På gång i Lecce, Italy under året

Mest folk — Focara di Novoli, Christmas to Epiphany

• Festival

  Focara di Novoli

  14–18 janLjus & eldTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

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

Mellansäsong — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: Coast shuts, city stays open (15 okt – 15 apr)

Mellansäsong — skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

• Helg

  Easter and Pasquetta

  4–6 aprPåsk & stilla veckanTrångtStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Coast shuts, city stays open (15 okt – 15 apr)

Mest folk — Easter and Pasquetta, Spring bank-holiday bridges

• Helg

  Spring bank-holiday bridges

  25 apr – 2 junNationell helgdagTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Easter and Pasquetta (4–6 apr), Coast shuts, city stays open (15 okt – 15 apr)

Mycket folk — Spring bank-holiday bridges, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

Pågår fortfarande: Spring bank-holiday bridges (25 apr – 2 jun)

Mest folk — Spring bank-holiday bridges, Summer holidays i Italy

• Säsong

  Sea warm enough

  20 jun – 10 okt · vanligtvis

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Spring bank-holiday bridges (25 apr – 2 jun)

Mycket folk — Summer holidays i Italy, skollov i 6 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Risk

  Salento heat

  5 jul – 31 augExtrem värme

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Sea warm enough (20 jun – 10 okt (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — La Notte della Taranta, Sant'Oronzo

• Festival

  La Notte della Taranta

  22 augMusikfestivalTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Sant'Oronzo

  23–27 augReligiös högtidTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Sea warm enough (20 jun – 10 okt (vanligtvis)), Salento heat (5 jul – 31 aug)

Mycket folk — Summer holidays i Italy, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Sea warm enough (20 jun – 10 okt (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess bästa vädermånader

• Säsong

  Coast shuts, city stays open

  15 okt – 15 aprStängt mellan säsongernaStängningar

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Sea warm enough (20 jun – 10 okt (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i november.

Pågår fortfarande: Coast shuts, city stays open (15 okt – 15 apr)

Mest folk — Christmas to Epiphany, Christmas holidays i Italy

• Helg

  Christmas to Epiphany

  24 dec – 6 janJul & nyårStängningarTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Coast shuts, city stays open (15 okt – 15 apr)