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 o...
Highlights
2 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in English
Non-refundable
Mobile Ticket
2 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in English
Non-refundable
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Food tasting of local street food like rustico (made with puff pastry and a stuffing), frisa (bread roll seasoned with tomatoes, olive oil), tarallini and pastries
Gratuities (optional)
Drinks
Meeting Points
Departure
Piazza Sant'Oronzo
Sotto il grande orologio a muro, all'inizio di via Trinchese
Questo meeting point è solo per il tour delle 8.30pm
Return
Itinerary
1
Porta San Biagio
You will meet our guide here, down the big arch, that represents one of the three old main entrances of the city
15 minutes
2
Chiesa di San Matteo
This church is important for its façade: convex in the lower part and concave in the upper part
3
Piazza del Duomo
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
4
Porta Napoli
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
5
Palazzo dei Celestini
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
6
Piazza Sant'Oronzo
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
Street Food Tour of Lecce & City Sightseeing with Local Guide
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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 o...
Highlights
2 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in English
Non-refundable
Mobile Ticket
2 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in English
Non-refundable
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Food tasting of local street food like rustico (made with puff pastry and a stuffing), frisa (bread roll seasoned with tomatoes, olive oil), tarallini and pastries
Gratuities (optional)
Drinks
Meeting Points
Departure
Piazza Sant'Oronzo
Sotto il grande orologio a muro, all'inizio di via Trinchese
Questo meeting point è solo per il tour delle 8.30pm
