Destination guide
Bari
Italy
Bari (Bari dialect: Bare) is the capital of the Apulia region of Italy, on the Adriatic Sea. With a population of 317,000 (in 2019), it's the second largest city in Southern Italy after Naples.
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Go to Strada delle Orecchiette in Bari Vecchia in the morning, when nonnas are actively shaping the ear-shaped pasta on wooden boards outside their doors—bring cash.
There are essentially no ATMs inside Bari Vecchia and many small vendors are cash-only, so withdraw before you enter the old town.
The old town is welcoming and busy by day but thins out fast late at night—stick to the lit main streets and the Lungomare once the crowds disperse.
Order orecchiette alle cime di rapa (with turnip tops), raw sea urchins and focaccia barese — the tomato-and-olive slab from Panificio Fiore is the benchmark version.
The Basilica di San Nicola holds the bones of St Nicholas — the actual Santa Claus — brought from Turkey by Barese sailors in 1087, and it's still an Orthodox pilgrimage site.
April–June and September–October are the sweet spot; Bari also works as the gateway to Polignano a Mare, Alberobello and Matera.
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Best time to go
Best window: February–December
Kind weather all year — there is no month to avoid.
Rated from ten years of daily temperature and rainfall recorded at this destination, via Open-Meteo's ERA5 reanalysis. Hover a month for its real numbers.
Getting around
By car
Parking in blue zones (ZSR) is generally paid Monday–Saturday, 08:30–20:30. It is free on Sundays and public holidays, except in specifically marked "parking islands" (Aree di sosta a pagamento h24).
Transport notes from Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What to see
Places are listed from Wikivoyage and our own sourced research. Worth it means a second, independent source names the place too; “3 sources agree” means three or more do — and each card names them, so you can check.
Basilica of Saint Nicholas
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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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Strada Arco Basso
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Every morning, women set tables outside their homes and hand-cut orecchiette in the open street — a living tradition, not a show.
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Bari Cathedral
Piazza dell'Odegitria, 1· Free
A Roman church even older than St. Nicolas', though later refurbished in baroque style, and equally interesting.
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Chiesa di Sant’Anna
Str. Palazzo di Città, 63
St. Anna Church was built between 1246-1247 as a synagogue, known as “Scola Grande”. It was later converted into a Christian Church and entrusted to the Confraternity of St. Anna.
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Church of Santa Chiara
Bari Vecchia· Free
Built on the site of the medieval Santa Maria degli Alemanni church, this site was acquired by the Order of Saint Clare in 1429. After various renovations in the 16th century, the church was completely rebuilt in its current Baroque style…
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Castello normanno-svevo
The symbolic fortress of the city: built in the 12th century, destroyed and then rebuilt during the 13th century by Frederick II.
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What to do
Teatro Petruzzelli
Corso Cavour, 12
The largest theatre of the city and the fourth Italian theatre by size. Its season feature high quality productions of prose, opera, ballet and classical music.
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What to eat
Panificio Fiore
Worth itAlso recommended by Gambero Rosso and 1 other
A wood-fired bakery in Bari Vecchia whose focaccia barese — cherry tomatoes, olives — is the city's benchmark.
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Di Cosimo
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A 1962 panzerotteria whose deep-fried panzerotti stay improbably light — mozzarella and tomato inside.
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Al Sorso Preferito
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Where spaghetti all'assassina was invented in 1967, when a chef burned a pan of arrabbiata and served it anyway.
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Al Pescatore
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Family-run seafood since 1968 by the Castello Svevo — raw platters and spaghetti alle vongole.
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Terranima
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Traditional Apulian cooking on Via Putignani — orecchiette with turnip greens, fave e cicorie.
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Antica Gelateria Gentile
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Gelato from the same family since 1880, opposite the Castello Svevo — fruit-forward, three generations deep.
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Black Lounge bar
Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 182
Bar at the exit from Giardino Garibaldi.
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Osteria Vini e Cucina
Strada Vallisa, 23
An old and very informal restaurant in the old town. Traditional, non-posh cuisine. Simple four-course menu
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Osteria delle Travi
Conceptionally similar to the Osteria Vini e Cucina.
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Where to stay
Bed and breakfast F.G.
Via palo 77· Pricey
Professes to have clean, well-maintained large rooms, friendly staff, delicious breakfast offerings, high-speed wireless internet access, in-room refrigerators, air conditioning, saphonelite TV and video players that are delivered without…
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Olive Tree hostel
Via Scipione Crisanzio, 90· Pricey
Wifi, lockers, free breakfast, outgoing host.
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Bari Belle Camere, and Cosy Rox
turn right out of the train station to travel east, walk two blocks and find the orange and grey building on the other side of the walk bridge· Pricey
Cosy Rox are a couple of residences operated for overnight stays and short term rentals. To stay you will need to visit the main hostel (Sumas Bla hostel) at 40 Piazza Luigi di Savoia, from where you will be directed to the place where you…
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Savoia International lt Bari Stazione
Piazza Luigi di Savoia Duca Degli Abruzzi, 24
This B&B has a great location. Near the accommodation there are some popular points of interest like Ferrarese Square, Mercantile Square, Bari Port.
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B&B Cavour 124
Corso Camillo Benso Conte di Cavour, 124
This B&B is really close to Bari Cathedral and the centre of Bari is 1 km away from the venue.
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Room 110 Bari
Corso Cavour, 110
Room 110 is set next to the centre of Bari. It is really close to Ferrarese Square.
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