Top Things to Do in Bari, Italy

Getting to Bari

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The Best Things to Do in Bari, Italy

Stroll Around the Old Town

Bari’s Centro storico is full of historic piazzas, Baroque churches and narrow alleyways with laundry hanging down from balconies and Vespas parked in doorways. It’s a Bari must see! READ MORE HERE

Buy Fresh Pasta on Strada delle Orecchiette

For a glimpse into local food traditions, what to eat in Bari and to get your hands on some local orecchiette (ear-shaped pasta famous in Puglia) to take home make sure to weave this gorgeously narrow alley into your itinerary. Orecchiette Street or Stada Delle Orecchiette is a lovely local street on which you’ll find local women making and selling fresh orecchiette right outside their homes.

Walk the Lungomare

You’ll find a lungomare in most Italian seaside cities and Bari is no different. One of the best things to do in Bari, especially early in the morning or at sunset is to walk along the seafront promenade- the lungomare – more specifically Lungomare Nazario Sauro in Bari. Read more here

Visit Basilica San Nicola

The most popular basilica in Bari, the Basilica of Saint Nicholas is a grand Romanesque-style church that was completed in the 12th Century. It’s one of the most famous attractions in Bari Old Town. It took over 100 years to build by the Normans who occupied Puglia at the time. The church was built to house the relics of Saint Nicholas, the saint who inspired today’s Santa Claus, as they moved from present-day Turkey to a safer place in Bari.

Check out the Teatro Margherita

Built between 1912 and 1914, Teatro Margherita was designed in the Art Nouveau style and was one of the first buildings in Bari to be built from concrete- everything else was built from wood at that time. The building is almost completely surrounded by water, connected to the ‘mainland’ via a pier- very unique in Europe at that time. FIND OUT MORE HERE

Watch Locals at Piazza Mercantile

One of the unmissable things to do in Bari is to spend time in Piazza Mercantile, Bari’s most significant public square. Surrounded by beautiful palaces, a clock tower and commercial buildings, this square has been the hub of Bari commercial life since the 14th century.

Happy Travels!

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