Bari Self Guided Tour of a City of Relics and Refugees

Bari, Italy
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Duration2h - 3h
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LanguagesGerman, Russian, Portuguese, English, Italian, Polish, French, Dutch, Spanish
Private tourOnly your group will participate

Overview

Most people rush through Bari on the way to a ferry. They miss that a disaster in this harbour handed modern medicine its first chemotherapy drug. They fail to learn about how a crew of Bari sailors sailed to Turkey, broke open a tomb, and carried home the bones of the man the world would later call Santa Claus. Their names are still listed in the basilica they built to hold him.
This is a self-guided audio tour of Bari. Download it to the app, put in your earphones, and walk. No meeting point, no fixed start time, no group.

Nineteen stops through Bari, where you see a carved Turkish head with a decapitation legend, an arch where women were said to leap from roofs as cats, a marble tomb built by a daughter certain her mother was murdered, and the town hall of a mayor who refused to turn away 20,000 refugees.

Audio works offline, so pause it, replay it, take your time.
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What's included

  • 100% Satisfaction Guarantee: If you don’t love the tour, write to us for a full refund.
  • Offline access to the tour (no internet connection needed) once tour is downloaded.
  • Audio and written guide included
  • 1 year access to audio on iOS & Android. Listen to the tour anytime, as many times as you like.
  • Images to identify stops and in app interactive map for navigation.
  • Any physical devices or headphones
  • Human tour guide at location

What to expect

  1. Porto Vecchio
    15m
    Stand on the quay where an angry god's threat still shapes what Bari eats for breakfast.
  2. 5m
    Look up at a turbaned stone head that arrived here, locals say, without its body.
  3. Basilica San Nicola
    25m
    Trace the fortress walls raised to guard bones that sixty-two sailors stole from another country.
  4. Cattedrale di San Sabino
    Pass by
    See where the city's original patron lost everything to a newcomer who arrived by boat.
  5. 10m
    Pause where the women of this quarter were said to leap from rooftops after dark.
  6. Castello Normanno Svevo
    Pass by
    Encounter the emperor who drilled a peephole to test whether a famous saint was truly pure.
  7. 10m
    Piece together the Morse code sentence a mayor left facing the sea, and its twin across the Adriatic.
  8. Palazzo Mincuzzi
    5m
    Spot the letter M hidden a hundred times over on a merchant's temple to shopping.
  9. Palazzo dell'Acquedotto Pugliese
    Pass by
    Uncover why a thirsty city built what people rightly call a cathedral of water.

Meeting and pickup

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Additional information

  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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