Train of rural life – option 2
2 Stops: Lecce- Tuglie
- Experience time: Morning 8.30 -15.30; Afternoon 15.00-21.30
- Price for 10 people: 40,00 per person, including
- train travel;
- licensed guides (also in foreign languages);
- admission to all sites (Museum of Peasant Civilization, Passaturi Caves, Mosco Palace, 18th-century olive mill with Olive Museum, Masseria);
- assistance;
- tasting of typical products
- Optional:
- Local musician exhibition on-board train 120.00 (for a group of 10 people)
Why you should join this experience:
Experience a journey through places, landscapes and history: our train will take you on a journey of discovery through the rural civilisation and culture of the Salento.
The route will depart from Lecce to Tuglie, a village that is home to the Museum of Rural Civilisation of Salento, located in the 17th-century gardens of the Ducal Palace. This will be the first stop on an experiential route that will explore different eras, starting from the Middle Ages to the early 20th century.
You will then have access to an ancient cave from the Middle Ages, which represents the first residential area of Tuglie. Here you can admire the dwellings as they once were, still intact today!
You will be introduced to the ancient craft of ‘Carparo’, along with the art of building star and barrel vaults. While the production of “lampante” oil will be explained directly inside an 18th-century Frantoio Ipogeo (Hypogeum Oil Mill), which houses the Olive Museum.
This is followed by a tour of the historic centre, characterised by the characteristic ‘case a corte’ (courtyard houses) with their typical ‘pile’ (washing basins), cisterns and votive shrines.
It’s time to return to the Museum of Rural Civilisation for a small tasting of typical products, before catching the train back to Lecce*, which will conclude this exciting experience!
*a choice of local music performance (pizzica) on the return train
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