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Is the first time you visit Lecce and want to know the city and its food specialties? This outdoor street food tour is perfect for you!
Stroll into the city center and taste the best known local street food. Your guide will tell you the histories related to the main highlights such as the Basilica of Santa Croce, considered the emblem of Lecce baroque style, the Cathedral and many palaces you will find on the way. From a highlight to another, you will stop and delight your palate with the most famous and tasty delicacies of Salento, like the "rustico": soft puff pastry disc filled with mozzarella, tomato and bechamel, "frisella": roll bread, twice-baked and topped with fresh tomato, olive oil, or the pastry star "pasticciotto": a short pastry stuffed with custard and other fantastic sample of Salento specialties.
Choose to take this tour either at lunch or dinner time, as it is an ideal way to do some sightseeing while having a light meal as you make your way through the city.
What's Included
Meeting and pickup
Itinerary
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1
You will meet our guide here, down the big arch, that represents one of the three old main entrances of the city
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
(Pass by)
This church is important for its façade: convex in the lower part and concave in the upper part
Admission ticket free -
2
The peculiarity of this square is that it's closed, with only one entrance. Inside you can admire the wonderful façade of old bishopric. In the night you will enjoy the special atmosphere coming from the lighting on buildings
30 minutes • Admission ticket free -
3
Porta Napoli is the second entrance to old town together with Porta San Biagio and Porta Rudiae. It takes this name because from this point begins the route to get to Naples
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
(Pass by)
Together with Santa Croce basilaca that stands by its side, they are the emblem of local Barocco style: facades full of minute decorations to resemble a thick embroidered sheet
Admission ticket free -
4
While discovering the main highlights of Lecce in old town, you will also anjoy the most famous samples of local specialties, like rustico, a saldy puff pastry snack, pasticciotto, emblem of local pastries and frisella, typical fast food of summer light lunch and dinner
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
Additional info
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- This tour CAN accommodate vegetarians (not vegans). Please advise at time of booking
- Please provide information about allergies when booking
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