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Brindisi

Brindisi is a city in the region of Apulia in southern Italy, the capital of the province of Brindisi, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea.

Brindisi
Brindisi · Benjamin Smith
The place

Brindisi is a city in the region of Apulia in southern Italy, the capital of the province of Brindisi, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. Historically, the city has played an essential role in trade and culture due to its strategic position on the Italian Peninsula and its natural port on the Adriatic Sea. The city remains a major port for trade with the Balkan Peninsula, Greece and the Middle East. Its industries include agriculture, chemical works, and the generation of electricity.

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What is there

Worth seeing in and around Brindisi

3 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.

  1. 01
    Teatro Verdi

    The Nuovo Teatro Giuseppe Verdi is a theatre in Brindisi, Italy, which opened on December 20, 2006. Stefano Miceli became chairman of the theatre foundation in 2022.

    1.1 km · theatre in Brindisi, Italy · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    PalaPentassuglia

    PalaPentassuglia, or PalaElio, is an indoor arena that is located in Brindisi, Italy. The arena's full name is Palazzetto dello Sport "Elio Pentassuglia".

    2.5 km · indoor arena in Brindisi, Italy · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Stadio Franco Fanuzzi

    Stadio Franco Fanuzzi is an arena in Brindisi, Italy. It is primarily used for football, and hosts Virtus Francavilla and S.S.D. Città di Brindisi.

    1.8 km · football stadium in Brindisi, Italy · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

See

What Wikivoyage says to see

  1. 01
    Monumento al Marinaio
  2. 02
    Roman columns and Virgil’s Staircase
  3. 03
    Santa Maria del Casale

    Contrada Baroncino (just beside the airport),.

  4. 04
    Church of San Benedetto

    Romanesque church of the 10th century, with a massive bell tower with triple-mullioned windows and Lombard bands.

  5. 05
    Temple of San Giovanni al Sepolcro

    Circular Romanesque church built by the Normans in the 11th century; it was probably owned by the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre.

  6. 06
    Cathedral

From Wikivoyage: Brindisi, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Eat

Where to eat

Restaurants will have many common items of Apulian cuisine. Famous pasta styles include spaghetti alle vongole and orechiette con cime di rapa. Locals speak highly of the seafood in the area. All these are in the city centre:

  1. 01
    Pizzeria La Piazzetta

    Piazza Mercato, 3.

  2. 02
    Il Botteghino Pizzeria

    Corso Roma, 35.

  3. 03
    La Cantina

    Via De' Terribile, 11.

  4. 04
    Urban Beat Burger & Coffee

    Corso Giuseppe Garibaldi, 76.

  5. 05
    Locanda degli Schiavoni

    Via Giovanni Tarantini, 41.

From Wikivoyage: Brindisi, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Go there

Getting to Brindisi

Airports
Brindisi (BDS), 3 km · Bari Karol Wojtyła (BRI), 113 km · Tirana Mother Teresa (TIA), 173 km
Stations
Brindisi – Salento Airport, 2.9 km · Brindisi railway station, 500 m · San Vito dei Normanni railway station, 9.9 km · Port of Brindisi, 2.9 km · Brindisi Marittima railway station, 1.5 km
  • Bari → Brindisi
    105 km · quickest by road, 1h 40m · €12–16
    GuideToday
  • Lamezia Terme (CZ) → Brindisi
    232 km · quickest by road, 4h 45m · €34–47
    GuideToday
  • Napoli → Brindisi
    310 km · quickest by road, 4h 48m · €37–50
    GuideToday
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Brindisi

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 Brindisi. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get in{{go | name known as Aeroporto del Salento | url | address 40.658056 | long | phone | hours | wikipedia Areoportro BDS 2.JPG | wikidata=Q849715 | lastedit=2018-06-08 | content=It is served by various airlines }} The companies that provide a car-rental service from the airport are: {{listing | name | url | address | long | phone | hours | wikipedia | lastedit }} Ferries to Brindisi are available from Greece (Corfu, Igoumenitsa, Cephalonia, Zante, Patras) and Turkey (Cesme).
  • Get inVisit www.Ferries.gr and search through all ferry schedules to/from Brindisi.
  • Get inAlso Albania is well connected to the city, with ferries from Vlore, managed by Skenderbeg Lines.
  • Get inTo get to the ferry terminal, the bus line "AP" regularly runs from the front entrance of the railway station ("Piazza Crispi - Stazione FF.
  • Get inSS.") to the ferry terminal ("Costa Morena").

From Wikivoyage: Brindisi, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

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    MljetHR

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  2. 02
    KorčulaHR

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  3. 03
    HvarHR

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  4. 04
    Mount AthosGR

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  5. 05
    ThasosGR

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