Where to Next?: Oct 23 – Gallipoli, Italy

Friday, 23 October 2026

Oct 23 – Gallipoli, Italy

we are here

Weather – 24º

a slice of Gallipoli life

Steps – 11,550

Gallipoli is a small fishing village of only 18,700 people. We spend the morning on a walking tour throughout the old town. The tourist infrastructure isn’t terribly developed, so there are few guides. I suppose we are lucky to be on this tour, originally, we were on a wait list. The lack of guides may account for the large number with each guide – about 40 with each guide! That is a huge number, but we all had listening devices and no having to get on and off buses, this isn’t terrible.

Gallipoli sea side

The first thing we stop to see are the many fishermen bringing in their catches

fresco in the entry way to a building

and selling. It was interesting to see them pulling fish from nets and arranging the fish to be sold. All of this took place right on the dock.

There are many churches in Gallipoli despite the small population – we visited 3 - the 17th-century Cathedral of Saint Agatha was the highlight.

St Agatha Cathedral

We also visited an ancient underground olive oil press and the exterior of Gallipoli Castle.

A local beer or spritz is usually on our agenda, but we weren’t really feeling it today, so we headed back to the ship for lunch and a relaxing afternoon.

St Agatha interior

Dinner was with the ship’s captain tonight. Whenever we are invited to eat with any of the ship’s staff we accept. We aren’t ones to ask to share a table – that is a lot of a commitment. We are happy to chat at the bar, on a tour, or randomly to the people who sit at the table next to us. In fact, we chatted with a lovely couple from Manchester, England at lunch today who sat at the table next to us. We predicted that dinner with the captain would be a large crowd and we were right. This doesn’t make for easy conversation. Nonetheless, it was a fun evening.