Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Lecce, Italië

Topdrukte — Focara di Novoli, Christmas to Epiphany

• Festival

  Focara di Novoli

  14–18 janLicht & vuurDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Coast shuts, city stays open (15 okt – 15 apr), Christmas to Epiphany (24 dec – 6 jan)

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

In februari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Coast shuts, city stays open (15 okt – 15 apr)

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

• Feestdag

  Easter and Pasquetta

  4–6 aprPasen & Goede WeekDrukSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Coast shuts, city stays open (15 okt – 15 apr)

Topdrukte — Easter and Pasquetta, Spring bank-holiday bridges

• Feestdag

  Spring bank-holiday bridges

  25 apr – 2 junNationale feestdagDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Easter and Pasquetta (4–6 apr), Coast shuts, city stays open (15 okt – 15 apr)

Druk — Spring bank-holiday bridges, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

In mei begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Spring bank-holiday bridges (25 apr – 2 jun)

Topdrukte — Spring bank-holiday bridges, Summer holidays in Italië

• Seizoen

  Sea warm enough

  20 jun – 10 okt · meestal

  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.

Nog steeds bezig: Spring bank-holiday bridges (25 apr – 2 jun)

Druk — Summer holidays in Italië, schoolvakanties in 6 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Risico

  Salento heat

  5 jul – 31 augExtreme hitte

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Sea warm enough (20 jun – 10 okt (meestal))

Topdrukte — La Notte della Taranta, Sant'Oronzo

• Festival

  La Notte della Taranta

  22 augMuziekfestivalDruk

  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. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Sant'Oronzo

  23–27 augReligieus feestDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Sea warm enough (20 jun – 10 okt (meestal)), Salento heat (5 jul – 31 aug)

Druk — Summer holidays in Italië, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

In september begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Sea warm enough (20 jun – 10 okt (meestal))

Druk — schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de beste maanden qua weer

• Seizoen

  Coast shuts, city stays open

  15 okt – 15 aprSeizoensluitingSluitingen

  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.

Nog steeds bezig: Sea warm enough (20 jun – 10 okt (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

In november begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Coast shuts, city stays open (15 okt – 15 apr)

Topdrukte — Christmas to Epiphany, Christmas holidays in Italië

• Feestdag

  Christmas to Epiphany

  24 dec – 6 janKerst & nieuwjaarSluitingenDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Coast shuts, city stays open (15 okt – 15 apr)