Provinciale Lecce - Cavallino, 32, Lecce, Italy | (251) 219-4428
Spacious guest rooms with wood parquet floors and modern furniture
Restaurant with wood-burning pizza oven
Bright, open lobby bar with lots of stylish seating
Continental breakfast buffet available for a fee
Huge parking lot
Lots of space for business meetings and events, including rooftop garden
Swimming pool (under construction)
Hotel isn't near anything, so a car is necessary for getting around
No fitness center
Fee for beach shuttle
Leone di Messapia is a modern, upper-middle-range hotel with 108 guest rooms and four meeting rooms. The hotel often hosts conventions and receptions, has a restaurant with a wood-burning pizza oven, and a spacious lobby bar flooded with natural light. The parking lot can fit 200 cars and 15 buses. Rooms are spacious with minimal décor, flat-screen TVs, and stand-up showers with rain showerheads. The historic city of Lecce is less than a ten-minute drive away. Travelers wanting a comparable business hotel closer to Lecce could try the 8piuhotel, which is within walking distance or a five-minute drive from the city.
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Scene
Modern conference hotel with meeting rooms and bright, open lobby bar
The hotel is modern and minimalist -- a rounded, sand-colored stone building with geometric windows and a large parking lot. Neon orange-tinted windows lead into the modern lobby and spacious adjoining bar area, where minimalist white furnishings and red and orange pillows complete the trendy yet inviting scene. The hotel hosts conventions, weddings, and other business events, and there are four conference rooms on the property -- the biggest seating up to 400 people. There is also a business center and a foyer, which looks out into a garden with waterfalls.
Location
Ten-minute drive South of Lecce, within an hour of beaches and historic towns
Set on a two-lane road, not far from where Via Puglia SS16 intersects Variante di Lecce, the hotel is conveniently located for exploring Lecce -- a university town with upscale and antique shopping, an incredible Baroque piazza, and much dining and nightlife. There are also beaches and historic towns within an hour's drive of the hotel. The mostly residential town of Cavallino, which has Roman architecture, is three minutes away. San Cataldo Beach is reached in less than 10 minutes, and Porto Cesareo's turquoise waters are about 45 minutes away. Gallipolli, a picturesque, walled town on the Ionian Sea, is a 35-minute drive from the hotel.
Rooms
Spacious rooms with parquet wood floors and modern furniture
Guest rooms at the Leone di Messapia are big and modern, with parquet wood floors, minimal décor, and sleek, white furniture. All rooms have mini-fridges, flat-screen TVs, and free Wi-Fi. Suites have planters with live plants, and bathroom kits with extras like toothpaste and toothbrushes and a shaving kit. Executive Lofts have whirlpool tubs and a welcome gift including wine and cookies upon arrival.
Features
Airy lobby bar and restaurant serving wood-fired Neapolitan pizza
The hotel serves a continental breakfast buffet -- with pastries, fresh fruit, and charcuterie -- for a fee, and the on-site restaurant serves regional dishes and thin-crust Neapolitan pizza made in a wood-burning stove. The lobby bar is bright and spacious with sleek furniture, and a rooftop garden offers a scenic spot for holding receptions. Free parking is available in the huge parking lot, and a shuttle to the beach is available for a fee. A swimming pool is under construction.
