Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
(
www.awaitingtable.com
; day/week €195/1995)
Silvestro Silvestori's splendid culinary and wine
school provides day or weeklong courses with market shopping, tours, tastings, note-
worthy lecturers - and lots of hands-on cooking. Book well in advance as courses fill up
rapidly.
LECCE IN ONE DAY
Start the day with a cappuccino and
pasticciotto
(custard-filled pastry) at Caffè Alvino on Piazza Sant'Oronzo.
All that sugar and froth should be good preparation for the fanciful Basilica di Santa Croce (
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), worth at
least an hour of your time.
To get a sense of Lecce's history visit the fascinating Museo Faggiano (
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), then come back to the
present with a spot of window-shopping and browsing through the entertaining mix of shops on Corso Vittorio
Emanuele II. Be sure to stop for a campari and soda at one of the many bars in town before lunching on typical
Puglian fare at firmly traditional Alle due Corti.
Walk off the pasta and beans by heading across town to the excellent Museo Provinciale (
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). Or, for
more fancy facades, Lecce's baroque feast of
palazzi
-flanked streets (like Via Palmieri), churches and the cathed-
ral (
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) will keep you happily wandering till dinner-time. Crown your day with a meal at Cucina Casarec-
cia (
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), where you'll feel like one of the family. Stroll back to your hotel via the Basilica di Santa Croce,
which is spectacularly lit up at night.
Sleeping
Palazzo Belli B&B
( 380 7758456;
www.palazzobelli.it
; Corso Vittorio Emanuele II 33; s €50-60, d €70-80; )
A wonderfully
central, elegant and well priced option, located in a fine mansion building near the cathed-
ral. Rooms have marbled floors and wrought-iron beds. Breakfast is served in the nearby
All'Ombra del Barocco bar.
B&B
$
Palazzo Rollo
MAP
APARTMENT
$
GOOGLE MAP
( 0832 30 71 52;
www.palazzorollo.it
;
Corso Vittorio Emanuele II 14; s €50-60, d €70-90, ste €100-120, apt €70-90;
)
Stay in a 17th-century palace - the Rollo family seat for more than 200 years.
The three grand B&B suites (with kitchenettes) have high curved ceilings and chandeliers.
Downstairs, contemporary-chic studios open onto an ivy-hung courtyard. The rooftop
garden has wonderful views.
Azzurretta B&B
GUESTHOUSE
$
