Pista Go-Kart Maruggio

In the heart of the Salento, in Maruggio in the province of Taranto in Apulia, the Karting Maruggio runs an outdoor track on the Ionian Salento, a short drive from the Marina di Maruggio. The site sits in a rural setting typical of the western Salento: olive-grove plains (with millenary olive trees), traditional Apulian masserie, dry-stone walls and a view over the Ionian Sea. It is used by Taranto locals for outings with friends and by Ionian Salento-Manduria-Gallipoli holiday-makers.

When it comes to driving, the outdoor track suits adult and experienced drivers, in the bright Salento setting. Several engine sizes are available, with higher-powered karts for regulars used to timed sessions. Conditions follow the Apulian Mediterranean climate: a fast, dry track most of the year, under the strong sun of the Mezzogiorno. The site hosts enthusiast sessions, motorsport-focused stag and hen groups, corporate events and club days from the Taranto and Lecce areas.

Maruggio is thirty-five minutes from Taranto, one hour from Lecce and thirty minutes from Manduria. The region offers plenty more to see: the Marina di Maruggio and Campomarino and their Salento beaches, the historic centre of Manduria and the Archaeological Park of the Messapian Walls, the Baroque historic centre of Lecce 'the Florence of the South' (Basilica of Santa Croce, Piazza del Duomo), Otranto and the famous Cathedral with the medieval Tree of Life mosaic, Gallipoli 'beautiful city' and its old town on an islet, the Grotta della Poesia, or a side trip to the MArTA Archaeological Museum in Taranto. Karting in Maruggio is a sport option for Ionian Salento holiday-makers.