Experience food tours in
Lecce with Withlocals

"Spent a delightful 3 hours in Lecce with Eleanora learning more about this historic, charming town and tasting our way through the local cuisine. Eleanora's passion for her city and depth of knowledge were well in evidence and here food selections - both the locations and tasting - were terrific. I would book both Eleanora and the taste of Lecce experience again. "

"Francesca was an exceptional guide to Lecce! She was so knowledgeable and knew the answers to all our questions. The foods we tired were top notch. I would highly recommend this tour!"

"We enjoyed our tour with Eleonora who told us a bit about the history of Lecce and offered us many examples of tasty local food and drink. In fact there was so much food we struggled to finish it all. We would recommend."

"We are a family of six and had a great morning exploring the centro storico of Lecce with Eleonora. The tour was the right mix of tastings and historical information. Eleonora was extremely helpful with information on what to do and where to eat. "

"Eleanora met us by the Cathedral in Lecce and started by telling us a little about the history of the area including the invasions from the Ottoman Empire to the Greeks, Romans and Normans which helped us understand the history of the local culture and foods. Then we began a wonderful private and personal tour of the city tasting specialities like Don Antonio olive oil and traditional snacks like taralli. Our tour lasted 3 hours and ended with a ‘caffe leccesse’ which is an iced coffee with almond milk and traditional pastries Pasticciotto which are filled with an indulgent egg custard. We cannot recommend Eleanora more highly. She was a fount of information and made sure we had a great time. "

"Eleonora was just great for this history/food tour of Lecce! She is very knowledgeable and a lot of fun! We ate in places we would have just passed by. We not only at in them, we met the owners and learned the history of what we were eating. "

"We zijn door Francesca meegenomen in Lecce. Gestart met een heerlijk caffe leccese en een pasticcioto. Daarna door de stad en onder andere streetfood geproefd, buratta, glaasje wijn. Ondertussen veel gehoord over de geschiedenis van Lecce, de gewoontes en veel tips over plekken waar we wat kunnen eten of drinken. Het was een zeer leuke ervaring en we raden het zeker aan!"

"Francesca communicated with us before the tour even started and became a friend almost immediately. She really knows where to go in Lecce for some tasty treats while incorporating the city’s history into our walk. We highly recommend Francesca as your tour guide if visiting Lecce."

"Eleonora contacted me to ask if we wanted to start the tour early, which was fine with us. We had booked a food tour with her, but she also explained about the history of Lecce, she was clearly very knowledgeable. The food was fantastic and we were all stuffed by the end. We went to lots of different spots to sample local food and she explained about the history of it too. Overall this was a great tour which I would recommend to anyone."

"Francesca was our fantastic tour guide! She agreed to host 12 adults (which was a lot) and did a fabulous job! We learned a lot about the beautiful city of Lecce. Along the way we sampled several local treats. We were so full towards the end that some of us had to decline the final tasting. We are staying on in the Puglia area for a couple of more weeks and will definitely be back to Lecce because of Francesca! Brava Francesca!"