Hotels Lecce, Guesthouses Lecce and Residences Lecce

Lecce, a provincial capital of Apulia situated just in the heart of the Salentine Peninsula, is one of the most appreciated holiday destinations in the region. The architectural style which characterizes both the religious and civic buildings of the old town is the highly decorative Lecce Baroque.

Visitors to the Salentine regional capital can stay in the numerous 3- and 4-star hotels situated in the old town, along the most appreciated artistic streets of the city. Lecce also provides comfortable accommodation in hotels situated near the station, an important railway junction which connects the main resorts in Apulia. Not to be missed are cheap guesthouses which provide bedrooms at reasonable prices all year round.

Guests staying at a hotel in Lecce will have the possibility to admire its enchanting architectural patterns. Cornices, spiral columns, richly decorated pediments, fantastic caryatids and outstanding floral patterns built of soft local sandstone adorn the facades of churches, houses and public buildings. One of the most appreciated squares is Piazza del Duomo, surrounded by sumptuous Baroque buildings and scattered with a remarkably rich array of art treasures.
Both splendour and magnificence revive in the stone buildings dating back to Lecce's golden age, which the city experienced between the XVII and the XVIII century under the Aragonese domination, as evidenced by the seventeenth-century churches St. Croce, Church of Gesù, St. Irene and St. Chiara, and by exquisite palaces, such as Palazzo del Governo, Palazzo Palmieri, the Castle and the Town Hall.
A lively cultural and artistic city, Lecce hosts important music, lyric and theatrical performances which are staged in the beautiful Roman amphitheatre situated in Piazza S. Oronzo, as well as traditional folk festivals which attract tourists all year round.