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Day 8 — The Baroque Elegance of Lecce
A cultural day to your new base in Lecce, with 1 h 26 on the road and plenty of free time.
Stage 5 · Lecce · Italy
day 8 2 nights 1 h 26 on the road115 kmclimate favourable
- programme
- 5 h
- road
- 1 h 26
- Guided walk of Lecce's Baroque architecture and churches3 h 30
- Relaxing stroll in the Villa Comunale public gardens1 h 30
To add if time allows: Hands-on paper-mache workshop with a local artisan (2 h 30) · Self-guided visit of the archaeological Museo Faggiano (1 h 30)
Bad-weather option — something else that day — Wine tasting dinner featuring local Negroamaro wines
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On the way
Stops beside the road, chosen for their small detour — we say they are on the way, we do not promise to go through them.
Monopoli
Explore the historic center and the fortified walls overlooking the Adriatic Sea.
60 min there · no detour · View on Google Maps
© photographed on 5 December 2021 by Hagai Agmon-Snir حچاي اچمون-سنير חגי אגמון-שניר — CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Ostuni
Walk through the narrow, whitewashed alleys of the hilltop old town.
90 min there · no detour · View on Google Maps
© photographed on 23 August 2023 by ParisTaras — CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
