"Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree."

~ Martin Luther

Basiliani Resort Hotel & Spa is located in Otranto, a famous tourist resort in the far eastern edge of the Italian peninsula named Salento (Puglia). The city, thanks to its geographical location, is a natural gateway between Western and Eastern civilizations, and represented, since antiquity, the point of connection and integration of socio-cultural and artistic experiences for ethnic groups from different backgrounds.

"Nobody sees a flower really; it is so small. We haven't time, and to see takes time - like to have a friend takes time."

~ Georgia O'Keeffe

"The Lord can give, and the Lord can take away. I might be herding sheep next year."

~ Elvis Presley

"Let every dawn be to you as the beginning of life, and every setting sun be to you as its close."

~ John Ruskin

"Cats have it all - admiration, an endless sleep, and company only when they want it."

~ Rod McKuen