Qué hay en Lecce, Italia, a lo largo del año

Máxima afluencia — Focara di Novoli, Christmas to Epiphany

• Festival

  Focara di Novoli

  14–18 EneLuces y fuegoMucha gente

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Coast shuts, city stays open (15 Oct – 15 Abr), Christmas to Epiphany (24 Dic – 6 Ene)

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

En febrero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Coast shuts, city stays open (15 Oct – 15 Abr)

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

• Festivo

  Easter and Pasquetta

  4–6 AbrSemana Santa y PascuaMucha genteCierres

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Coast shuts, city stays open (15 Oct – 15 Abr)

Máxima afluencia — Easter and Pasquetta, Spring bank-holiday bridges

• Festivo

  Spring bank-holiday bridges

  25 Abr – 2 JunFiesta nacionalMucha genteReserva pronto

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Easter and Pasquetta (4–6 Abr), Coast shuts, city stays open (15 Oct – 15 Abr)

Concurrido — Spring bank-holiday bridges, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

En mayo no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Spring bank-holiday bridges (25 Abr – 2 Jun)

Máxima afluencia — Spring bank-holiday bridges, Summer holidays en Italia

• Temporada

  Sea warm enough

  20 Jun – 10 Oct · normalmente

  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.

Sigue en marcha: Spring bank-holiday bridges (25 Abr – 2 Jun)

Concurrido — Summer holidays en Italia, vacaciones escolares en 6 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Riesgo

  Salento heat

  5 Jul – 31 AgoCalor extremo

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Sea warm enough (20 Jun – 10 Oct (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — La Notte della Taranta, Sant'Oronzo

• Festival

  La Notte della Taranta

  22 AgoFestival de músicaMucha gente

  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. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Sant'Oronzo

  23–27 AgoFiesta religiosaMucha gente

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Sea warm enough (20 Jun – 10 Oct (normalmente)), Salento heat (5 Jul – 31 Ago)

Concurrido — Summer holidays en Italia, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

En septiembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Sea warm enough (20 Jun – 10 Oct (normalmente))

Concurrido — vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan, uno de sus mejores meses por clima

• Temporada

  Coast shuts, city stays open

  15 Oct – 15 AbrCierre de temporada bajaCierres

  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.

Sigue en marcha: Sea warm enough (20 Jun – 10 Oct (normalmente))

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

En noviembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Coast shuts, city stays open (15 Oct – 15 Abr)

Máxima afluencia — Christmas to Epiphany, Christmas holidays en Italia

• Festivo

  Christmas to Epiphany

  24 Dic – 6 EneNavidad y Año NuevoCierresMucha gente

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Coast shuts, city stays open (15 Oct – 15 Abr)