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The Top 20 Caves in Lecce

Looking to visit a cave in Lecce on your next adventure? To help you better plan your next outdoor experience, we’ve collected Lecce’s 20 best caves for you. Based on the experiences of other users, each is a recommendation you know you can trust — so you can better plan your next adventure.

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Porto Badisco Bay

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    Porto Badisco is a quiet coastal town best known for its fantastic bay with crystal clear waters. According to some, it was here that Aeneas landed after his escape from …

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    Tip by guido gazzaniga

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    In Giurdignano the San Paolo menhir is characteristic, which stands on a rocky spur where the crypt of San Paolo was built. On the top there is a hole that …

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    Tip by Gianluca Orlando

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    The "Museo Faggiano" is a private historical-archaeological building in the historical center of Lecce. It all started almost by accident in 2001, when the building's owner, Luciano Faggiano, was forced …

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    Tip by Thomas Aehlig

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    Reaching the caves is simple: at a certain point on the path you will find yourself at an intersection, where a sign indicates the narrow branches that deviate from the …

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    Tip by Fabrizio Colazzo 🔅

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    The Grotta del Cavallo is famous for the archaeological finds of human and animal remains dating back to the Paleolithic. Some of the oldest Homo sapiens in Europe, who lived …

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    The ancient quarries of Petrore were built with a different technique, in fact there are no excavation wells, here the limestone deposit is outcropping. In this case we speak of …

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    Tip by Roberto Nuzzo

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    The panorama from here is truly breathtaking, on one side it opens up to the Ionian towards Calabria on the other you look at the bay of Santa Maria di …

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Last updated:
September 7, 2025

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