Location: Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani
Top Things to do in Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani
Top Restaurants in Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani
Countries
Top 10 Things to do Good for Kids in Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani, Puglia
The Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani is a province of Italy in the Apulia region. The establishment of the province took effect in June 2009, and Andria was appointed as its seat of government on 21 May 2010.
Restaurants in Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani
1. Cattedrale di Trani
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 2,819 reviews
Reviewed By limonina_pita - Kranj, Slovenia
Beautiful church and really worth to go also to the bell tower. For 5€ per person you ll get best view in Trani.
2. Museo del Confetto Mucci Giovanni
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 479 reviews
Reviewed By pardom582 - Montreal, Canada
Number 1 producer of confetti in Italy. You have to try them. All colors, flavors, and texture. Beautifully displayed and gift wrapped. A family business and unique tradition. Among the best that I've ever tasted.
3. Castel del Monte
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 3,353 reviews
Reviewed By Seeking_True_Quality
As we walked uphill from the car park where we got off our bus, the two of us were very excited. We planned our visit to Castel del Monte a long time ago, as soon as we found out that it was in fact an existing building, where it was and what was its name! We saw the replica of this building much earlier in the movie 'The Name of the Rose', it was the famous Edifice, the largest library in Christendom, with its mysterious labyrinth. Describing that fictional library, Umberto Eco was inspired by Castel del Monte... The walk from the car park to the top of the hill was long, took us some 15 to 20 minutes, the view was obscured by the trees, but finally we arrived and there was it, this perfect octagonal building with eight octagonal towers, shining white on the midday sun. This ceremonial castle was built around 1240, probably as a hunting lodge for Frederick II, the Holy Roman Emperor of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, near the end of his reign. It is located not far from Castel Lagopesole, his headquarters, now in the region of Basilicata. We proceeded to the elegant and ornate main entrance. After we paid the entrance fee, we entered an inner octagonal courtyard with three doors leading to the ground floor. In the rooms of the ground floor there was an interesting exhibition, depicting the life of Frederick II. We reached the upper floor by a staircase located in one of the towers. Unfortunately there was nothing left from the XIII. century in those vaulted rooms - except the stunning marble decoration of the walls, because the Castle served as a prison for a long time. On our way out, we stopped in the souvenir shop to buy T-shirts and some books - an echo of that fictional library. For the two of us, lovers of history and geometry, Castel del Monte was a must!
4. Castello Svevo di Barletta
5. Basilica del Santo Sepolcro
6. Cattedrale di Santa Maria Maggiore
7. Concattedrale di San Pietro Apostolo (Bisceglie)
8. Il Parco Archeologico di San Leucio
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 48 reviews
Complex archaelogical site to east south of the city, whose rests are witness of two important historical moments. The hill was select for the building of the most imposing italic temple in southern Italy, devoted to the goddess Minerva - Atena Ilias, with the probable purpose to enact ideologically and politically the alliance among the native "princes" and the Romans in the 318 a.C. The pagan temple, used for the whole Roman epoch, was destoyed during the V sec.AD, probably to work of the bishop Rufino, to give life to the extraordinary basilica to central plant - the greatest Palaeochristian building of Apulia - devoted to the SS. Cosma and Damiano and only subsequently to S. Leucio. Among the elements survisors of the temple there is the Corinthian capital with femalepropome (Giunone?), the drums of numerous grooved columns, the feet of a gigantictelamone. Elegant columns surmonted by wonderfull ionic, polychrome capitals as the splendid one "mosaic of the peacock", characterize the Christian building.
9. Villa Comunale
10. Riserva Naturale di Stato Saline di Margherita di Savoia
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 283 reviews
They extend over a strip about 20 km long, going inland for a maximum depth of about 5 km. The total area is about 4500 hectares. The useful surface covered by the water is about 4000 hectares. This last surface is subdivided into evaporating (3500 hectares) and salting (500 hectares). The other 500 hectares of surface are constituted by roads, embankments, pile-ups, workshops, offices, housing, etc. The evaporating surface serves to bring the sea water to saturation with respect to sodium chloride (sea water has a density of 3.5 Baume and saturation is reached at a density of 25.7 Be at a temperature of about 15 ° C); the other surface covered by the waters constitutes the salting area in which salt is available. This area is continually fed with saturated water prepared by the evaporating zone and reaches the 30 degree salt at the end of the campaign. Well. The Salina evaporating tanks have variable surfaces and shapes depending on the elevation of the land.
Reviewed By Happiness72482
Enjoyed a fantastic afternoon on a private tour with Nino and Salvatore, our driver and guide. SO MUCH more than we expected! We learned about these largest salt flats in Europe (2nd largest in the world) and went into the blinds to witness upclose the flamingos and other migratory birds. Nino taught us about the volcanic (and magnetic) soil that produces such delicious vegetables, the thermal waters that are famous for their healing properties. We were privileged to visit a farm with grazing (and friendly) buffalo, cows, hens, ducks, and pets. We got to taste the farmers' homemade cheeses that my husband said were the best he'd eaten here in puglia. Just a really fantastic and memorable afternoon in every way.
TAGS
