Det sker i Lecce, Italy året igennem

Tætpakket — Focara di Novoli, Christmas to Epiphany

• Festival

  Focara di Novoli

  14.–18. jan.Lys & ildTætpakket

  A twenty-metre cone of vine cuttings is stacked all winter at Novoli, twenty minutes north, and burnt on the eve of Sant'Antonio Abate. It is the one reason to be in the Salento in January. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Coast shuts, city stays open (15. okt. – 15. apr.), Christmas to Epiphany (24. dec. – 6. jan.)

Skuldersæson — skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en helt almindelig måned

Intet nyt begynder i februar.

Stadig i gang: Coast shuts, city stays open (15. okt. – 15. apr.)

Skuldersæson — skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en helt almindelig måned

• Helligdag

  Easter and Pasquetta

  4.–6. apr.Påske & den stille ugeTætpakketLukninger

  Easter Sunday and Easter Monday (Pasquetta) are public holidays, and Italians use the long weekend for short breaks and day trips: trains and hotels fill, old towns and sights are busier than the weeks around, and many shops and some restaurants close on Easter Sunday. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Coast shuts, city stays open (15. okt. – 15. apr.)

Tætpakket — Easter and Pasquetta, Spring bank-holiday bridges

• Helligdag

  Spring bank-holiday bridges

  25. apr. – 2. jun.National helligdagTætpakketBook tidligt

  Liberation Day (25 April), Labour Day (1 May) and Republic Day (2 June) are public holidays, and when one falls near a weekend Italians bridge it into a long break, the ponte. Those weekends bring domestic crowds, fuller trains and higher room rates, and some shops close on the day. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Easter and Pasquetta (4.–6. apr.), Coast shuts, city stays open (15. okt. – 15. apr.)

Travlt — Spring bank-holiday bridges, skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i maj.

Stadig i gang: Spring bank-holiday bridges (25. apr. – 2. jun.)

Tætpakket — Spring bank-holiday bridges, Summer holidays i Italy

• Sæson

  Sea warm enough

  20. jun. – 10. okt. · normalt

  Lecce is inland; the swimming is a twenty-minute drive either to the Adriatic at San Cataldo and Otranto or the Ionian at Gallipoli. The Ionian side warms first and stays calmer.

Stadig i gang: Spring bank-holiday bridges (25. apr. – 2. jun.)

Travlt — Summer holidays i Italy, skoleferie på 6 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Risiko

  Salento heat

  5. jul. – 31. aug.Ekstrem varme

  The baroque centre is pale limestone with almost no shade and it holds the heat well into the evening. Everything here happens before eleven or after seven in high summer. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Sea warm enough (20. jun. – 10. okt. (normalt))

Tætpakket — La Notte della Taranta, Sant'Oronzo

• Festival

  La Notte della Taranta

  22. aug.MusikfestivalTætpakket

  Three weeks of pizzica played around the Grecia Salentina villages, ending with a free all-night concert at Melpignano that draws six figures. Traffic and parking for the last night are the whole logistics problem. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Sant'Oronzo

  23.–27. aug.Religiøs højtidTætpakket

  The city's patron gets three days of illuminated arches over the streets, a fair and fireworks over the walls. The luminarie frames are worth seeing even by day. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Sea warm enough (20. jun. – 10. okt. (normalt)), Salento heat (5. jul. – 31. aug.)

Travlt — Summer holidays i Italy, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i september.

Stadig i gang: Sea warm enough (20. jun. – 10. okt. (normalt))

Travlt — skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en af stedets bedste måneder vejrmæssigt

• Sæson

  Coast shuts, city stays open

  15. okt. – 15. apr.Lukket uden for sæsonenLukninger

  The lidi and most of the seaside towns close entirely for the winter, but Lecce itself is a university city and carries on. Come for the baroque and the food, not for the sea.

Stadig i gang: Sea warm enough (20. jun. – 10. okt. (normalt))

Skuldersæson — skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en helt almindelig måned

Intet nyt begynder i november.

Stadig i gang: Coast shuts, city stays open (15. okt. – 15. apr.)

Tætpakket — Christmas to Epiphany, Christmas holidays i Italy

• Helligdag

  Christmas to Epiphany

  24. dec. – 6. jan.Jul & nytårLukningerTætpakket

  Christmas Day, Santo Stefano (26 December), New Year's Day and Epiphany (6 January) are public holidays. Many museums, shops and restaurants close on the 25th and some on the 26th and 1st, while the days between bring Italian families out to nativity scenes, lights and markets. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Coast shuts, city stays open (15. okt. – 15. apr.)