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( 0832 24 63 11;
www.risorgimentoresort.it
; Via Imperatore Augusto 19; d €145-165, ste €190-290;
)
A warm welcome awaits at this stylish five-star hotel in the centre of Lecce.
The rooms are spacious and refined with high ceilings, modern furniture and contempor-
ary details reflecting the colours of the Salento, and the bathrooms are enormous. There's
a restaurant, wine bar and rooftop garden.
Patria Palace Hotel
HOTEL
$$
( 0832 24 51 11;
www.patriapalacelecce.com
; Piazzetta Riccardi 13; s €106-210, d €165-350;
)
This sumptuous hotel is traditionally Italian with large mirrors, dark-wood furniture
and wistful murals. The location is wonderful, the bar gloriously art deco with a magnifi-
cent carved ceiling, and the shady roof terrace has views over the Basilica di Santa Croce.
Eating
Gelateria Natale
(Via Trinchese 7a)
Lecce's best ice-cream parlour also has an array of fabulous confection-
ery.
GELATO
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Mamma Lupa
( 340 7832765; Via Acaja 12; meals €20-25; lunch Sun-Fri, dinner daily)
Looking suitably rus-
tic, this
osteria
serves proper peasant food - such as roast tomatoes, potatoes and ar-
tichokes, or horse meatballs - in snug surroundings with just a few tables and a stone-
vaulted ceiling.
OSTERIA
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Trattoria di Nonna Tetti
( 0832 24 60 36; Piazzetta Regina Maria 28; mains €8-12; lunch & dinner)
A warmly inviting
restaurant, popular with all ages and budgets, this trattoria serves a wide choice of tradi-
tional dishes. Try the most emblematic Puglian dish here - braised wild chicory with a
purée of boiled dried
fava
beans, along with
contorni
(side dishes) like
patate casarecce
(homemade thinly sliced fries).
TRATTORIA
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