How to See Both Sides of Polignano a Mare, Polignano a Mare, Italy

Most people photograph Polignano a Mare in Southern Italy from the famous bridge — but the real magic happens when you step onto a boat and look back.

The first needs you to travel briefly back in time. Back to 2016. This is when we first hit the road for our infamous ‘gap year’ that turned into forever. At the time, I did a ton of research looking for must see destinations. Pins appeared all over Europe. One of which was a world-famous restaurant, in a cave, in southern Italy.

A pin, that over time fell off the radar, physically and mentally. Roll on to 2026, and last week this cave restaurant popped back into my mind. Hitting Google my inner sleuth set about locating it. Boom! There it was – Polignano a Mare. Just an hour down the road. I headed for it like a homing pigeon.

The second factor is that I am two months into healing a broken ankle. Our travel spirits have, as you can imagine been severely tested. So I was focused on finding a way to see this beautiful town if not explore it in the way we would normally. And it took just a mere few hours to think outside the box and come up with a solution. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).