For the perfect nightlife you don't have to give up an evening in Lecce: the magic of the Baroque at night is even stronger and will conquer you.
I'll tell you right away, if you're a Lecce and you want to take a tour of the nightlife, you will surely find yourself in great difficulty because of the huge range of venues.
Now I try to tidy up and give you some tips for your evenings in the Salento capital.
Let's start from the historic center, the beating heart of Lecce nightlife, where it is easy to find the place that is right for you, just look around.
1. Joyce, Irish pub
Starting from Piazza Sant'Oronzo and taking via Templari, head towards the Basilica of the Holy Cross. As soon as you take the road you will immediately find Joyce, a pub with a clear Irish inspiration, from the furniture to the menu offered.
2. A good glass of wine
Continuing, from here on you enter the area that I call "the wine shop", due to the many small points where you can have an aperitif or dine while sipping a glass of good wine, often local. In the summer you can easily recognize them because they have tables and stools even outdoors.
Da The desk, then continuing for the Shui, Mother Elvira, the Viveur, until the Breeding.
3. Off Side, Ristohouse
Behind the Massimo Multiplex Cinema, in an alleyway is the Off Side, a hybrid place, halfway between a pub, with live music on Thursdays, and a restaurant, thanks also to the skill of the kitchen staff, able to prepare everything from hamburgers to first courses. Try the homemade cheese and pepper chips.
4. Places to eat and dance
A stone's throw from Piazza Sant'Oronzo instead we find the gateway to the Lecce nightlife, that is little square of Santa Chiara. Full of clubs like theUrban Cafe, the Alibi and Mad, where to eat or dance until late with the music of DJs, sipping an excellent cocktail.
5. Historic premises
Taking via Federico d'Aragona and continuing on via dei Perroni you will find the historic clubs of Lecce evenings. Two above all? There Negra Tomasa and Road 66.
La Negra Tomasa, a pub that recently also opened a steakhouse next door. Typical Salento cuisine, sometimes even revisited, pizzas and meat are some of the dishes that can be found "alla Negra". All washed down with excellent beer.
Already by mentioning Road 66, a piece of Lecce history is mentioned. A pub with Tex-Mex cuisine and a particular focus on meat and burgers. Beers, even with dedicated evenings, cannot be missing on the indoor or outdoor tables.
6. Premises outside the center
Outside the center and therefore with some more parking possibilities, my advice is to stop for dinner at The Shipyard or to Succursals, two places that are located next to each other, near the obelisk, but which offer completely different dishes
Il Hambirreria shipyard, everything is already written in the name. Various types of burgers with high quality meat and the wide choice of beers are a must for this place. In addition, the evenings with live music and the opportunity to dine on a splendid terrace in the summer are particularly special.
The Branch is the Lecce meeting place of the Barrueco di Santa Caterina, on the coast of Nereto. Here you can taste the proposals related to the Salento tradition and the excellent pizza, especially the fried one. Small and quiet place.
If you really don't want to get close to the center, but you want to go to a cult club for the people of Lecce, you can go to Tennent'S Grill, where you are spoiled for choice when ordering. In the English-style pub the galleto, the grill, the salads and the pizzas will put you in serious trouble.
Get lost in the magic of Lecce baroque at night it is an experience to try at least once in a lifetime, and then you know, at night everything is more magical.
Doing it with a cocktail in hand is definitely better.
You can choose whether to enter the center already with the glass in hand, making a stop at the Barroccio, practically in front of the Shipyard and the Branch. Here it is easy to come across an evening with live music, strictly outdoors.
7. An award-winning cocktail bar
Il How much is enough is the winner of the BarAwards2015 as the best cocktail bar in Italy and finding it is very easy. in fact, just go behind the Duomo.
Diego and Andrea will help you choose the cocktail that best suits your tastes, and then sip it immersed in the Lecce baroque, at the foot of the bell tower.
It will be the strong presence of young university students, it will be the Salento's desire to have fun, it will also be thanks to the climate, the fact is that the nightlife in Lecce is very active, with a vast offer of places and “situations” for all tastes.
I just have to wait for you in Lecce, maybe we meet in one of the places mentioned.
