Salento

Hercules Economou and his listeners - fellow travellers will be welcoming 2025 with a week-long tribute to tarantella, this beautiful dance style that has originated from Southern Italy and especially from the Griko-speaking villages of the Salento area.On Monday, 30.12 we will be getting our first...

At the southernmost tip of Apulia, in the Salento peninsula, a sign along the road connecting Lecce to Otranto, reads ”Kalos Irtate”. This indicates that you are entering Grecia Salentina, one of the two Greek-speaking regions of Southern Italy. Here, the locals -known as Griko people or ...