One of the most popular nativity scene of Salento takes place in "Monte Orco" (Hill of St. Euphemia, village of Tricase) and attended by over 250 extras that have the task of recreating the ancient crafts. The province of Lecce provides free bus routes around the 12 municipalities of the Greek Salento.

New wine and roasted chestnuts. The “gnostre” are the courtyards of the old town.

You can buy the kit including a bib and a cup, you can taste the wines and typical products served inside the eighteenth century gates.

The octopus is the typical mollusk of Mola city.

The surrounding of the Norman-Swabian Castel, tasting sweets or fried olives, bread, focaccia bread, vintage wine, preserves, seasonal fruit and excellent quality extra virgin olive oil. Market exhibition of plants, local crafts, guided tours of the castle and lots of music.

In Contrada Cristo Fasano, the farmyard of the Agritourism Amicizia is home of one of the most successful festivals of the Murgia with a rich program full of events, live music and cabaret which go together with the tasting of the dishes, typical products of the Murgia and a large variety of beers.

Food and wine event to promote typical local grapes; awarding of the best grapes for quality or size.

In Torrepaduli, ancient hamlet of Ruffano, during the festivities in honor of Saint Rocco, there is the "dance of the knives": two men mimic a fencing duel using their hands at the rhythm of drums and harmonica played by musicians arranged in a circle. The last day the big concert of rhythmic music of the past is held, which attracts thousands of visitors.

Along the narrow streets of the old town, local residents give new life to costumes, crafts, traditions and flavors of the past, allowing you to watch craftsmen weaving straw, wicker or cane and taste the typical local culinary art.