Street Food Tour of Lecce & City Sightseeing with Local Guide

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2 hours 30 minutes
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Number of Guests
1 - 15 guests
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Discover Lecce’s charm and flavors on a street food tour. Explore architectural gems like Basilica of Santa Croce, and savor local delights such as rustico and pasticciotto with expert guidance.

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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

Is the first time you visit Lecce and want to know the city and its food specialties? This outdoor street food tour is perfect for you!


Stroll into the city center and taste the best known local street food. Your guide will tell you the histories related to the main highlights such as the Basilica of Santa Croce, considered the emblem of Lecce baroque style, the Cathedral and many palaces you will find on the way. From a highlight to another, you will stop and delight your palate with the most famous and tasty delicacies of Salento, like the "rustico": soft puff pastry disc filled with mozzarella, tomato and bechamel, "frisella": roll bread, twice-baked and topped with fresh tomato, olive oil, or the pastry star "pasticciotto": a short pastry stuffed with custard and other fantastic sample of Salento specialties.


Choose to take this tour either at lunch or dinner time, as it is an ideal way to do some sightseeing while having a light meal as you make your way through the city.

What You Get

Snacks
Food tasting of local street food like rustico (made with puff pastry and a stuffing), frisa (bread roll seasoned with tomatoes, olive oil), tarallini and pastries
Gratuities (optional)
Drinks

Good To Know

  • This tour CAN accommodate vegetarians (not vegans). Please advise at time of booking
  • Please provide information about allergies when booking
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

What You’ll Experience

1

Porta San Biagio

You will meet our guide here, down the big arch, that represents one of the three old main entrances of the city
15 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

Chiesa di San Matteo (Pass By)

This church is important for its façade: convex in the lower part and concave in the upper part
2

Piazza del Duomo

The peculiarity of this square is that it's closed, with only one entrance. Inside you can admire the wonderful façade of old bishopric. In the night you will enjoy the special atmosphere coming from the lighting on buildings
30 minutesAdmission Ticket Free
3

Porta Napoli

Porta Napoli is the second entrance to old town together with Porta San Biagio and Porta Rudiae. It takes this name because from this point begins the route to get to Naples
15 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

Palazzo dei Celestini (Pass By)

Together with Santa Croce basilaca that stands by its side, they are the emblem of local Barocco style: facades full of minute decorations to resemble a thick embroidered sheet
4

Piazza Sant'Oronzo

While discovering the main highlights of Lecce in old town, you will also anjoy the most famous samples of local specialties, like rustico, a saldy puff pastry snack, pasticciotto, emblem of local pastries and frisella, typical fast food of summer light lunch and dinner
30 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

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Piazza Sant'Oronzo
Piazza Sant'Oronzo, Lecce Provincia di Lecce Puglia, Italy, IT, 73100
Porta San Biagio
Porta San Biagio, Piazza D'Italia, Lecce Provincia di Lecce Puglia, Italy, IT, 73100
End Point

Piazza Sant'Oronzo, Lecce Provincia di Lecce Puglia, Italy, IT, 73100

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Cancellation Policy

All bookings are final. Once the host confirms the experience, cancellations by the guest will incur a 100% charge.

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Geweldig!
June 21, 2022
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Antonella heeft ons tijdens de tour de mooie highlights van Lecce laten zien. We hebben genoten van de hapjes, en de uitgebreide algemene en specifieke kennis van Antonella over de stad Lecce en he...read more

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See Lecce through the eyes of a local
April 30, 2022
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Our guide brought Lecce to life! The big pieces of history, along with the smaller details that one would miss - even with the best guide book. I found I looked at Lecce with a more educated and t...read more

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Wonderful Day in Lecce
April 04, 2022
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Great tour to get acclimated to the city! Antonella was very passionate and knowledgeable about the city. She gave historical facts and stories about each place we stopped! The food stops were also...read more

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April 02, 2022
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Antonella was a very informative guide and we really enjoyed the morning tour around Lecce. She helped us appreciate the beauty of Lecce, especially areas we would have missed without a guide.

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Best Food Tour Ever
March 09, 2022
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This was the best experience I have had on a food tour. It was informative, inspiring and inclusive. My daughter and I enjoyed Antonella and her unbeatable knowledge of Lecce and trading stories....read more

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