Salento - Baia dei Turchi

If the weather is windy or you are up for an easier day, involving lettini e ombrelloni over a sandy beach and few spots to buy food and drinks, Baia dei Turchi is your pick. Like it is the case for many beaches in this coastline, sandy areas are surrounded by rocky ends where increased privacy awaits along with a spiky base. The choice is yours! This is quite a tranquile beach that may advisable for those who bring kids along.

Local recommendation is to park in 2 Palme parking. Just drive along the road till you find a sign with palm trees, where you can turn and park, map below.

The closest to those cheesy engagement pictures we never had.

I have this Italian colleague that calls me Figa di Legno, not in the frigid but in the ice maiden sense, or so he claimed. As I find it quite funny, I can now make my own tee about it.

Blue steel.

Clearly, Enrique goes for the rocky side.