Hotels Ugento, Guesthouses Ugento and Residences Ugento

Situated few kilometres far from the Ioanian Coast in the province of Lecce, Ugento is a thriving tourist centre which is scattered with plenty of outstanding artistic, cultural and historical beauties. The nearby seaside resort of Torre San Giovanni is a traditional tourist mecca, an unspoiled protected area included into Ugento's Coastal Park which is populated by rare species of animals and plants.

Ugento gathers a remarkably wide array of accommodation options and targeted tourist services and facilities. 3-star guesthouses and luxury 4-star hotels are situated near the main highlights of the old town, which also gathers plenty of cheap bed and breakfasts. The popular seaside resorts which surround Ugento's municipality are provided with modern services and facilities which are aimed at welcoming increasing numbers of tourists who decide to spend their summer holidays at guesthouses situated near the beach and cheap inns, the ideal accommodation facilities for both families and groups of friends.

Those staying in Ugento will have the possibility to admire the outstanding natural and historical beauties of this charming area of the Salentine Peninsula and to spend relaxing seaside holidays while discovering local usages and customs and the inestimable treasures cherished by the old town and the surrounding area, which are both scattered with well-preserved artistic masterpieces.
The most important evidences dating back to the ancient history of Ugento, such as the prehistoric archaeological finds, megaliths and funerary monuments which were unearthed in the lush countrysides surrounding Ugento, the copy of a bronze statue depicting Zeus and the remains of an impressive temple which celebrated him, are cherished by Ugento's Civic Municipal Museum, which is hosted inside the former Franciscan monastery of the old town.
The remains of the walls and castle of Ugento, the latter being built in the XIII century, bear witness to the Saracen invasion which destroyed most of the buildings which had been erected before the XVI century. Not to be missed are the seventeenth-century palaces of the old town, such as Palazzo Gigli and Palazzo Colosso, as well as the Cathedral, erected in 1700 over the ruins of an ancient Gothic church. The area surrounding the old town is punctuated with impressive buildings dating back to most ancient ages, such as the Church of Casale, built between ‘300 and ‘400 on the top of a hill situated outside the city walls, which contains prestigious Byzantine frescos.