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Brindisi

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.

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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.

Get in

Getting to Brindisi

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    Brindisi Airport
  2. 02
    Brindisi
See

Worth seeing

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    Monumento al Marinaio
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    Roman columns and Virgil’s Staircase
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    Santa Maria del Casale

    Contrada Baroncino (just beside the airport),.

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    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
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.

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    La Cantina

    Via De' Terribile, 11.

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    Urban Beat Burger & Coffee

    Corso Giuseppe Garibaldi, 76.

  5. 05
    Locanda degli Schiavoni

    Via Giovanni Tarantini, 41.

How locals move

Getting around Brindisi the local way

  • 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").
  • Go nextIf you have not bought the ferry ticket online, you can buy it from an office very close to the train station (exact address required).
  • Go nextThey will also give you a map to find the embarkation place for ferries.

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

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