{"id":43354,"date":"2026-11-05T09:47:49","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T08:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salentoprime.com\/?p=43354"},"modified":"2026-11-05T09:47:49","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T08:47:49","slug":"porto-miggiano-what-to-see-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salentoprime.com\/en\/porto-miggiano-what-to-see-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Porto Miggiano, Santa Cesarea Terme: cosa vedere e guida 2027 [GUIDA]"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Looking for a bay of turquoise sea enclosed by high rock walls, reached on foot down a long flight of steps? This guide takes you to Porto Miggiano, the small inlet of Santa Cesarea Terme known as the Spiaggia dei 100 scalini, on Salento\u2019s Adriatic coast between Santa Cesarea and Castro: how to get there, how to get down to the little beach, the sixteenth-century Torre Miggiano, the old stone quarries, the spa town and everything there is to see nearby, with practical tips and local curiosities.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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In short<\/h2>

Porto Miggiano, also called the Baia di Porto Miggiano or the Spiaggia dei 100 scalini, is a coastal locality of Santa Cesarea Terme (Lecce), on Salento\u2019s Adriatic coast, about 1 km from the town centre and 5 km from Castro. It is a small rocky cove in a U-shaped inlet, with turquoise, crystal-clear sea and a small beach at the foot of the cliff, reached by a flight of about a hundred steps. Next to the bay there are a small tourist harbour and the Torre Miggiano, a sixteenth-century coastal tower now in ruins. There are no beach clubs: arrive early and bring reef shoes. The best months are June and September.<\/p><\/blockquote>

What is Porto Miggiano?<\/h2>

Porto Miggiano is a coastal locality in the municipality of Santa Cesarea Terme, on Salento\u2019s Adriatic side, just south of the spa town, towards Castro. It is inhabited almost only in summer and includes a bay squeezed between high limestone cliffs, with a little beach at the far end, a small tourist harbour, the traces of the old carparo stone quarries and the watchtower built against pirate raids.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Porto Miggiano is a stretch of high coast, where the coast road runs along the top of the cliff and below it an amphitheatre-shaped bay opens up: layered walls of pale rock, Mediterranean scrub, a lone rock in the middle of the water and, at the far end, a small beach of sand and shingle among rocks and blocks of stone. A little further south, on the rocky plateau facing the open sea, are the small harbour and the tower; all around are campsites, hotels and holiday homes. In winter it is almost deserted; in summer it is one of the best-loved spots on the coast between Otranto and Castro.<\/p>

This is not the place for long beaches with facilities: to get into the water you have to go down the steps and move around on the rocks, and the seabed drops away fairly quickly. In return you get one of the clearest seas on Salento\u2019s Adriatic side, perfect for swimming and looking at the seabed with a mask. In this guide you will find how to get there, how to get down to the little beach, what to see and how to plan your day, in Santa Cesarea Terme and nearby too.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Index<\/h2>