Bar, capital of Puglia, is the most important commercial town, which goes hand in hand with its thriving port, now a key tourist site of the Mediterranean, from where the ferry to Greece and Turkey. It is not necessary to embark abandon large and lonely beaches. The Bar are privileged travelers chosen because it is still undiscovered by mass tourism.
In the old town overlooking the Adriatic Sea, made tangible traces they left a path of various peoples and cultures: Romans, Byzantines, Arabs and Normans. To the south are discovered umbertino palaces, like the Teatro Kursaal Santalucia example of Art Nouveau or Art Nouveau Italian, and the Palazzo della Provincia, with its exceptional Pinakothek. Parallel to the sea, are Madonella neighborhoods and Japigia, with its limestone medieval houses and balconies full of flowers. It runs from the road to Torre a Mare, a traditional fishermen’s district that provides seafood to upscale restaurants Bar.
Taking the Lungomare north, near the modern port, one arrives at the fabulous Fiera del Levante, which sells everything from handicrafts to jewelry, clothing, footwear and furniture from around the world.
The churches, cathedrals and monasteries abound in the Citta Vecchia much as local souvenirs, bars and trattorias, ideal for a break while tasting one insalata di mare, facing the sun. The particularity of these rioni (neighborhoods) is to have preserved their own identity, simple and popular, very different from the “big city” which begins just cross the Corso Vittorio Emanuele.
Modern lines of the residential neighborhoods of San Pasquale, Piccone and Carrassi contrast with the huge green domes of the Russian Orthodox Church of San Nicola. The Bar’s commercial vocation is evident on “this side”, where numerous shopping centers, stores and other leading European brands gastronomic poles. Unmissable feature is the stone pizza, thin and tasty varieties typical. To make honor pizza, roaming around the tables looking furtively, you have to eat Italian high, ie .. a whole pizza for each guest!.
