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Bari
City in Apulia, Italy

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.

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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.

Get in

Getting to Bari

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    Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport

    Bari's airport is modern and well-organized.

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    Bari Centrale

    Bari's station is well connected to most Italian cities (Rome, Milan, Bologna, Naples, Foggia, Brindisi, Lecce, Taranto).

See

Worth seeing

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…

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    Basilica of Saint Nicholas

    This romanic church with a gold ceiling and a crypt contains many medieval attractions, including the magnificent cathedra of Bishop Elias.

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    Bari Cathedral
Do

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”.

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    Teatro Petruzzelli

    The largest theatre of the city and the fourth Italian theatre by size.

Eat

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.

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    Venezia 40

    Via Venezia, 40.

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    Maria delle Sgagliozze

    Str.

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    Pizzeria di Cosimo

    Largo Albicocca, 19.

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    La Locanda

    Str.

How locals move

Getting around Bari the local way

  • 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.

From Wikivoyage: Bari, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see file page), Wikimedia Commons.