Column: looking for the perfect beach

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Back to the sunshine, the endless heat and back to our search for the perfect Italy beach in the heel of the Italian boot.

After the evening at doppiozero where we met all those sweet, sociable Italians, we ran into them just about every night. Sometimes planned, sometimes unplanned. We ate, we drank, laughed, strolled through the beautiful streets of Lecce.

They took us to restaurants where we would never sit down ourselves, but where we ate wonderfully. Sometimes we met on a beach or for a appetizer at the end of the afternoon. We also received a text message or a Facebook message every morning with the wind direction, including advice for choosing a beach.

The man on the party bike

This is how we were drinking cocktails one evening How Much Enough – an otherwise highly recommended cocktail bar in the center of Lecce, at Via Luisa Amalia Paladini 17, more about that in a future blog article! – and a party bike passed by. A man stepped from it, he took my phone and put his phone number and the address of G-Beach Gallipoli. He then got back on the party bike and continued the journey with the rest of the party.

At that time we had never before G Beach heard. In the course of the evening we asked several people we spoke to and came across which beach would be suitable for the next day. For example, we got the tip from various people to drive towards Gallipoli and to set Google Maps on Lido Punta della Suina.

gallipoli - the perfect beach - punta della suina

On to the perfect beach, on to G-Beach!

We followed the advice and guess what, G Beach was a small beach next to Lido Punta della Suina. Nice to have, we thought! We sent the party bike gentleman a message that we would be spending the day at G-Beach and soon we got a message back that he would be there. And there we went, in our Smart direction Gallipoli to Lido Punta della Suina, to G Beach!

It was a beautiful day and the ride went well. Lido Punta della Suina is not well signposted. We first drove past it full throttle, luckily not too far, so after a small U-turn we arrived at the parking lot where, if I remember correctly, you pay 5 or 6 euros for a day's parking. The parking lot is on the edge of a park, so you don't immediately know how to walk.

For G Beach is a shortcut, where a golden-brown colored girl sits who greets you happily and shows you the way. If you follow the path, you walk a route through the bush and then you slowly see G Beach to show up. A picture. A little paradise.

Blue and transparent

We followed the path, descended to the beach club and felt overjoyed at the sight of the white chairs, the white-painted bar, the sun-tanned staff and then the endless bright blue sea. It was quiet. There were still many beautiful places available, which is always nice.

We walked to the counter where you 'buy' your seats and place your orders for the food and drinks. Before we paid, the party bicycle gentleman came over, he had already reserved seats for us. He led us to our spot on the water, in the middle of the white deck. The umbrella was installed, we dropped our things on the chairs and strolled to the sea.

The water was intensely blue and transparent. The sand on the bottom looked white and it was warm, cooling, but not cold. It was completely windless that day.

The sea remains shallow for a long time, so you can play tennis or walk through the water along the coast. I think we spent 2,5 hours straight in the water. Playing tennis, encouraged by the beach chair crowd.

Burger and Spritz

Then we got hungry. Bee G Beach you can eat well (especially the hamburger is insanely tasty). An Spritz and that's how we got through the day. G Beach seems to be always crowded in high season (May, June, July, August), but in September it is very doable. In the high season there are many parties and they are also very popular, so if the opportunity arises and if you feel like party time, go to G Beach!