Labyrinthian Lecce 🫶🏻

We took a wee sneaky look 👀 last night…which was refreshing: not having to go back to our ‘middle o nowhere’ hotel! Enjoying the nightlife and nighttime atmosphere. Magic 🪄
Devoured a meat & cheese 🧀 platter with crusty bread 🥖 and…you guessed it: Aperol Spritz! 🍹

Known as the Florence of the south, the historic city within the now mostly fallen old walls is a Baroque masterpiece, a living museum built with a material so unique to the area it has gained the name 'Lecce Stone’
The stone changes colour according to weather conditions.

Lecce is home to no less than 100 Baroque-style churches and three ancient city gates. It’s the largest city we have visited (after Rome). It would be wonderful to stay there a couple more days and overnight 🌃

On many of the balconies in Lecce geraniums are to be seen. In the early settlement wives put geraniums out on the balcony to let the lover know the husband had left the home… Now days, there are many other ways to do this LOL 😝

We didn’t spend near long enough in Lecce… It is a beautiful big baroque city with many authentic shops, rather than tacky souvenirs shops. And, I finally made a purchase, beautifully, handcrafted, leather wallet… Very pleased with the colours representing the Salento coast 🏖️ 🌊 ☀️

We also sat in the town Square and tasted a coffee is that is unique to this city; it tastes of Amaretto, it has ice 🧊 and was quite sweet, but delicious 😋Read more