Baia dei Turchi

Otranto, Salento · 🇮🇹 Italy

A pinewood-backed strand where Ottoman raiders once landed, now a protected turquoise bay.

Sea temperature

~25°C in the warm season

Water

Clear emerald-turquoise

Sand

Soft golden-white sand

Swimming

Clean and gently shelving

Best time to visit

Jun-Sep

Setting

Protected pine woodland behind the dunes

Beach type

Wild & scenic

Region

Europe

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Photo: paolo dagani (CC BY 3.0) · source