{"id":43404,"date":"2026-11-08T12:59:41","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T11:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salentoprime.com\/?p=43404"},"modified":"2026-11-08T12:59:41","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T11:59:41","slug":"maglie-what-to-see-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salentoprime.com\/en\/maglie-what-to-see-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Maglie: cosa vedere, Mercatino del Gusto e guida 2027 [GUIDA]"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Looking for a base in the heart of Salento, half an hour from Lecce and around twenty minutes from the sea at Otranto, with a Baroque old town, the only museum in southern Italy devoted entirely to the prehistory of Salento and one of the best-loved food festivals in Puglia? This guide takes you to Maglie, the birthplace of Aldo Moro: piazza Aldo Moro and the Palazzo Baronale Capece, the Chiesa Madre di San Nicola with its bell tower about 48 metres high, the column of the Madonna delle Grazie, the Museo Civico di Paleontologia e Paletnologia, the civic museum of palaeontology and prehistory, Villa Tamborino, the dolmens and menhirs of the countryside, the Mercatino del Gusto and the nearest sea, with practical tips and local curiosities.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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In short<\/h2>

Maglie, M\u00e0\u1e0d\u1e0die or M\u00e0je in Griko, is a town of about 13,000 inhabitants in the centre of Salento, in the province of Lecce, about 30 km from Lecce, on the plain between the Murge salentine and the Serre. The old town, around piazza Aldo Moro, is home to the Palazzo Baronale Capece, now a classical secondary school (liceo classico), the Chiesa Madre di San Nicola, with a Baroque bell tower about 48 metres high, the tallest in the province after that of the Duomo di Lecce, and the column of the Madonna delle Grazie. Aldo Moro was born here, in 1916. The Museo Civico di Paleontologia e Paletnologia \u00abDecio De Lorentiis\u00bb, in the L\u2019Alca cultural complex, tells the story of the prehistory of the whole of Salento. In early August the old town fills up for the Mercatino del Gusto. The nearest sea is 18-21 km away, on the Adriatic coast, between Otranto, Porto Badisco, Santa Cesarea Terme and Castro. The best months are May, June and September, and the first days of August for the Mercatino.<\/p><\/blockquote>

What is Maglie?<\/h2>

Maglie is a town in inland Salento, in the centre of the peninsula, between the villages of the Grec\u00eca salentina to the north and the Serre that run down towards the Capo di Leuca to the south. It is a hub of roads and railways: state road 275 to Santa Maria di Leuca begins here, and the railway line to Otranto starts here. Regarded as the \u00abeconomic capital\u00bb of southern Salento, it has an old town of noble palazzi, Baroque churches in Lecce stone and courtyard houses, which grew up around the old castle, where the Palazzo Capece stands today. The municipality also includes the small hamlet of Morigino.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Maglie is a town that is alive all year round, with shops, bars and pastry shops in the centre and an evening stroll that revolves around piazza Aldo Moro, between the town hall with its portico, the Palazzo Capece and the marble monument to Francesca Capece. Just a few streets away you find stone-paved lanes, courtyards, nineteenth-century palazzi and the Baroque fa\u00e7ades of the churches, from the Chiesa Madre to the Madonna delle Grazie.<\/p>

It is not a seaside town, but the sea is close: in around twenty minutes you reach Otranto and in less than half an hour the cliffs of Porto Badisco, Santa Cesarea Terme and Castro. In about half an hour you are in Lecce, and thanks to the railway station you can reach Maglie without a car too. This is the Salento for those who love real towns, Baroque art, prehistory and good food, and for those looking for a convenient, central base. In this guide you will find how to get there, what to see, where to swim and how to plan your day, nearby too.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Index<\/h2>