La Puritate

Gallipoli


Book ahead to ensure your table at the place for fish in this seafood-loving town. Follow the practically obligatory seafood antipasti with delicious primi (first courses). Anything fishy is good (especially the prawns, swordfish and tuna) and the picture windows allow splendid views of the waters whence it came.


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Nearby Gallipoli attractions

1. Museo Civico

0.04 MILES

Founded in 1878, this dusty museum of history and natural history is a 19th-century time capsule, featuring fish heads, ancient sculptures, a 3rd-century…

2. Frantoio Ipogeo

0.05 MILES

This is only one of some 35 olive presses buried in the tufa rock below the town. It was here, between the 16th and early 19th centuries, that local…

3. Cattedrale di Sant'Agata

0.09 MILES

On the island, Gallipoli's 17th-century cathedral is a baroque beauty that could compete with anything in Lecce. Not surprisingly, Giuseppe Zimbalo, who…

4. Farmacia Provenzana

0.16 MILES

Now housing a cosmetics and fragrance shop, this beautifully decorated pharmacy dates to 1814.

5. Basilica di Santa Caterina d'Alessandria

13.23 MILES

Most people come to Galatina to see the incredible 14th-century Basilica di Santa Caterina d’Alessandria. Its interior is a kaleidoscope of frescoes and…

7. Chiesa del Rosario

22.77 MILES

Also known as the Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista (Church of John the Baptist), this elaborately fronted church was prodigious Leccese architect Giuseppe…

8. Museo Faggiano

22.88 MILES

Descend through Lecce's rich historical strata in this fascinating home-turned-museum, where sewerage excavations led to the chance discovery of an…