Porto Cesareo Trip Report October 2025
Porto Cesareo Trip Report We leave Marotta on Wednesday morning and are in the car and on our way south for 6.20 a.m. It is still dark and there is torrential rain plus plenty of roadworks as far as Pescara. After that, it dries up a little and as traffic gets less and less, I can relax. We stop for lunch in Gioia del Colle at 12.30. There isn’t time to visit the town, but we find a decente ‘rosticceria’ called Ursula and have a couple of slices of foccacia, some fried mozzarella, a dish of pasta al forno and polpette di carne fritte with green beans. Plus a large beer, water, and two coffees for 31 euros. Is it expensive? Andrea thinks so, I don’t. We continue our journey but by now I’m tired. We take the coast road from Taranto south and stop to inspect Campomarino di Pulsano. There’s quite a lot of litter in the area compared with other parts of Puglia, and it’s still cloudy and threatening rain. It’s a relief to finally arrive in Porto Cesareo where our apartment has a splendid vie...
