Top Lecce Art & Culture

Lecce is best known for its sumptuous baroque architecture, but the city has an equally rich cuisine worth exploring. Discover both its cultural treasures and gastronomic delights with this tour that combines a guided walk past the Basilica of Santa Croce, the cathedral, and other highlights of the historic center with stops to sample traditional specialties like savory “rustico” and “frisella” pastries, and the sweet custard-filled “pasticciotto”.

- Learn how to make orecchiette "pasta fresca" in the heart of Lecce old town with the locals and in a wonderful location over an incredible Baroque view - Enjoy a guided wine experience with local experts and learn the ins and outs of Puglia wine production - make pasta and taste wine with the locals in a wonderful location with a gorgeous view

You'll have the opportunity to get to know a local tour guide and to walk in his company listening to the history and characteristics of Lecce.

Get an authentic taste of local culture during this 3-hour cooking class in a private Lecce estate. Join the estate’s owners, both professional sommeliers, to create a meal of Pugliese specialties, and then enjoy your meal with a selection of fine wine.

Immerse yourself in the history and culture of Lecce on a leisurely bike tour. Pedal through the flat, bike-friendly streets and piazzas with a local guide and visit highlights like the Basilica of Santa Croce, Piazza del Duomo, and the ruins of an ancient Roman amphitheater. Enjoy the fresh air and flexibility of a 2-wheeled tour, and stop often to snap photos, browse local boutiques, and sample regional food and wine.

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Book a boat trip to the Caves of Santa Maria di Leuca, and enjoy stops to swim and snorkel along the way. In a small group of just 12 travelers, you’ll cruise past Punta Ristola, the southern tip of the Puglia region, as well as Punta Meliso, on your route to the caves. You’ll learn about the coastal scenery as you go, and have chance to check out other caves in the area, too.

The "Alexander" allows you to experience the best Boat Party at sunset in Salento. The service can be used in the afternoon (17:00 - 20:00) and, in addition to the two rest stops, it always includes the best national DJs and vocalists and / or live music to make the Boat Party the experience you were looking for for your holidays!

The site on which the Jewish Museum of Lecce stands is the fulcrum of the ancient Jewish quarter, as there was the fifteenth-century synagogue. Today its undergrounds are part of a historical itinerary accessible by the visitor. During the visit we observe the tanks used for ritual ablutions (mikwa’ot), the door jamb space in which a mezuzah was housed and the remains of the ecclesiastical building whose perimeter is substantially the same as the pre-existing synagogue. Available languages: Italian, English, French, Spanish.

Some of Salento's — also called the Peninsola Salentina — loveliest towns lie just south of Lecce on the "heel" of boot-shaped Italy. With this tour, save time by visiting four of the region's most characteristic towns in one day, stopping at cathedrals, baroque churches, castles, and public fountains along the way. Let your guide takes care of the itinerary and a driver southern Italy's narrow highways.

Independent travelers will enjoy this 3-stop tour in Puglia, which provides transportation from Lecce but allows you to explore on your own. There's no need to rent a car; just sit back and enjoy the scenery on the way to Ostuni, Alberobello, and Polignano a Mare. Explore each town on your own, with some tips from your guide if you wish.

The historic center of Lecce is one of the most interesting in Puglia. The particularity of its Baroque architecture derives from the ability of local artists and architects who, between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries, have done something unique thanks to the quality of the tender local stone. Our tour will be a journey through time, from the splendor of the Roman Empire to contemporary Lecce. An elegant and refined city where churches and ancient buildings alternate artisan workshops (especially papier-mache), shops and places where you can taste typical products.

The visit starts from Santa Croce church, jewel of Lecce's Baroque, and continues Sant'Oronzo Square, where you can see the Old Tawn Hall "Sedile", the Roman Column and Amphiteatre, important remains of Lecce's glorous Roman heritage. Walking through Corso Vittorio Emanuele street, you will see historical buildings of the 16th, 17th and 18h century and Sant'Irene church. Then u will visit Duomo square, with the Archbishop's Residence, the Seminary, the Bell Tower and the Cathedral. The tour will take you to the underground Jewish Museum, situated in the core of the jewish area, and in particular on the remains of the Sinagogue, with its mikveh and mezuzah. Here in the cellar of the museum is the start of a journey into Medieval Lecce, a journey into what is still even today largely unexplored.

Enjoy an up-close experience of Puglia’s picturesque countryside on this languidly paced, full-day bike tour. Meet your guide, set off from Lecce, and continue onwards to Acaya, where you’ll see its historical castle and stop for light refreshments. Then, head to the Adriatic coastline and go for a refreshing swim before visiting Le Cesine Nature Reserve: the region’s last-remaining wetland habitat. Finally, bike back to Lecce along scenic country lanes.

This tour will give you the opportunity to visit, independently, three of the most picturesque towns in Salento: Otranto, Santa Maria di Leuca and Gallipoli. A scenic route from the Adriatic to the Ionian Sea, between rocky coasts, small bays and white Caribbean-style beaches.

We will take a 2-hour tour of the streets and alleys of the historic center, among classical buildings, baroque churches and Roman monuments ...! Lecce is a precious gem, with a clear blue sky and golden palaces, it amazes us with the elaborate facades of the buildings and churches in the Baroque style and with the interiors that explode in a symphony of angels, cherubs, saints and flowers! it is a magical place, where time seems to have stopped!

discovering PUGLIA !! pick up 9,30am directly from your accomodation we will go to some of the most popular destinations in Italy!! LECCE visits the pugliese baroque city! the florence of the southern! transport to GALLIPOLI (on the way stop on beautiful beaches!!! PUGLIA is considered the Carribee of Europe! than visit of Gallipoli (the seacity) twice promenade (3000 years old) seems like "attached" to the sky... and a wonderful turquoise from the sea! Enjoy!!

From Porta Napoli, start this exciting experience with an expert, funny, local guide, that will be there exclusively for you and ready to reply to all your questions. Walking off the beaten paths, discover the most beautiful noble palaces, like Palazzo Adorno and its façade diamond-shaped. Learn histories about the families who lived in the town in past centuries and curious anecdotes about the buildings that you will pass. See the jewels of Baroque architecture like Basilica of Santa Croce and Piazza Sant'Oronzo with the "Sedile" the old city Hall. Let yourself be attracted by the soft atmosphere in Piazza Duomo, the unique closed square with it's baroque jewels: the old Seminary, the bell tower and the church.

Explore Puglia's gems—including Lecce and Gallipoli—on this full-day tour with wine tastings. See ancient architecture in Lecce and visit Gallipoli's Old Town, built on an island now connected to the mainland by a bridge. Taste wines such as Primitivo, Negromaro, Sussumaniello, Aglianico and Bombino Bianco at several vineyard stops.

Walking tour in one of the beautiful cities of Salento, with a prepared tour guide speaking Italian and English

If you love to explore independently, leave Italy’s crazy traffic to the experts and join this full-day door-to-door transport-only tour of some of Puglia’s most scenic towns and villages. Start at the pretty seaside village of Polignano a Mare; continue to Alberobello, a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its extraordinary “trulli” structures; stroll among Locorotondo’s flower-decked balconies; conclude with the “white town”, Ostuni. Tour is capped at just eight travelers.

Let a guide navigate through the Itria Valley for you on a day trip that departs from Lecce. Sit back and enjoy the sweeping countryside views as you follow your guide to small villages often missed by visitors, including Alberobello and Ostuni. After stopping at local craft markets, historic churches, and the iconic cone-shaped Trulli structures, return to the doorstep of your Lecce accommodation.

Walking tour in Santa Maria di Leuca, the most south-eastern town in Italy and divided by the Adriatic Sea and the Ionian Highlights: Discover the pretty historical center of Leuca See the port divided by the two seas Explore the basilica of Santa Maria Finibus Terrae Tour details: Pleasant visit of Santa Maria di Leuca or, as it is commonly called, Leuca. The small town is located at the south-eastern end of Italy and is important because it is symbolically located halfway between the Adriatic Sea and the Ionian. During the tour you can admire the large port with its majestic lighthouse over 48 meters high and among the most important in Italy. The pleasant walk continues until you visit the church of Cristo Re, the many nineteenth-century villas, the Corinthian column, the Monumental waterfall, completed in 1939, where the Apulian Aqueduct ends. Finally we will visit the basilica / sanctuary of Santa Maria de Finibus Terrae, consecrated in 1755.

Experience Southern Italy’s Murgia region with this all-day excursion to two of its prettiest towns. After a convenient hotel pickup, travel to the UNESCO-designated town of Grottaglie in a comfortable minivan with a private driver. Admire its ceramics and explore its historic center before heading to Matera, a mountainside city famous for cave dwellings that humans have called home since the Paleolithic period.