The variant to Brindisi leads us to San Vito dei Normanni, a little town that preserves the remains of battlemented walls and a feudal castle dating back to the XV century. San Vito was an important town during the Middle Ages and gave hospitality to a Slavic colony, thus gaining until 1863 the nickname San Vito degli Schiavoni.

The Baroque parish of S. Maria della Vittoria was erected to commemorate the victory of Lepanto. Its surroundings are very interesting: 1.5 kilometres from San Vito, on the side of a hollow is dug the Grotto of S. Biago; about 60 square meters with a small apse and frescoes, probably dating back to the XIII and XIV century, illustrating the various evangelical events.

About 2 km past the Grotto of S. Biagio, near the Masseria Cafaro, we find the Grotto of S. Giovanni with frescoes dating back to the end of the XII century, some of them showing clear Byzantine influences, and an iconostasis.

Nearby the Masseria Campi Distrutta we find the remains of a huge building work: it is the "Limitone", olso known as the Greek “Paretone”.

It is a wall 2 kilometres long, 6.5 meters wide and 1.5 meter high, dating back probably to the VIII century. Several assumptions have been made about its final destination.

Along the variant from Nardò to Lecce we meet Galatina with the church of S. Caterina d'Alessandria built at the end of the fourteenth century, with a tricuspidal façade and the frescoed interior. Worth of a visit are also the church of SS. Pietro e Paolo, with the magnificent Baroque facade and the octagonal church of the Anime, also in Baroque-style.