POLIGNANO A MARE, WHITE CLIFFS OF APULIA

Drestige Boutique is a clothing outlet located in Polignano a Mare, a stop every year for tourists in love with the beautiful crystal clear sea, excellent food and hospitable people. In order to allow Italian and foreign tourists to buy clothes of well-known brands, we started a clothing outlet, spurred on also by the success of our e-commerce site, quickly becoming a point of reference for the quality of the proposals and the many offers we periodically organise.

ONE OF THE MOST SPECTACULAR AND POPULAR LOCATIONS ON THE APULIAN COAST

Polignano a Mare has been a popular stop for many tourists for years, especially for the beautiful landscapes on the Adriatic Sea and the high cliffs perfect for walking and hiking.

The city where our clothing outlet is located has also quickly become one of the most popular destinations for foreign tourists interested in visiting the birthplace of Domenico Modugno, author of the most famous Italian song in the world: Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu.

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ALL LANES LEAD TO THE SEA

Polignano a Mare is a town with a long history, inhabited since Neolithic times and later becoming the site of several medieval strongholds. Worthy of note is the Marchesale Arch, built in 1500 and the only access to the town until 1780 with its drawbridge hiding the moat that once protected the town.

Every street in Polignano a Mare preserves the style and traditions of the era in which it was built, making our city the perfect stop for tourists who love to explore and lose themselves in medieval architecture.

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A selfie at Lama Monachile,

a small beach with turquoise water

You will certainly find the 13th-century Chiesa Matrice, the Marchesale palace, home of the feudal lords, the Orologio palace and the four defensive towers. The most photographed place in Polignano a Mare is its turquoise-water beach, Lama Monachile, always very crowded in the summer months: the bridge behind it is built over a Roman bridge of the Via Traiana, the Rome-Brindisi road of antiquity, which passed right through here. Next to it, on the promenade, you will see the statue dedicated to the most famous Polignanese in the world, the singer Domenico Modugno.

On the opposite side of town, again with a spectacular sea view, is the beautiful museum of the Fondazione Pino Pascali, an artist originally from Polignano who died in the 1960s, which exhibits contemporary art.

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What to see around

in Polignano a Mare

You can savour the atmosphere of Polignano a Mare by walking along the cliffs and descending to the shoreline from which the view of the white city is spectacular. A forty-minute walk in the direction of Nola, between the delightful bays of Ponte dei Lapilli and Porto Cavallo, both ideal for bathing, takes you to the village of San Vito, unmistakable for the presence of the remains of the abbey of the same name dating back to the 9th century, to the time of the Basilian monks who took refuge in these lands to escape the iconoclastic struggles of the Byzantine Empire.

Not to be missed is the splendid Cala San Giovanni, a unique beach that has won several national awards and is constantly Blue Flagged

Cala San Giovanni is a place like few others. A beach of fine golden sand set in a natural cove, surrounded by a lush pine forest and unique caves carved by time. Let yourself be pampered by the sea breeze while lying comfortably on your sunbed, immerse yourself in the deepest relaxation of our crystal-clear sea.

A little further on is the quadrangular tower of San Vito in front of a stretch of sea that looks like a natural swimming pool. By day and by night, you will never be alone in this idyllic place, which is also full of clubs and restaurants: Polignano's movida comes here.

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Caves and cliff diving

There are about twenty caves that the sea has created with the force of its waves on the cliff on which Polignano rises: the largest is the Palazzese cave, so called because it is located under a noble palace from which it could be accessed. Today, the palace has been transformed into a five-star hotel that has created restaurant rooms in the natural recesses of the cliff and the cave remains accessible by sea.

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What to eat in Polignano al mare

On one of the many terraces overlooking the cliffs, in Polignano's many restaurants, you can enjoy dishes of seafood crudités, a mixture of cuttlefish, prawns, scampi and many other fish depending on the season and the catch. For those who prefer their fish well cooked, then the dish to try is rice, potatoes and mussels.

Another local speciality is the sweet Polignano carrot, grown right in the area of San Vito Abbey and recognised as a Slow Food presidium.