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Bari Cathedral: Our most recommended tours and activities

Bari: Self-Guided Highlights Scavenger Hunt & Walking Tour

1. Bari: Self-Guided Highlights Scavenger Hunt & Walking Tour

Get to know Bari at your own pace on this interactive scavenger hunt walking tour played on your phone. Decipher riddles, interact with the most important attractions of the city, and unlock interesting facts and legends. An ideal outdoor activity for first time visitors, couples, groups, families, and children. Can be used as a great team-building activity. After downloading the scavenger hunt tour on your mobile device (via a link and login credentials received upon booking), use the mobile app and integrated maps to reach 10 of Bari’s most important attractions on foot. Start the activity whenever you like and enjoy the flexibility to pause your game at any time to take a break, snap the perfect photos, stop for lunch, or visit a museum. Choose to continue the tour later or save the rest for another day. In the history-filled city of Bari you will first visit the beautiful Giardini di Piazza Umberto I. Then the unique Teatro Petruzzelli and then the irreplaceable Museo Teatro Margherita. This wonderful route continues to the Piazza del Ferrarese. As a fifth stop you will find the Il Fortino di Sant'Antonio. As you continue your walk through the city you will find the interesting Piazza Mercantile. Of course, the Basilica San Nicola could not be missing from this tour. In addition, you will also admire the Basilica Cattedrale Metropolitana Primaziale San Sabino. The penultimate destination is the enviable Castello svevo di Bari. While the icing on the cake of this unique tour could not be other than the Large Albicocca Piazza.

Bari: Private Food and Walking Tour

2. Bari: Private Food and Walking Tour

Experience a wonderful walking and tasting tour in one of the most pictoresque cities of Puglia, the capital Bari! Explore the hidden corners of the old town with an expert guide and taste the flavours of local food tradition. Visit the most famous places of Bari, such as Piazza dei Mercanti, Piazza del Ferrarese, the Basilica of San Nicola, the Cathedral of San Sabino and many other hidden treasures Between one stop and the next you will taste authentic Bari specialties such as: "Focaccia" (soft leavened bread with raw tomato on top), "Panzerotto" (deep fried pizza rool, stuffed with tomato and mozzarella or delicious combinations of ingredients) and a lunch based on traditional recipes, made by an expert local lady. Along the way you will see how famous orecchiette are made! Every day the local ladies make kilos of handmade pasta, with quick movements of their expert hands, as fast as machines! And of course, you won't leave Bari Vecchia without tasting them!

Bari: Alleys of the Ancient Village Exploration Tour

3. Bari: Alleys of the Ancient Village Exploration Tour

Discover the highlights of Bari. Walk through the most famous squares until you reach the Cattedrale di San Sabino. Follow your expert guide and let yourself be amazed by the city's lesser told stories. Learn about the history and architecture of the Basilica di San Nicola. Relive the history and discover the devotion that links the people of Bari to their Patron Saint. Meet in front of the archaeological site of Piazza del Ferrarese to begin the tour of Bari's most emblematic places. Start from this square, known in the past as Piazzetta d'Armi, and then continue to other important spots of the city, such as Piazza Mercantile, the old gateway to the ancient village of Bari, or to the so-called Bari Vecchia. Walk through the narrow alleys of the old town until reaching the Cattedrale di San Sabino, the oldest church in Bari. Here, admire its beautiful white façade and discover all its secrets together with your guide. The next stop will be the marvelous Basilica di San Nicola. Hear about the architecture and the compelling story connecting it to the most beloved Saint in Bari.

From Bari: Matera Half-Day Trip with Guided Tour

4. From Bari: Matera Half-Day Trip with Guided Tour

Full description: Pick-up from the city of Bari (station or at your property) to reach the city of Matera and start your tour. Arrival in Matera where you will meet your guide to start your tour: •Departure from our Agency (via A. Volta n. 3/5); •Stop in Piazza San Francesco, in front of the homonymous Church; •Arrive at the highest point of the city, the Civita, where you are in front of the Cathedral; •Panoramic road composed of narrow streets and winding alleys to reach via dei Fiorentini; •Church of Sant'Antonio Abate; •Casa Grotta typically furnished; •Via Madonna delle Virtù and Porta Pistoia, "Pert P'stel" in vernacular materano, where there is a widening, meeting point between Sasso Barisano and Sasso Caveoso; •History of the Church of San Pietro Caveoso; •Local crafts; •Piazzetta Pascoli, overlooking the Sassi. Free lunch and return to Bari. With this tour you can also visit the City of Bari (day chosen by the customer based on availability) TOUR OF BARI: •The tour winds through the alleys of Bari Vecchia, through streets where women cleverly knead the mass to create the famous orecchiette and legends that speak of superstitions and faith; •The tour will have as focal points three symbols of the city: the Swabian Castle of Bari, the Cathedral of San Sabino and the Basilica of San Nicola, all completed by a walk on the Wall to discover some of the most photographical places of Bari; •The guided tour ends in Piazza del Ferrarese with explanation of the Borgo Murattiano and free time for shopping.

Bari: Guided Walking Tour with Local Products Tasting

5. Bari: Guided Walking Tour with Local Products Tasting

• The tour winds through the alleys of the historic center (Bari vecchia), through streets where women cleverly knead the mass to create the famous orecchiette and legends that speak of superstition and faith; • The tour will have as focal points three symbols of the city: the Swabian Castle of Bari, the Cathedral of San Sabino and the Basilica of San Nicola, all completed by a walk on the Wall to discover some of the most photographed places in Bari; • The guided tour ends in Piazza del Ferrarese with explanation of the Borgo Murattiano and free time for shopping.

Bari: Tour from Harbor to Old City, Walk & Taste

6. Bari: Tour from Harbor to Old City, Walk & Taste

The local guide will meet your at the main entry of Bari harbor and accompany in the old city that preserves the most of the treasures of Bari. Visit the famous Basilica of San Nicola, dedicated to the most beloved saint in the world, whose relics are kept in the crypt of this Romanic church of extraordinary beauty. Stroll through the narrow alleys of the old town where you can breathe an air of history , tradition and habits handed down from generation to generation. Admire the cathedral of Bari and the Castello Svevo, the monuments that bear the signs of the changes of the different eras from the Middle Ages to the present day. Listen to the unique stories and urban legends of Bari to fully understand the soul of this wonderful place. Walk through the narrow streets where the local ladies are sitting outside of the house with their table intent on making the typical handmade pasta "orecchiette" Taste the typical Bari street food: “focaccia” or the closed fried pizza “panzerotto”. At the end of the tour before local guide accompany you to the harbor do the little stop to taste the best "gelato" of Bari.

Bari: City Highlights Private Tour with a Guide

7. Bari: City Highlights Private Tour with a Guide

Bari is an elegant white town on the Adriatic sea, it combines both a sophsticated atmosphere of South Italy and the simplicity of a small provincial area. Bari is a total dominion of San Nicola. If you are not a believer and only a connoseur, San Nicola involves you in the Magic world of miracles. Every barese (this's how the locals are named) tells you a story about a fantastic appearance of San Nicola in case of necessity, fulfilling a miracle as saving from death, hunger, disease, providing spiritual help in hopeless situations. You experience this overwhelming energy of San Nicola. But the story of San Nicola in Bari starts in 1087, when the city, once prosperious and powerful, became a degrading corner long the Adriatic Coast. The only creative solution to come out from the heavy financial crises was to steel the tomb and the treasures of San Nicola from Myra. Any modern scenario seems to be weak in comparison with the advantures of San Nicola. As a result, San Nicola brought from Myra without any permission or blessing dropped the anchor in Bari where the happy crowd was waiting for him eagily. Through it was a top secret mission, everyone was aware of San Nicola's arrival: bishops, priests, politicians, merchants, travellers, curious, beggars... Now San Nicola is everywhere and thanks to him, Bari breathes miracles.

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