1. Weather and holiday timing

San Pietro in Bevagna has a warm and temperate climate with a hot and sunny summer. The winter has a lot more rainfall than the summer. July and August are the hottest months, with an average of 25 °C. The average sea temperature in these months is above 25 °C. The average annual rainfall is 534 mm; 16 mm in July, which is the driest month and 75 mm in November is the wettest. The most popular months are July and August for tourism, but, May, June and September are also warm enough to have a good summer holiday. You can easily swim in the sea until October. Beaches are not only stunning, but also free all over San Pietro in Bevagna.

Ferragosto is an Italian public holiday celebrated on 15 August, which is the typical summer vacation period (around mid-August) for Italians. Mid-August is therefore the most lively (and crowded) time for taking a holiday in Italy. San Pietro in Bevagna nevertheless is practically never unbearably crowded.

More info: here! and here! and here!

2. Smart shopping

There are many groceries, delis, small shops, bakeries in San Pietro in Bevagna. One of the best and largest grocery malls of the village is about 200 meters from Villa Edina (on Via Marina – open all year-around), where you can buy all kinds of food and fruit and household necessities. For large-scale shopping of food and household products the best and cheapest way is to drive to the Eurospin mall in Manduria (about 10 kilometers from Villa Edina).

More info: here!

3. Practicalities in Manduria and San Pietro in Bevagna (post office, police, banks, parking, internet café, pharmacy, doctors, etc.)

You have shops, cafés, bars in San Pietro in Bevagna, but also a pharmacy in the center, a few steps from the beach and also a medical cabinet. Parking is mostly free, except for a very small central area (close to the church, towards the beach where the beach market stands are set up). There are several restaurants with free wifi, there is a (year-round) pizzeria and bar on via Marina, very close to Villa Edina with free wifi (Villa Edina also has it). There is no bank in the village, for this you have to go to Manduria where you can find several banks and ATMs, also post offices, hospital, dentists and police stations. The nearest petrol station is in Manduria, a few hundred meters after crossing the city limit (on the highway coming from San Pietro in Bevagna – to your right).

The telephone code of Italy is +39. The area code for the Province of Taranto is: 099.

Just for you to know: you are in Comune di Manduria in Provincia Taranto (TA) in Regione Puglia.

More info on police, hospitals, banks, doctors, post offices: here!

4. Transportation in and around and airport transfers to San Pietro in Bevagna

There are two international airports in the vicinity of Villa Edina: Bari and Brindisi. Transfer from both airports is easy.

Villa Edina is about an hour drive (60 km) from the Brindisi (Salento) Airport which is served by several airlines, including low cost airlines such as Ryanair from a lot of European cities. If you do not want to rent a car at the airport, you can reserve a transfer service from the airport to San Pietro in Bevagna. Villa Edina can also help you – upon request – to find a transfer.

Bari (Karol Wojtyla) International Airport is about two hours by car from Villa Edina. You can rent a car at the airport, or you can take a bus or a train as well to get there. Villa Edina can also help you – upon request – to find a transfer.

As far as local transport is concerned, the transport company SITA SUD guarantees an urban public transport service between Manduria, Torre Borraco, San Pietro in Bevagna and Torre Colimena (bus line 4). Rail transport is ensured by the Manduria station, part of the Ferrovie del Sud Est circuit with connections to all locations served by the line.

For airport transfer from Brindisi Airport, more info: here!

For airport transfer from Bari Airport, more info: here!

For train and coach more info: here!

For local traffic, more info: here!

5. Basic Italian

Although people in the tourism business speak (some) English, not everybody in Salento is fluent – to put it in a diplomatic way. So a basic knowledge of Italian can help you a lot to get things done smoothly and nicely here.

Basic Italian language material: here!

HAVE A NICE STAY! 

                                    Villa Edina

(And don’t worry, this one is NOT the San Pietro in Bevagna beach on this photo!)