Lecce and around

Live Lecce, discover Salento.

A city of art to explore on foot, and two seas half an hour’s drive away.

01 — The city

Two thousand years in a few steps.

Founded by the Messapians and later the Roman Lupiae, Lecce lived its golden age in the seventeenth century, when architects and stonemasons turned the soft local stone into some of the richest façades, balconies and altars of European baroque.

Today the old town is best discovered on foot, among churches, papier-mâché workshops and squares that come alive in the evening.

  1. 01

    Basilica of Santa Croce

    The emblem of Lecce baroque: a façade carved like lace in golden stone.

  2. 02

    Piazza del Duomo

    An enclosed square, framed on three sides by the Cathedral, its bell tower, the Bishop’s Palace and the Seminary.

  3. 03

    Piazza Sant’Oronzo

    The heart of the city, with the Roman amphitheatre of Lupiae and the column of the patron saint.

  4. 04

    Roman Theatre and Museo Faggiano

    Layers of history beneath the buildings: from Messapian and Roman traces to the Middle Ages.

  5. 05

    The city gates

    Porta Napoli, Porta Rudiae and Porta San Biagio, the historic gateways to the old town.

  6. 06

    Charles V Castle

    The sixteenth-century fortress built for the emperor, now a venue for exhibitions and events.

02 — Flavours

To taste at least once.

Pasticciotto

Shortcrust pastry filled with custard, fresh from the oven at breakfast.

Caffè in ghiaccio

Espresso over ice with almond milk: Lecce’s summer ritual.

Rustico

Puff pastry with béchamel, mozzarella and tomato.

Puccia and frisa

Salento’s breads, to fill or to dress.

Ciceri e tria

Fresh pasta, partly fried, with chickpeas.

Negroamaro and Primitivo

The local reds, best discovered at the winery.

03 — The sea

Adriatic and Ionian, an easy day trip away.

Approximate driving times from the apartment:

  • San Cataldo15 min
  • Torre dell’Orso30 min
  • Torre Sant’Andrea35 min
  • Porto Cesareo35 min
  • Gallipoli40 min
  • Otranto45 min

04 — Getting here

Easy to reach.

Lecce is served by long-distance trains, and Brindisi airport is about 45 minutes away by car.

By air

Brindisi airport, about 46 km: 45 minutes by car, also linked to Lecce by shuttle bus.

By train

Lecce station is 1.4 km away: about 20 minutes on foot or a few minutes by taxi.

By car

Brindisi–Lecce expressway, exit [no.]. Parking: [directions].

Approximate times calculated from Via Abruzzi 21 with OpenStreetMap.

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