Porto Cesareo Coastal & Archeological Tour: Swim & Discover Mediterranean History

What's included

Itinerary

1. 1

   Stop 1

   20min

   The meeting point is at the shade of the tower. There, the characteristics and structure of the tour will be explained, the geography and the history of the region will be introduced and we will get prepared for swimming.

2. 2

   Area Marina Protetta Porto Cesareo

   50min

   From the Tower of Santo Stefano, we we will reach the following archeological sites swimming: - underwater Roman columns (circa 80 m from the shore and 5 m depth). Due to water trasparency these columns can be seen already putting the head under the water. So, it is not necessary to dive deep for seeing them. - underwater tombs (circa 60 m from the shore and 2 m depth). SWIMMING: The minimun distances to be swimm are: 1) from the tower to the Roman columns and back = ca. 160 m, and 2) from the tower to underwater tombs and back = ca. 120 m. In case the participants will prefer swimming over walking, the swimming distance reached during the tour could be extended to circa 500 m. The participants have to consider that the swimming conditions are strongy related to waves, streams and atmospheric conditions. These conditions will be assessed before departing. In case of dangerous swimming conditions the tour will be cancelled.

3. 3

   Spiaggia di Torre Chianca

   50min

   Walking along the coast we will reach the following archeological sites: - ancient necropolis - WWII bunker The sites that will be visited on the coast are not farder than 300 m from the Tower of Santo Stefano. The walking will occurr partly on sandy beaches and partly on rocks, which can be slippy or sharp. Thus, it is important that participant consider to bring water shoes.

Before you go

Location