless.
Thank you very much! 🌼
It's my pleasure .
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Go ahead dear
I love Italy. If not for the scenery then the food.
Ohh yeahh the food! The food is amazing! Although I had the best risotto ever in Albania last week. Ohh I can still taste it if I think about it. I love the Italian cuisine.
speaking of Italy I really want to go there,because I have a friend there who lives in the city of Milano, his name is Giacomo tabacco, I am from Indonesia too far to meet him, 😭😭😭
Thanks for sharing your experiences with us. I'm sure it'll help others who are thinking about travelling in Italy. It sounds like you've had an awesome time and I'm glad to hear everything has gone well.
I absolutely love how you're using the campervan to travel through Europe and I can't wait to see more of your adventures.
I'm glad that you like it. I really hope that I can let people discover Italy and other countries through my blog. Europe is more than only capital cities ☺️
I know italy is the very beautiful country ...Both my brothers live in Italy..They sometimes show me beautiful places through video calls..The churches in Italy are very beautiful.They have a surprising artistic quality.
They are so lucky to live there and experience an other culture!
Its awesome to appreciate this weather after the rain!! And a beautiful spot you found, Its nice to follow your trip:)
(sorry about the man, but well done anyway to tell him to fuck off!)
how do you feel about traveling alone? do you prefer it from being with friends and boyfriend or the other way round?
Amazing photos @xsasj.
Ah, I still haven't been to Italy, it's one of my biggest dreams after all this time. Thank you for the pictures, you have shown very well that it is not just a city.
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