The best way to experience Lecce is to walk around looking up.’ That’s what I was told shortly after arriving in the ...

LECCE, SALENTO–“Just assume anything at all could happen pretty much at any time,” our guide says with a grin and a London accent as we walk the narrow ancient streets of Lecce, on our first night in ...

I almost hesitate to write this story, since part of the exquisite charm of the city of Lecce and its nearby coastal towns is that they feel decidedly less overrun with American tourists (*sheepishly ...

Come summer, global vacationers pack the powdery sands, rocky coves and other sublime seafronts that surround Puglia, Italy’s heel. Just inland, however, the beautifully preserved baroque city of ...

Thanks to dozens of mostly Baroque churches packing its maze of narrow streets, Lecce — the “Florence of the South” — dazzles with elaborately carved facades and interiors that erupt with symphonies ...

Check in at Lecce’s poshest hotel, the Patria Palace, with its stunning view of the Basilica di Santa Croce (Piazzetta Riccardi 13, 73100 Lecce tel: 0832 245 111, www.patriapalacelecce.com); two ...

Urban boutique resort set on a cobblestone street located in the heart of Old Lecce - 2 km from Lecce train station. On the edge of the old city, in the heart of Lecce, a few blocks south of Palazzo ...