'According to legend, a stunning muse once bathed in this constellation of limestone pools, known ever since as the Grotta della Poesia (Grotto of Poetry). To bards from miles around, both lady and lagoon were an inexhaustible source of inspiration; one of them still is. Summer visitors to Puglia’s Salento Peninsula flock to these Adriatic waters'.  Condé Nast Taveller Magazine has recently comissioned Massimo Vitali to photograph some of the most beautiful natural swimming holes around the world. Check out more of Massimo's work here