Way of Salento

Downloadable guide · 6 October 2026. This file opens offline. External links require a connection.

Route registered in the Ministry of Tourism catalog. Length and variants should be checked with the route authority.

Route information

Start

Lecce

Finish

Not verified in the available sources

Total distance

182 km

Total ascent

Not verified in the available sources

Total descent

Not verified in the available sources

Distances and elevation data depend on the route variant. D+ and D− are total ascent and descent in metres, not slope percentages. Estimates and missing data are indicated in the source.

Places to see along the route

• Museum d'arte moderna e contemporanea "Fondazione Biscozzi Rimbaud" Lecce · Source
• Jewish Museum Lecce · Source

  Via Umberto Primo 9 73100 Lecce · Opening times reported by the source: Mo-Sa 10:00-18:00; PH,Su 10:30-13:30 · Website reported by the source

• Open Air Amphitheater Romano di Lecce Lecce · Source

  Contact reported by the source: +39 080 5285210

• Museum Storico-Archeologico dell'Università del Salento Lecce · Source

  Contact reported by the source: +39 0832 294253 · Website reported by the source

• Piazza Madonna Del Mare San Foca · Source
• Castle di Acaya · Source
• Castle di Carlo V · Source

  Website reported by the source

• Museum della Cartapesta · Source

  Viale venticinque luglio 73100 Lecce · Opening times reported by the source: Jun,Sep: Mo-Fr 09:00-21:00; Sa,Su,PH 09:30-21:00; Jul-Aug: Mo-Sa 09:00-23:00; Su,PH 09:30-23:00; Oct-May: Mo-Fr 09:00-21:00; Sa,Su,PH 09:30-21:00 · Contact reported by the source: +39 0832 246517 · Website reported by the source

• MUST - Museum Storico della City di Lecce · Source

  Contact reported by the source: +39 0832 682988 · Website reported by the source

• Castle Aragonese Otranto · Source
• Museum del Castle Aragonese Otranto · Source
• Museum di Torre Matta Otranto · Source
• Cattedrale di Santa Maria Annunziata Otranto · Source

  Piazza Basilica 1 73028 Otranto

• Archaeological site di Roca Vecchia · Source
• Chiesa della Madonna dell'Altomare · Source
• Chiesa di Sant'Antonio · Source
• Basilica di San Pietro · Source
• Chiesa Madre del Sacro Cuore Santa Cesarea Terme · Source
• Torre Santa Cesarea Santa Cesarea Terme · Source
• Torre Miggiano Santa Cesarea Terme · Source
• Beach di Porto Miggiano Santa Cesarea Terme · Source
• Rota te Trappitu · Source
• Church of Santa Maria del Passo · Source
• Santuario Maria Santissima Assunta Madonna della Serra Marina Serra · Source
• Piscina naturale Marina Serra · Source
• Cave La Serra 2 Marina Serra · Source
• Cave La Serra 2 Marina Serra · Source
• Castle Aragonese · Source
• Sito Archeologico Capanne · Source
• Piccolo Dolmen · Source
• Cripta della Madonna dell'Attarico · Source
• Chiesa del Cristo Re Santa Maria di Leuca · Source
• Beach libera Santa María di Leuca Santa Maria di Leuca · Source
• Cave Porcinara Santa Maria di Leuca · Source
• Grotte Cazzafri Santa Maria di Leuca · Source
• Museum Vito Mele · Source

  Contact reported by the source: +39 0833 758636 · Website reported by the source

• Oggetti personali della Beata Elisa Martinez · Source
• Palazzo Daniele · Source
• Chiesa della Purificazione · Source
• Menhir Vicinanze I · Source
• Museum dell'Orsiniana · Source

  Opening times reported by the source: Apr-Oct: Mo-Su 16:00-18:30; Jan-Mar,Nov-Dec: Mo-Su 15:30-17:30; Jan-Dec: Mo-Su 08:00-12:30

• Menhir Montevergine · Source
• Museum Archeologico Faggiano · Source

  Via Ascanio Grandi 56 73100 Lecce · Opening times reported by the source: Mo-Su 09:30-20:00 · Contact reported by the source: +39 0832300528 · Website reported by the source

• Menhir e Cripta di San Paolo · Source
• Menhir San Vincenzo · Source
• Menhir Croce alle Tajate · Source
• Castle Volante (de Monti) · Source

  Contact reported by the source: +39 351 913 7972 · Website reported by the source

• Frisella Point · Source
• Menhir Vicinanze II · Source
• Menhir Madonna del Rosario · Source
• Casa Museum del Tarantismo · Source
• Museum Fotografico Cittadino · Source

  Via Umberto I 73013 Galatina · Opening times reported by the source: Mo 17:30-19:30; Tu-Sa 10:30-12:30,17:30-19:30; Su 10:30-12:30 · Contact reported by the source: +39 0836 567213

• Museum Sigismondo Castromediano · Source

  Opening times reported by the source: Tu-Su 09:00-20:00

• Palazzo Granafei · Source
• Casa museo "E. Leandro" · Source
• Parco Archeologico Messapico · Source
• Roman theater at Caere di Lecce · Source
• Museum del Roman theater at Caere · Source

  Via degli Ammirati 73100 Lecce · Opening times reported by the source: Mo-Su 10:00-14:00,15:30-19:30 · Contact reported by the source: +39 0832 279196

• Museum Fantasy · Source
• Menhir 1 e 2 Vico Nuovo · Source
• Menhir di Palanzano · Source
• Museum Ferroviario della Puglia · Source

  Via Giuseppe Codacci Pisanelli 3 73100 Lecce · Contact reported by the source: +39 0832 228821 · Website reported by the source

• Menhir Lama · Source
• Museum della Stampa · Source
• Cripta basiliana San Sebastiano · Source
• Museum of Sacred Art · Source
• Museum Civico Pietro Cavoti · Source
• Menhir della Madonna di Costantinopoli · Source
• Menhir Candelora · Source
• Menhir della Fausa · Source
• Menhir Curti Vecchi · Source
• Menhir Croce di Bagnolo · Source
• Menhir delle Lete · Source
• Colonna Osanna · Source
• Menhir Montevergine n. 2 · Source
• Menhir Minonna · Source
• Pseudomenhir di Morigino · Source
• Dolmen Plau Piccolo / Caroppo 2 · Source
• Dolmen Plau Grande / Caroppo 1 · Source
• Chapel Madonna della Giggiola · Source
• Chapel di San Bartolo · Source
• Chapel di San Giuseppe · Source
• Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie · Source
• Chapel Maria di Leuca · Source
• Cripta di Sant’Angelo · Source
• Maria SS. Annunziata · Source
• Chapel di San Leonardo · Source
• Chiesa Madre della Trasfigurazione del Signore · Source
• Chiesa parrocchiale di San Rocco Confessore · Source
• Chiesa dei Battenti · Source
• La chiesetta di San Paolo e le tarante · Source
• Santo Stefano · Source

  Via Ospedale

• Chiesa di San Matteo · Source
• Chiesa di Sant'Andrea Apostolo · Source
• Chiesa Maria Santissima delle Grazie · Source
• Chiesa delle Anime · Source
• Chiesa di Santa Chiara · Source
• Chiesa di San Nicola dei Greci · Source
• Chiesa dei Santi Pietro e Paolo · Source

Tracks and updates

Source GPS tracks · GPX

Cartographic GPX archive · OpenStreetMap

The five stages of Via del Mare are listed. Via dei Borghi is a separate itinerary that the route manager has declared closed for 2026.

Recorded stages

Coverage and sources

Available stages may include branches: they do not necessarily constitute a single sequence. Credential, water, accommodations and local services must be confirmed with the manager.

Source · www.ministeroturismo.gov.it

Source · www.camminodelsalento.it

Luggage and practical services

Pilgrim credential

The credential records your stamps and journey. It does not reserve a bed or guarantee free accommodation. Check the current rules with the route operator or the Pilgrim Office before departure.

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