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Bari ( / ˈbɑːri / BAR-ee, Italian: [ˈbaːri] ⓘ; Barese: Bare [ˈbæːrə]; Latin: Barium) is the former capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, southern Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy after Naples.
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- Get Lost in Bari Vecchia (Old Town) My number one pick of the best things to do in Bari is to wander the streets of Bari Vecchia, the compact old town on a peninsula jutting into the sea.
- Take a Walking Tour with Food Tastings. Taking a food tour is one of our favourite ways to explore an Italian city, so we signed up to this Bari Street Food Tour by Velo.
- Watch Fresh Pasta Being Made. Space is limited in Bari Vecchia, so local women began making and selling fresh pasta on the street outside their homes.
- Hang Out in the Main Squares. An Italian piazza or square is always a hub for meeting friends and having drinks or dinner. The two main squares in Bari Vecchia are Piazza Mercantile and Piazza del Ferrarese, which sit side by side.
- Basilica di San Nicola. Bari's signature basilica was one of the first Norman churches to be built in southern Italy, and is a splendid (if square and solid) example of Pugliese…
- Museo Archeologico di Santa Scolastica. Housed in a well-preserved 16th-century defensive bastion, this excellent museum reopened in late 2018 and features a superbly curated overview of the…
- Museo del Succorpo della Cattedrale. This subterranean museum beneath Bari cathedral reveals well-preserved remnants of an ancient Christian basilica and various Roman ruins.
- Cathedral. Built over the original Byzantine church, the 12th- to 13th-century Romanesque cathedral, dedicated to San Sabino, is technically Bari's most important…
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