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Lecce Evenings

Experience the evening culture of Lecce where the outdoor bars in the baroque piazzas, the aperitivo hour in the enoteca wine bars, the gelato walk through the illuminated historic center, and the late-night social life that continues until the early hours create one of the most pleasant urban evening experiences in southern Italy.

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Aperitivo Hour
Start the evening with aperitivo at one of the enoteca wine bars in the historic center where the Salento wines, the local craft beers, and the aperitivo snacks are served in the outdoor seating in the baroque piazzas, the hour before dinner the most social time of the Lecce day.
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Piazza Sant Oronzo Evening
Join the evening crowd in Piazza Sant Oronzo where the main square of Lecce transforms after dark into the gathering point for the city social life, the cafes and the bars surrounding the piazza filled with students, families, and visitors enjoying the illuminated baroque buildings and the pleasant Apulian summer evenings.
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Gelateria Culture
Eat gelato from the celebrated gelaterias of Lecce where the traditional flavors including the local fig, the almond, and the chocolate combine with the seasonal fruit sorbets to create the finest artisan gelato in Apulia, the passeggiata through the illuminated historic center with a gelato the most quintessential Lecce evening experience.
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Wine Bar
Drink Salento wine in one of the atmospheric wine bars in the historic center where the Negroamaro, the Primitivo, and the Verdeca wines of the local wineries are served by the glass alongside the local cheeses, the preserved vegetables, and the cured meats of the Apulian antipasto tradition.
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Late Dinner
Dine late in Lecce where the southern Italian dinner hour beginning at 9pm or later means that the restaurants in the historic center are at their most animated long after northern European visitors have gone to sleep, the late dinner with multiple courses, the local wine, and the relaxed pace the most authentic Lecce dining experience.
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Summer Festivals
Attend the summer festivals of Lecce where the Fiera di Santa Lucia, the Lecce Film Festival, and the numerous concerts and cultural events held in the historic piazzas and the Roman amphitheater create a summer cultural calendar that draws visitors from across Italy and makes the June-August period the most animated time in the city.