Experience the best of Lecce
Lecce is a Baroque city in Italy's heel, built in honey-coloured limestone and carved with flowers, animals and saints on every façade.
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Lecce's soft local limestone could be carved like wood, and the architects of the seventeenth century used it to cover churches and palaces in garlands, cherubs, animals and plants, a style called Leccese Baroque. The Basilica of Santa Croce has the richest façade, and the Piazza del Duomo is a closed square with a campanile. A Roman amphitheatre lies half uncovered in Piazza Sant'Oronzo, and the city is sometimes called the Florence of the South.
Craftsmen in Lecce still make papier-mâché figures, a local tradition, and the Castle of Charles V stands at the edge of the old centre. The Salento peninsula surrounds the city: the Adriatic coast has Otranto, with a cathedral floor in mosaic, and Torre dell'Orso beach, while the Ionian side has Gallipoli and Porto Cesareo. Fortified farmhouses, olive groves and stone walls fill the flat red countryside.
A pasticciotto, a shortcrust pastry filled with custard, is the breakfast of Lecce, taken with caffè leccese, espresso over ice and almond milk. Friselle and rustico, a puff-pastry parcel of tomato and mozzarella, are on every counter, orecchiette fill the menus, and the red wines of Negroamaro and Primitivo come from nearby vineyards.
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Questions about Lecce
- What is there to do in Lecce?
- We list 315 experiences in Lecce. The largest groups are day trips (40), city tours (18).
- What are the top attractions in Lecce?
- Ranked by the experiences that visit them, the top attractions in Lecce are Lecce Basilica of Santa Croce (Basilica Di Santa Croce), Lecce Roman Amphitheatre (Anfiteatro Romano di Lecce), Porta Napoli, Lecce Cathedral (Duomo di Lecce).
- What is the most popular experience in Lecce?
- By number of traveller reviews it is "3 Hour Group Tour by Boat to the Caves of Santa Maria di Leuca", rated 4.9 out of 5 from 745 reviews.
- How long do tours and tickets in Lecce take?
- The typical experience in Lecce lasts about 3 hours; the middle half run between 2 hours and 4.5 hours.
- Can I cancel a booking in Lecce?
- The operator lists free cancellation on 93% of the 315 experiences we hold for Lecce. The cut-off differs by experience and is shown on each product page before you choose a date.
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