Day 3- A visit to Lecce

 We walked down to Bari central train station and jumped on the train to Lecce. The journey took around 1 hour 40 mins.

At Lecce stopped off for coffee and cake before exploring the old town.

First stop was the Roman amphitheatre, an amazing structure that was only discovered in 1901. This amphitheatre is in the heart of the modern city and is surrounded by modern buildings.

Next was the impressive Castello Carlo V Castilla, originally built in the 12th Century.

As we wondered the narrow, historical streets we came upon the breath taking frontage of Basilica di Santa Croce. The church has a richly decorated façade, with six smooth columns. The intricate carvings on the building look as if you are looking at a picture, there is so much to pick out. All this built around the sixteenth century.

There was so many historical buildings and churches to be seen in the streets of

the Old town.

We stopped of for lunch at the La Cucina di Mamma Elvira Restaurant where we enjoyed  a meal cold meats and cheese platter with a very nice glass of local chardonnay. 

On the trip home we stopped off at the port of Brindisi,  we only had time for a quick mooch about, we both said that we wished that we had  more time to explore the sights.