Isola Grande
The stretch of sea between Porto Cesareo and Torre Chianca is scattered with aits and outcropping cliffs. The largest one is Isola Grande, at less than 1 km from the coast where the town of Porto Cesareo rises. The island, parallel to the coast, is about 1 km long and no more than about 400 meters wide, with a maximum height of 4 meters above sea level.
You can even walk along the stretch of sea separating the island from Porto Cesareo, since the maximum depth of the canal is only 1.3m.
The irregular shape of the island creates three inlets, two facing the inland and one facing the open sea; on the seabed of one of these bays, in 1973, some divers found a golden ring with letters of the Phoenician alphabet on it, the evidence that this stretch of sea has been a destination or a passageway for sailors of all epochs.
