Salento: place of historical and cultural heritages, of centenary culinary traditions and above all of natural beauties, among which marvellous beaches and crystal clear water bays. In this area of the Heel of Italy, you get lost in breathtaking and scenic landscapes and in Roca Vecchia, between the coastal locations of San Foca and Torre dell'Orso, there is one of the most suggestive and visited attractions all over Apulia. The so-called "Salento Pearl" is the renowned Poetry Cave: a natural pool at 30 metres from the seaside.
Its popularity is due to popular legends and historical testimonials which animate it. As its name suggests, this natural pool was previously a cave: it was therefore covered by rock that has been eroded over time and collapsed by rain, sea and karst phenomena. The term posìa, deriving from Greek, names a place where you can find fresh water to drink, a source now extinct. However, the beauty of the Cave, with its emerald water and its white rocks, is also linked to a special legend: it is told that a charming princess used to swim in its water and that poets and singers, enchanted by the girl, would write poems and songs in her honor. It is obviously an invented history to justify the name of the cave, but the human presence in this historical site is proved by testimonials left here, such as Messapian inscriptions (but also Greeks and Latins) discovered on the walls in God Taotor honor. A few metres from here you could also admire remains of city walls, ruins of a sixteenth-century watchtower and of a manor overlooking the sea and the sanctuary of the Madonna di Roca, dating back to the seventeenth century.
It should be remembered and underlined that since last year there is a bathing ban in force, as the cliffs surrounding the Poetry Cave are increasingly fragile, but access to the archaeological area of Roca Vecchia is in any case possible from 9 to 19 by paying a ticket that allows you to visit the area and participate in events and workshops.
There is certainly no shortage of beautiful beaches in the surroundings where you can bathe and swim in equally beautiful waters, like Torre dell'Orso.
The Potery Cave can be easily reached from our villas in Puglia , like Trullo Pascarosa and Lamia Santo Arcangelo
