In the Regional Natural Park Dune Costiere from Torre Canne to Torre San Leonardo you can enjoy several activities to discover the landscapes, the biodiversity, the agricultural traditions, historical and archaeological sites, and the local food.

There are local organizations actively collaborating with the Park to promote these experiences in this amazing protected area.

So you can discover the park on foot through the coastal dunes, ponds behind the dunes, ancient olive groves, pastures, medieval stone settlements, historic farms and ancient underground presses. To do this, you’ll be guided by the certified guides of Serapia end Gaia coop. Association, recognized for their commitment for environmental sustainability. 

Among the beautiful events organized by Gaia Association, there are the Thursday evening guided free hikes, among the Morelli river dunes and the Archaeological Park of Santa Maria d´Agnano, where a 28,000 year old woman was found with her son still in the womb.

Thanks to Madeira Ass., you can visit by bike the protected area along dirt roads and ancient streets such as the Via Traiana, built in the Second Century a.d. by the emperor Trajan to connect Rome to the port of Brindisi. The same streets that you’ll travel by bikes were used in medieval times by the Crusaders and the many pilgrims who ventured from Apulia Ports to the Holy Land.

The Association Gli Ulivi leads horseback and carriage rides to discover the Park and its farms, olive groves and the Montalbano Dolmen, a megalithic monument of the second millennium BC.

By snappy and colorful twizy - electric two-seater quadricycles – you’ll enjoy the magnificent olives plain landscapes between Ostuni and Fasano, until the rocky Park of Lama d´Antico and the ancient city of Egnazia. ForPlay offers a twizy rental service with the tour run by the cooperative Serapia.

If, instead, you want to discover the agri-food typical products, Gaia and Serapia give you the chance to explore the farms under the Park’s Brand to know, among others, the Pezze di Greco typical figs, tomatoes “Regina” of Torre Canne, Senatore Capplli wheat, extra virgin olive oil produced by olive trees of Salento of Ogliarola varieties and cheeses obtained from farming on the pastures all the way to the sea.

The cooperative Serapia also organizes walks in the moonlight by the sea, literary tours and walks in search for owls in the monumental olive groves, laboratories to discover the biodiversity of edible wild plants and their traditional uses in the kitchen. For all tours, reservation is required.

Feel free to ask for more information contacting the Park Dune Costiere office, calling the number +39 348 1638228, and emailing at info@parcodunecostiere.org, or contacting the information center set up at the former Roadman’s House ANAS - Fasano Montalbano Albergabici, accessible from the former SS 16 Ostuni - Fasano.

The Albergabici, until September 30^th 2016, will be open on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays from 10.00 to 14.00. Here you will learn about all the initiatives of the Park and rent a bike.