Punta Prosciutto
Una spiaggia che si conquista
Chi arriva a piedi trova un arenile di ghiaia bianca lungo circa un chilometro e mezzo, senza una fila di ombrelloni a interromperlo, con il Conero alle spalle come un guardiano silenzioso. Verso nord, dove lo scoglio del Trave segna il confine della spiaggia, una cava di argilla grigia diventa una spa naturale a cielo aperto: il fango si spalma sulla pelle, si lascia asciugare al sole, si scioglie di nuovo nell'acqua salata, lasciando dietro di sé qualcosa che assomiglia a una pelle nuova.
Let us start with the name, because it is unavoidable. The origin of the name has never been definitively resolved, but it seems to derive from the fact that this area once had shallow, marshy seabeds which were then drained, described in Salentine dialect as "prisutti". From there to prosciutto was not much of a leap. A quirky name for a beach that in 2019 the British newspaper the Telegraph included among the 29 most beautiful beaches in the world. Those you need to see at least once in your life, on a par with Hawaii or Thailand.
Non è una spiaggia per chi cerca comfort immediato. È una spiaggia per chi, dal SeeBay, vuole un'ora di mare più autentica, senza filtri e senza intermediari: solo falesie bianche, silenzio, e un'acqua che qui sembra ancora appartenere solo a se stessa. Chi la raggiunge lo fa quasi sempre una volta, e poi torna.
Punta Prosciutto is one of the most beautiful beaches in Salento and all of Puglia, located in the municipality of Porto Cesareo in the province of Lecce, within the 32-km Marine Protected Area. The beach extends for about 4 km along the Ionian coast of Salento, bounded to the north by Torre Colimena and to the south by Riva degli Angeli, wrapped in ancient Mediterranean scrub. The sea, extraordinarily clear, takes on shades ranging from turquoise to emerald, with shallow sandy bottoms that slope gently. A large part of this paradise consists of free beach: this makes this natural wonder even rarer and more precious. What characterises the shoreline is the presence of so-called "spunnulate", karst depressions filled with water that create a unique habitat for many plant and animal species. The location is part of the nature reserve "Palude del Conte e Duna Costiera", a protected area of over 600 hectares established in 2006, where you can admire precious and rare fauna and flora species, such as the kingfisher, moorhens, marsh bellflowers and bog orchids. The pink flamingos that gather in the nearby salt flats complete a landscape that at certain times of the year is more reminiscent of Africa than Salento.
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