Grotte Castellana is Italy's longest natural subterranean network of limestone caves, over 3 km long, containing stalagmites and stalactites, crystals formations and a fascinating variety of dripstones. Guided tours, in different languages, take place throughout the year. There are two routes, one at 1km long and taking about 50 minutes and the other at 3km long takes approximately 2 hours.
Cheese Making at Masseria Seppunisi where in addition to learning the art of making various local cheeses, including the mozzarella, a staple part of the Italian diet, you will visit the stables and see the cattle and discover the breeding and selection techniques, used to ensure that the animals are healthy and produce the best quality milk.
Dolphin Watching is organised by the Jonian Dolphin Conservation who raise the financial means to carry out research to preserve and protect marine mammals in the Gulf of Taranto by organising dolphin watching days at sea. By joining the scientific teams you can experience watching dolphins in their naturall environment.
The boats have been specifically designed to enable visitors to actively participate in research activities. Advance booking is required for this trip.
Egnazia Water Park is a large park
featuring water slides, a kids' activity pool, a lazy river, a wave
pool, a bucking bronco over the main pool, dance and
acqua gym sessions and plenty of sunbeds and other relaxation
areas. Check for discount vouchers on their website.
Querce Water Park located on the outskirts of Martina Franca, is smaller and quieter than the Egnazia water park and is more suited the younger child. Although it has the usual slides and pools etc these are unlikely to be enough of a 'thrill' for the older teenagers. However, this fact is compensated in that everything here is very reasonably priced, including the restaurant.
The Zoo Safari in Fasano is perfect for a family day out. There is a drive through area where the animals are free to roam in an environment that has been designed with the original habitat of each species in mind. Once through the safari area you can park the car and take a ride in the panoramic train to watch the brown bears, polar bears, seals, hippos and rhinos, take a train through the monkey village, watch the dolphin show, etc. When you tire of watching animals there is a small amusement park with rides that most age groups will enjoy.
