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Lecce Street Food Tour: Discover Southern Italy's Culinary Traditions
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Lecce
Explore Lecce’s culinary gems on a 2-hour guided street food tour. Taste local delights and sip wine while discovering the town’s rich traditions.
Duration:
2 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Piazza del Duomo - Meet our staff and depart for this extraordinary culinary experience!
- INTERFRUTTA SPA - Ready for the first food experience. Your guide will take you to the close fruit and vegetables market to smell, see and taste the real raw flavors of Salento, you will be amazed by colours and smells of the local fruits and vegetables
- L’angolo della Puccia - Covering Libertini street you will enjoy the second tour experience, a stop at the “pucceria”. What puccia is? it is an hot round size baked bread stuffed with marinated vegetables cheese ham and mozzarella. A real dream
- Comune di Lecce - After the puccia experience you need to walk, therefore why not walking along the only one rococo style street (Palmieri str) famous because of its civic buildings.
- Piazza Sant’Oronzo - When you arrive at St. oronzo square you have to try one of the most famous leccese food, the Rustico: a round shape vol au vent of pastry flake stuffed with mozzarella, béchamel, tomato and pepper. But you cannot join a street food tour in Lecce without the “pezzetti di cavallo”. Pezzetti di cavallo is an italian delicacy, tender pieces of horse meat cooked in a delicious, local tomato sauce.
- Centro Storico, Lecce - Finish your food experience with a visit to a local cafeteria to finish your lunch with an italian espresso, the tasty pasticciotto (a round shape sweet made of pastry dough stuffed with lemon custard) and cotognata (quince jam).
What's Included
- Guided tour in the heart of Lecce
- Covered market tour
- Taste all typical Leccese Products
- Coffee, with wine or salentine beer included during the food tour
What's Not Included
- Gratuities (optional)
Additional Information
Southern Italy maintains a powerful presence in the culinary world, with traditions that are as alive today as they have ever been. Seize the opportunity to view the town through a unique lens and explore the true dietary habits of the locals. This guided tour of two hours will allow you to experience the soul of Lecce while savoring the native dishes such as: puccia, rustico, “pezzetti di cavallo”, pasticciotto, cotognata all complemented by local wines.
Make your visit to Puglia even more delightful.
- This tour require a minimum of 2 pax
Location
P.za del Duomo, 2
Piazza del Duomo
Meet our staff in front of Piazza del Duomo 2 - Lecce
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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Rinda_r
Sep 30, 2023
Great street food tour with history of city - Guide was very knowledgeable. The food was great and we had the perfect amount with each stop. Not overwhelming portions which was good because it was a warm day. Really enjoyed the entire tour
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Ken_n
Jul 3, 2023
Great Food and History - The Lecce Street Food Tour was both informative and delicious. Elenora was our guide and she was so knowledgeable about the history of Lecce. It was a great mix of history and food.
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