Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Pugliairbus
(
http://pugliairbus.aeroportidipuglia.it
)
Runs to Brindisi airport (€7, 40 minutes, nine
daily).
SITA
also has buses to Brindisi airport (€6, 45 minutes, nine daily), leaving from
Viale Porte d'Europa.
TRAIN
The train station is 1km southwest of Lecce's historic centre. It runs frequent services to
the following destinations:
Bari
(from €9, 1½ to two hours)
Bologna
(from €82.50, 7½ to 9½ hours)
Brindisi
(from €9, 30 minutes)
Naples
(from €41, 5½ hours with transfer in Caserta)
Rome
(from €66, 5½ to nine hours)
FSE trains head to Otranto, Gallipoli and Martina Franca; the ticket office is located on
platform 1.
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Brindisi
POP 89,800
Like all ports, Brindisi has its seamy side, but it's also surprisingly slow paced and balmy,
particularly the palm-lined Corso Garibaldi linking the port to the train station and the
promenade stretching along the interesting seafront.
The town was the end of the ancient Roman road Via Appia, down whose weary length
trudged legionnaires and pilgrims, crusaders and traders, all heading to Greece and the
Near East. These days little has changed except that Brindisi's pilgrims are sun-seekers
rather than soul-seekers.
