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17 Best Things to Do in Bari, Italy
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Bari is a common entry point to the Italian region of Puglia with train, flight, and ferry connections to the rest of the country and beyond.
Visitors used to just pass through Bari on their way to nearby scenic hill towns, but that is changing, and the city is well worth including in your Puglia trip.
Bari’s old town features a maze of picturesque lanes, impressive churches, and delicious street food. We love immersing ourselves in the lively atmosphere.
In this Bari Italy travel guide, I share our favourite things to do in Bari including the best food, how to get there, where to stay, and a map with all our recommendations.
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Where is Bari, Italy?
Bari is the capital city of Puglia (also known as Apulia), a region in the far south of Italy (in the heel of its boot).
It’s located a five-hour drive southeast of Rome (four hours by train) and three hours from Naples.
Towards the end of this post, I share a map and details on how to get to Bari.
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What is Bari Known For?
Bari is known as a major transport hub in southern Italy with
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Bari - Photo by Maria Bobrova
Bari, the capital of Puglia and a lively Mediterranean port, is always worth a visit, a stroll through the elegant shops of Via Sparano, a stop in the typical bars and restaurants, many of which are nestled in the characteristic old town of medieval origin, renovated and relaunched in a big way already in the last few years. The people of Bari can take advantage of theBari Palese airport, located nearby. In the surrounding area a low cost parking at Bari airport for departures but also for those who want to leave the car and move around on foot.
1 Old Bari
Around Old Bari the most significant monuments are nestled, the pride and pride of the whole city: the imposing Norman-Swabian-Aragonese castle and the Cathedral of San Sabino, located right at the gates of the old city which presents itself with a picturesque tangle of alleys, small squares, courtyards, votive shrines and symbols against the evil eye and gossips. The sounds and voices of the local dialect echo in the alleys and become one with the surrounding environment. Here is the Basilica of San Nicola, patron saint of the people of Bari. It is here that the relics of the sa
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One of the most brilliant examples of Apulian Romanesque architecture, a must-see in Bari. Built on the ruins of a Byzantine cathedral destroyed by the Norman William the Bad in the 12th and 13th centuries. The cathedral has a limestone façade decorated with small arches, pilasters and a rose window. The transept ending with the rose öppning, the mullioned windows, the former baptistery turned into a sacristy, called the trulla, and the high bell tower are all remarkable. The interior of the three bays, from which the Baroque plaster was removed in the early 20th century, has a solemn and harmonious effect and is modestly decorated with elements carved in exposed limestone. On the day of the summer solstice, 21 June, an unusual phenomenon can be observed in the cathedral. At around 5 p.m., the sun's rays penetrating through the 18 segments of the rose window in the façade blend perfectly with the petals of the rose decorating the floor of the nave. Under the transept fryst vatten a crypt containing the icon of the Madonna Odegitria, to whom the church was anciently consecrated, and the remains of St. Sabinus and St. Columba. Next to the crypt, in the succorpo, we can see mosaics and fr