Salento

Welcome to Italy! Independent transfer to your accommodation in Lecce.

Accommodation and overnight in Lecce.

Meet your guide in the hotel lobby and start your private tour to discover the Baroque city of Lecce.
Once in Lecce, you will meet our guide with whom you will begin a walk through the historic center of the Salento city.
The guided tour starts from Porta Napoli, where you will be welcomed by the imposing Obelisk, built in 1822 to a design by Luigi Cipolla, to commemorate the arrival in Lecce of Ferdinando Di Borbone. On its four facades it tells the mythological story of the compartments of Terra D’Otranto. Opposite, the majestic door that gives access to the ancient city, built in Lecce stone in 1548 in honor of Charles V, does not go unnoticed.
The itinerary continues along Via Giuseppe Palmieri among Baroque churches and palaces, along this road you meet the Church of San Luigi or Santa Maria della Porta, the Paeseello theater, Palazzo Palmieri built in the 16th century but remodeled in the Baroque era.
You will continue until you reach Piazza uomo, a rare example of a “closed square” and one of the most beautiful in Italy. To access this square you have to cross the propylaea, here we find the beautiful baroque cathedral dedicated to Our Lady of the Assumption, the 72-metre-high bell tower, the bishop’s palace in the shape of an “L” which recalls the carousel of the 70s and the palace of the Seminary now seat of the Diocesan Museum.
You will continue along the main street until you reach the Ex Convento dei Teatini with the annexed Church of Sant’Irene, patron saint of Lecce before being replaced by Sant’Oronzo.
The itinerary continues on, crossing Piazzetta Castromediano, until it reaches the basilica of Santa Croce, symbol of the Leccese Baroque and the adjoining convent or Palazzo dei Celestini.
Last stop the suggestive Piazza Sant’Oronzo which houses the amphitheater an extraordinary piece of Roman Lecce, the seat, the small church of San Marco and the column that holds the statue of the protector Sant’Oronzo. Here, near the Roman Amphitheater, you will end the guided tour with a tasting of a typical pasticciotto with cream or the classic rustic Lecce.

After this experience, free time to explore the city or to return to your hotel.

Accomodation and overnight in Lecce.

Meet your driver in the hotel lobby and transfer to countryside of Lecce.
Today you will start with a visit of historic Winery.

This Winery has an ancient history that involves more and more generations and which today leaves its mark more than ever on the Italian wine scene with a range of labels that is more varied and interesting than ever. A story that binds northern and southern Italy in a romantic storytelling that almost seems like the plot of a film. The result of this love story is a prestigious label declined in a range of wines among the most loved and appreciated on the market. The Winery offers a catalog of absolutely excellent wines, from Negroamaro, Primitivo, Chardonnay, Susumaniello.
After the cellars visit and a lunch with a tasting of 4 labels.

After this experience, to return to your hotel.

Accomodation and overnight in Lecce.

Meet your driver in the hotel lobby. The first stop on your tour is an ancient Masseria near Lecce for a special cheese tasting. Tasting itinerary based on organic cheeses expertly chosen by the Cheese Storyteller who will accompany you to discover the tastes of tradition, the territory and the real raw material: km/0 milk. A reasoned selection in terms of flavors and aromas which, following a tasting order, will stimulate the sight, smell, touch and sense of taste, with the intensity of nuances it offers.
You will conclude the experience with a visit to the “BOTTEGA”, a feast for your senses, a riot of cheeses of a thousand flavors and shapes, flavored in the most imaginative and refined ways, caciotte, caciocavalli, ricotta, mozzarella, BIO EVO oil and many other typicalities.
After this experience you will continue to Otranto.
Free time for your lunch, upon your arrival. After, you will meet your guide to start a visit of Otranto.
For those who want to discover a city that speaks of the East but with its roots firmly in the heel of Italy, Otranto is the right city. You will be moved when you are welcomed into the mighty walls of the ancient city or when you are in front of the monumental mosaic of the cathedral considered the largest in Europe.
Thanks to your guide of Otranto historic center, you will hear the events of the Turkish siege with the 800 martyrs of Otranto, who became saints, whose skeletons are kept in the cathedral. Or when from the top of the Torre Matta you can admire the profile of the Otranto coast bathed by the sea.
After this experience, you will stop in Baia Dei Turchi beach to admire the panorama from the Adriatic Coast.

After, return to your hotel.

Overnight in Lecce.

Independent transfer to the Airport.