A beautiful day, temperatures are much more bearable around 23 degrees and the winds of the past couple of days have dropped as we take advantage of the shuttle bus from site to the Old Town of Gallipoli…
Dating back some 3000 years the city was built on an island by the Greeks with the connecting bridge being built during the 17th C and officially joining Italy in 1861. The city sits within fortified walls and probably only took about 20 minutes to walk at a leisurely pace around the outside. A stunning yellow sandy beach occupies the seaward side of the island, popular on this warm afternoon with incredible clear turquoise waters….
Around the city a number of bars and restaurants have seating along the perimeter wall making the most of the incredible views with some pretty novel bars….
We wandered into the narrow streets of Gallipoli enjoying the the cool shade and a break from the sun. With just one main street and only a few shops and bars dotted about elsewhere the rest of the streets were mostly empty for us to mooch at our own pace….
One shop that did look rather out of place though was this Christmas shop!…
We then wandered back onto the perimeter wall and made our way around in the opposite direction….
And eventually left the island and walked back into the the newer part of Gallipoli as it spreads down along the rocky coastline….
Taking a last look back towards the castle and island before catching our shuttle back to site….
A pretty Old Town but it won’t take you long to look around, we managed a couple of hours and enjoyed it, but that was pushing it, though we didn’t stop and have a drink or anything to eat.
Today’s stats:
- Miles walked – 6
- Beaches – 1
- Shuttle Bus – £2.54
- O/N – £16.00
