Tour of Polignano a Mare in Ape Calessino

Statue of Domenico Modugno

Pass by, no stop

A cove just outside Polignano in the direction of Monopoli. Port'Alga is characterized by a stone door that leads to the rocks. From here it is possible to admire the rock of the hermitage and the coastal part of Polignano a Mare.

10 min

sunny, not far from the center of Polignano a Mare, a few meters away from the mainland, to the south, lies the majestic and solitary "Lo Scoglio dell'Eremita".

Thanks to a comfortable promenade, slightly outside the historic center of Polignano, it is possible to reach it with our pleasant tour in a gig.

5 min

The current monumental complex would have arisen on the ruins of the Turris Caesaris, a Roman construction overlooking the "Marian" port named after the consul Caius Marius, who probably passed through here in his countryside in Asia between the 2nd and 1st centuries BC. In the early Middle Ages it was the religious building was built from scratch to house the oriental monks. When in 1090 the lands passed under the domination of Goffredo, count of Conversano, his son Alessandro, devoted to San Vito for the miraculous recovery of his son, decided to enrich the Abbey of San Vito.

10 min

Marquis Arch

Pass by, no stop