Reiseführer Lecce und Salento: Reiseführer Lecce und Salento, Italien - Nozio 0%

Lecce La Dolce Vita, Italien

Entertainment in Lecce is certainly no problem. With its major university (the most important Southern Italy) Lecce is the center of cultural movement in Puglia, a young city with a large population of students.

In Lecce, in the historic center, you will find a plethora of pubs, restaurants, bars, trendy wine and jazz bars, for listening to good music and satisfying your palate in a carefree environment.

Theater lovers will enjoy the excellent selection of entertainment at the historic theaters of Lecce:

• Teatro Paisiello: performances of classical and contemporary prose
  Info tel. 0832.242000 - www.teatropubblicopugliese.it
• Teatro Politeama Greco: classical and contemporary dance and prose.
  Info tel. 0832.246517 - www.teatropubblicopugliese.it
• Cantieri Teatrali Koreja: an innovative project, a theater in a converted former brick factory, with a program of theater, dance, music, cinema, figurative arts, and multimedia for the tastes best tuned to contemporary expression.
  Informazioni: tel. +39.0832.242000 - www.teatrokoreja.com

In summer, the Lecce movement transfers to the coast and villages of the Salento. The nights here are among the liveliest of Italy: discotheques and bars on the beach provide entertainment until the first light of the dawn. Otranto and Gallipoli are certainly the "hottest" cities, without forgetting Leuca, Castro and Santa Cesarea Terme.

The Salento is famous for being the Italian reggae capital: on the coast of Otranto in particular, quiet bars on the beach are transformed at night into reggae dancehalls for everyone.

More opportunities for enjoyment are found at the dozens of village festivals held in every village of the Salento. If you end up in Salento in August, don't miss the Notte della Taranta, a date with the culture of Grecìa Salentina to dance to the swirling rhythm of the "pizzica". Official website: www.nottedellataranta.net