Bari
Bari is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the region of Apulia, on the Adriatic Sea in southern Italy.
Bari is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the region of Apulia, on the Adriatic Sea in southern Italy. It is one of the most important economic centres of mainland southern Italy. It is a port and university city as well as the city of Saint Nicholas. The city itself is the 9th-largest city in Italy with a population of 316,248, while the urban area has approximately 750,000 inhabitants. Its metropolitan province is the 5th-largest metropolitan city in the country, with a population of 1,218,073.
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Worth seeing in and around Bari
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Stadio San Nicola
Stadio San Nicola is a multi-use all-seater stadium designed by Renzo Piano in Bari, Italy. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of SSC Bari.
5 km · football stadium · Wikipedia - 02Basilica of Saint Nicholas
The Pontifical Basilica of Saint Nicholas is a church in Bari, southern Italy, that holds wide religious significance throughout Europe and the Christian world. The shrine is designated a basilica by the privilege of immemorial status.
600 m · church in Bari · Wikipedia - 03University of Bari
The University of Bari Aldo Moro is a public higher education institution founded in 1925 in Bari, Apulia in Southern Italy. The university has a student population of around 40,000.
500 m · Italian university · Wikipedia - 04Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta
Bari Cathedral, or Cathedral of Saint Sabinus, is the cathedral of Bari, in Apulia, southern Italy. The cathedral is the seat of the Archbishop of Bari-Bitonto, as it was previously of the archbishops, earlier bishops, of Bari.
400 m · cathedral of Bari, Italy · Wikipedia - 05Castello Normanno-Svevo
The Castello Normanno-Svevo, also known as the u Castídde in the Barese dialect, is a castle in the Apulian city of Bari, Italy. Built around 1132 by the Norman king Roger II, the building is now used for exhibitions.
300 m · castle in Bari, Italy · Wikipedia - 06Teatro Petruzzelli
The Teatro Petruzzelli is the largest theatre of the city of Bari and the fourth Italian theatre by size.
600 m · opera house in Bari, Italy · Wikipedia - 07Polytechnic University of Bari
The Polytechnic University of Bari is a university located in Bari, Italy. It was founded in 1990 and it is organized into five departments.
2.1 km · university in Italy · Wikipedia - 08Teatro Piccinni
Teatro Piccinni is a theatre in the city of Bari, Apulia on the east coast of Italy. It was founded in 1854 and opened on 30 May of that year.
100 m · theatre in Bari, Italy · Wikipedia - 09Orthodox Church of Saint Nicholas, Bari
The Russian Orthodox Church of Saint Nicholas is an Eastern Orthodox church building in Bari, Italy.
1.7 km · church building in Bari, Italy · Wikipedia - 10Pinacoteca metropolitana di Bari
The Pinacoteca metropolitana di Bari or Pinacoteca C. Giaquinto is a public gallery of paintings and museum of artworks in the city of Bari, Italy. The museum displays a range of artistic works connected to the region of Apulia.
300 m · museum in Italy · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
In Bari there are so many things to see, especially the Old Town (Bari Vecchia), or the Cathedral of San Sabino, a Romanesque-style church. It has the longest seafront promenade in Italy, as well as alleyways, historical buildings, marvellous architectures and more than 30 churches, among which some outstanding ones like the Basilica of Saint Nicholas which is considered to be one of the prototypes of the Apulian…
- 01Basilica of Saint Nicholas
This romanic church with a gold ceiling and a crypt contains many medieval attractions, including the magnificent cathedra of Bishop Elias.
- 02Bari Cathedral
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Things to do
Bari is a very lively city, with a wide range of clubs, pubs, bars, discos very popular among young people and adults. Many pubs are found in Corso Vittorio Emanuele II or in Piazza del Ferrarese; there are also many discos, like the Reef, on the seafront in the direction of San Giorgio. A popular summer tourist destination is "Torre Quetta”.
- 01Teatro Petruzzelli
The largest theatre of the city and the fourth Italian theatre by size.
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Where to eat
Local cuisine is based on three typical agricultural products found within the Apulia region, namely wheat, olive oil and wine, beyond being even enriched by the wide variety of fruit and vegetables produced locally.
- 01Venezia 40
Via Venezia, 40.
- 02Maria delle Sgagliozze
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- 03Pizzeria di Cosimo
Largo Albicocca, 19.
- 04La Locanda
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Getting to Bari
- Airports
- Bari Karol Wojtyła (BRI), 9 km · Brindisi (BDS), 105 km · Dubrovnik Ruđer Bošković (DBV), 197 km
- Stations
- Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport, 9 km · Bari Centrale railway station, 900 m · Port of Bari, 1.5 km · Bari Parco Sud railway station, 2.9 km · Bari Zona Industriale railway station, 3.4 km
- Brindisi → Bari87 km · quickest by road, 2h 12m · €11–15
- Napoli → Bari220 km · quickest by road, 4h 5m · €26–36
- Lamezia Terme (CZ) → Bari245 km · quickest by road, 5h 27m · €33–46
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Bari
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bari. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inBari is the destination for ferries incoming from the Greek port of Patras and Igoumenitsa.
- Get inFerry operators are either Superfast Ferries, Blue Star Ferries or Jadrolinija.
- Get inAn up-to-date site with international ferry schedules is here.
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