Vieste

An ancient history of lanes and small houses overlooking the sea

The gorgeous Vieste is located just a few kilometres from our village, and can easily be reached with our shuttle service.

Here, the blue sea and sky meet the white rows of fishermen houses flanking the lanes of this ancient city, characterized by its rich history and mythology.   

The karst nature of its promontory has led to the formation of the town’s three bays, separated by the Punta di San Francesco, a harsh and steep rocky tip, where the medieval town is located, and by Punta Santa Croce, a lower and flatter tip, where the more recent inhabitations started being built during the nineteenth century.

Vieste surely owes its success as a tourist destination to its coast, but also to its history, which lives on in the town’s watchtowers, cathedrals, castles and “trabucchi”.

The Vieste Cathedral

Dating back to the 1200s, the Vieste Cathedral is located in the higher part of the city and, despite maintaining its original Romanesque plant, the structure has undergone many changes over the course of the years, due to nefarious events such as plundering and earthquakes.  
The church is home to the statue of Saint Mary of Merino, the patroness of the city; each year, the statue is exhibited to the faithful between April 30^th and May 9^th.