Bari, Italy Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

Commercial and administrative capital of Puglia, a university town and southern Italy's second city, BARI has its fair share of interest. But although an economically vibrant place, it harbours no pretensions to being a major tourist attraction. People come here primarily for work or to leave for Greece on its many ferries. Bari was already a thriving centre when the Romans arrived. Later the city was the seat of the Byzantine governor of southern Italy, while under the Normans Bari rivalled Venice, both as a maritime centre and, following the seizure of the remains of St Nicholas, as a place of pilgrimage. … more »