Salento is the South part of Puglia region: that strip of land that forms the heel of the boot (lo Stivale).
The peninsula in ancient times was known as Terra d’Otranto or as Messapia.
It is located between 2 wonderful seas: the Ionian on the West & the Adriatic on the East. More than 250 Km of coast line.
Zollino is the name of the small village where we are located and it's is placed in the center of Salento: the perfect location to travel around!
(English) Salento
Salento is that portion of Italian land where the West meets the East, point of fusion among ancient civilizations of the Mediterranean; an earth to be discovered, kissed by the sun and by a crystalline sea. Salento is a coffer rich of inestimable treasures: medieval white stone villages built perpendicularly to the sea, innumerable evidences of 
ancient civilization, country churches, Romanesque Cathedrals, monumental Basilicas, ‘federician’ castles, archaeological areas (dolmen, menhir), uncontaminated oases, millenary olive groves, park and sea reserves, splendid carsic caves, suggestive and unique “Trulli” houses, the Baroque art, sacred and pagan rites, local fairs, feasts, perfumes and tastes and the deliciousness of an authentic and genuine kitchen.
WHY HERE?
Salento is a peaceful land full of history and traditions whose strong points are its natural and architectural beauty, its hospitality and music, its warm sun, its blue sky, its crystal sea and its dreamlike coast. Salento is also famous for its nature; there are 1390 different species of flower and plants. Remarkable landscapes and environments, among them the Alimini Lakes (Adriatic coast), and Porto Selvaggio.
Salento’s coasts are varied, and can be sandy or rocky, but all boast pristine beaches and crystal-clear waters. Some of the most renowned locations in Salento for summer holidays are: Otranto, Torre dell’Orso, Santa Cesarea Terme, Santa Maria di Leuca, Ugento, Porto Cesareo, Gallipoli.
The food is delicious, the vegetables here grow tasty and fresh because of the sun intensity and the fertile soil: some of the finest olive trees and grapes grow here, and their products are exported worldwide.
Salento embraces the whole province of Lecce, with 97 villages and 39 small hamlets surrounded by the green of secular olive groves, and vineyards. It has white houses, narrow and winding roads, local dialects.