Top 10 Tours in Lecce

Destination: Lecce.
Join Enza and her family in their charming Villa in Corigliano d’Otranto, a picturesque village just 15 minutes from Lecce. Discover the joy of a traditional Apulian cooking class, learning how to make orecchiette and macaroni by hand using local ingredients and authentic family recipes. This immersive Puglia cooking experience takes place in a welcoming countryside home where simplicity meets tradition. Together, we’ll prepare classic regional dishes using seasonal produce, handmade pasta, extra virgin olive oil, and vegetables grown in our garden. You’ll enjoy a delicious variety of Apulian dishes, from orecchiette with tomato and basil to maccheroni with seafood or chickpea cream and walnut crumble, all paired with excellent local wines. We’ll finish with a homemade limoncello, a sweet jam tart, and a touch of traditional Italian music, the perfect ending to an unforgettable Lecce cooking class that captures the true flavors and warm spirit of southern Italy.
Known For: Lecce Cooking Classes, Lecce Food & Drink, Lecce Excellent Quality, Lecce Spring Break.
Duration: Around 3 hours and a half.

Destination: Lecce.
What you will do will be an authentic sensory and cultural experience. Making fresh pasta by hand is a tradition deeply rooted in Salento culture and this course offers you a practical immersion in local life and customs, going beyond traditional tourist experiences. Learning will be practical and fun and the course will allow you to gain a skill that you can take home and replicate with friends and family. The course is aimed at small groups and therefore encourages direct interaction with hosts. While making the pasta with their own hands, guests will have the opportunity to ask questions, hear stories and receive personalized attention; for this, a human bond will be created that enriches the experience. The course is perfect for those traveling as a couple, family or small groups, allowing an intimate and fun sharing of the culinary experience.
Known For: Lecce Cooking Classes, Lecce Small Group, Lecce Food & Drink, Lecce Spring Break.
Duration: Around 4 hours.

Destination: Lecce.
Explore the Lecce countryside on a premium E-bike along an easy 28 km (17-mile) route. Ride through quiet rural roads to ancient villages and discover Salento’s traditions. In Sternatia, meet Gaetano, your local guide—a storyteller and poet who speaks Griko, the ancient Greek dialect of the Grecìa Salentina. With him, explore a 15th-century underground olive oil mill, hear a poem in Griko, and learn stories about lamp-oil traders, village life, and this unique cultural enclave. Continue through two villages of the Grecìa Salentina, home of the Griko people, a Greek-speaking community with 3,000 years of history. In Galatina, visit the Basilica of Santa Caterina d’Alessandria, famous for its 14th-century Giotto-style frescoes. Stop at Pasticceria Ascalone, birthplace of the Pasticciotto (1740) At 1 PM, a private taxi (included) takes you back to Lecce. NOTE: Optional Primitivo wine tasting and traditional Puglian lunch (extra cost; private groups only; request one week in advance).
Known For: Lecce Small Group, Lecce Half-day Tours, Lecce Historical Tours, Lecce Mountain Bike Tours, Lecce E-Bike Tours, Lecce Spring Break.
Duration: Around 4 hours and a half.

Destination: Lecce.
Your adventure begins in the heart of Lecce’s old town, where we set off on e-bikes and follow peaceful countryside roads lined with vineyards, traditional masserias, and ancient olive groves. Our first stop is Nardò, a charming baroque town where you’ll enjoy a relaxing coffee break. Try the famous caffè leccese—espresso over ice with almond syrup—and the traditional pasticciotto pastry. From Nardò, we ride toward the shimmering Ionian Sea and reach the seaside village of Santa Maria al Bagno, whose crystal-clear waters offer the perfect chance for a refreshing swim. We then continue cycling along the scenic coastline—mostly on dedicated bike paths—until we arrive in Gallipoli, known for its historic old town set on an island and surrounded by turquoise water. Enjoy time to explore its narrow streets, harbor views, and cultural highlights. When you’re ready, a private taxi (included) will take you back to your hotel in Lecce in about 35 minutes.
Known For: Lecce E-Bike Tours, Lecce Mountain Bike Tours, Lecce Bike Tours, Lecce Adventure Tours, Lecce Half-day Tours.
Duration: Around 6 hours.

Destination: Lecce.
This tour will take you to discover the lovely Salento towns of Gallipoli and Galatina starting from Lecce and crossing the peninsula among typical villages and vineyards, also stopping, as an optional choice, in one of the most important Salento wineries for a tasting experience. There will be no shortage of halts along the Ionian coast for fully enjoying the breathtaking views that will await you. The journey will go on heading to a wonderful beach where you can swim before the visit among narrow alleys, shops and sea views of which Gallipoli will surprise you. In the case you’ll choose not to attend the wine tasting, or depending on the cellar unavailability, like on Sundays, we'll spend more time in the place you'll prefer or we’ll stop in Nardò to visit its nice historic center.
Known For: Lecce Shore Excursions, Lecce Excellent Quality, Lecce Day Trips, Lecce Full-day Tours, Lecce Car Tours, Lecce Ports of Call Tours, Lecce Private Sightseeing Tours, Lecce Bus Tours.

Destination: Lecce.
After a warm and busy day in Puglia, it is time to relax and enjoy the magic of Mediterranean nights. This tour starts at sunset, continues during twilight and finishes at night. It takes place in the beautiful and peaceful countryside of Rudiae. First, we will visit the archaeological park, then, surrounded by nature, olive trees and remains of ancient civilizations, we will enjoy some stargazing and talk about myths, constellations, history, cosmology and more.
Known For: Lecce Archaeology Tours, Lecce Nature and Wildlife Tours, Lecce Walking Tours, Lecce Nature Walks, Lecce Seasonal, Lecce Small Group, Lecce Excellent Quality.
Duration: Around 2 hours.

Destination: Lecce.
Make the pleasant memory of an exclusive trip indelible. Our Cranchi speedboat tour is a real experience with captains who experience the sea every day of the year. Our love for the sea will guarantee you an experience that will be difficult to forget. Our journey starts from the port of S.M. of Leuca, among tales and legends you will walk along all the caves that characterize the eastern and western coasts from a safe distance. Two swimming stops are planned in the most suggestive coves, where participants will be able to use snorkeling equipment or simply enjoy moments of relaxation on the boat. The boat, a motorboat equipped with cushions, mini bar with soft drinks, stern platform, awning, boarding ladder, fresh water shower and beach towels, will guarantee a comfortable tour in complete safety.
Known For: Lecce Nature and Wildlife Tours, Lecce Half-day Tours, Lecce Private Sightseeing Tours, Lecce Water Tours.
Duration: Around 3 hours.

Destination: Lecce.
I worked for 15 years as a biochemical researcher of wine. Now I have transformed my dream and my passion into an activity dedicated to the world of wine, offering my clients an exclusive experience in the authentic culture of Salento wine. Thanks to my experience of online wine sales matured with my website I know perfectly all the cellars and wines of Salento. And now I want to use all my knowledge to give you the best and most complete wine experience you can find in Salento. Make yourself comfortable because the tour is about to start.
Known For: Lecce Food & Drink, Lecce Small Group, Lecce Wine Tastings.
Duration: Around 8 hours.

Destination: Alberobello & Locorotondo.
Come and visit us in our eighteenth-century Masseria, we will take you to discover the centuries-old olive trees, the stages of production of extra virgin olive oil and the ancient underground oil mill. We will discover together the history of the area, the peasant past of our Puglia and we will immerse ourselves in an expanse of centuries-old plants of unique beauty. We will create a guided tour of extra virgin olive oil tasting and we will learn to recognize the aromas and flavors of a quality extra virgin olive oil. We will thus be able to choose an excellent product, to preserve it carefully and to enhance it in the kitchen. In a nutshell: the entire oil production chain, from cultivation to bottled extra virgin olive oil, in a suggestive and authentic setting, which oscillates between past and present. The proposed visit experience takes place in a very small group, to better welcome guests and interact with them.
Known For: Alberobello & Locorotondo Small Group, Alberobello & Locorotondo Historical Tours, Alberobello & Locorotondo Seasonal, Alberobello & Locorotondo Cultural Tours, Alberobello & Locorotondo Archaeology Tours, Alberobello & Locorotondo Walking Tours.

Destination: Lecce.
Our trip will take us to some of the most beautiful beaches on the Otranto coast, enjoying the whole journey surrounded by a lovely Mediterranean scrubland. I'll drive you to the Otranto city first where you can have an independent tour in the amazing old Town. Then we'll go to one of well rated bakery shop for an independent shopping of typical gluttony that you might enjoy in the first beach we'll stop along the waterfront of Otranto. The next transfer will take us to the Turks’ bay, the wildest beach you could ever seen. Here you can enjoy your time as you prefer, getting a swim or walking around the pine path discovering the amazing coves that the place offers. In Torre Sant’ Andrea, our next halt, you could find out the clearest water you’ve ever seen in Puglia. The tour is just for you, so we don’t need hurry and your visit time will be very flexible.
Known For: Lecce Nature and Wildlife Tours, Lecce Shore Excursions, Lecce Excellent Quality, Lecce Day Trips, Lecce Full-day Tours, Lecce Car Tours, Lecce Ports of Call Tours, Lecce Private Sightseeing Tours, Lecce Bus Tours.