Italy · BARI TOURS
Good bari tours fill up weeks ahead and the great ones go first. Below: the 15 to book early, what each includes and how they differ.
Taste focaccia, panzerotto, octopus, fried snacks, and gelato while walking Bari Vecchia with a local guide.
“This tour was worth the money! We enjoyed a great walking tour tasting our way through Bari. Trust all the reviews and do not eat beforehand!”
Tour Polignano a Mare’s sea caves, swim and snorkel in clear water, hear local stories, and finish with Prosecco and taralli for $42.33.
“What a fantastic experience, our family of four loved this boat trip. A great tour guide and easy to book. If your thinking of booking just do it, your on a boat off the coast of Italy sipping Prosecco !!”
Walk Bari’s old town with a local guide, see Pasta Street, Saint Nicholas Basilica, the castle, and taste fresh focaccia or gelato.
“Vincenzo is an excellent guide and kept the tour entertaining. We had a few stops to discover e. g. the Basilica di San Nicola for ourselves, had the best foccacia in town.”
Visit Alberobello’s trulli and Matera’s cave dwellings from Bari by bus, with free time, route maps, and useful local information included.
“Very convenient and well organized tour. I especially like that they had audio guides and Google maps walking routes for the city. Good value for anyone looking to get to Alberobello and Matera from Bari!”
Make orecchiette with a Bari nonna, tour the old town, visit landmark churches, taste pasta, wine, gelato, and local life.
“Anna was amazing! She was able to do the tour in both English and Italian which was helpful. The gelato was a great touch, and heading to the house to make pasta was fun. I’d definitely book with this company again. Thanks Anna!”
Explore Polignano a Mare’s sea caves, Lama Monachile, and coastal cliffs on a 90-minute boat ride with swimming and prosecco.
“I’d say it’s a must, all the fun at once, we laughed, we swam and explored, I’ll do it again, the bonus was cold prosecco”
Cycle Bari’s Old Town, seafront, castle, pasta lanes, and beach with a multilingual guide, local snack, and easy pace for $58.
“Bike tour was fantastic and well organized. Our guide Ginacarlo was amazing, he told us a lot about history of Bari and reccomended places to visit. We had a chance to taste delicious Apulian food as well during a tour which was in relaxing pace, not rushed at all. I can highly reccomend this bike tour ro everyone visiting Bari, as it gives you a unique opportunity to see the town from a different perspective.”
See Bari’s churches, pasta makers, castle, fish market, and modern center on a two-hour walk with gelato or focaccia.
“Very friendly guide - but two languages tour - which took for ever to get the correct version. And not enough historical data. Too high level.”
Visit Alberobello’s trulli and Matera’s Sassi on a 10-hour day trip from Bari, with free time, local guides, and round-trip bus travel.
“Driver was great, safe and very obliging. the scenery was amazing and explained well by our guides. The tour was well organised with a very clear outline of the day and the digital guide was excellent. we could have had more free time in Alberobella and less in Matera.”
Taste Bari through focaccia, cheese, wine, panzerotti, gelato, and local stories on a three-hour walk through the old and modern city.
“Francesca was great guide. I was late for start as I was on tour before. Anyway, Francesca take me to stops I missed after the official tour. Great!”
See Polignano a Mare from the Adriatic, enter sea caves, swim from a small boat, and enjoy an aperitif with Blue Wave guides.
“The best experience of our trip to Italy! Cossimo (our driver) was such a character and full of life and Nero (our guide) explained things well.”
Cruise Polignano a Mare’s limestone coast, enter sea caves, hear local stories, and swim in the Adriatic on a small-group boat tour from Bari.
“Very friendly and professional staff. Shared knowledge and jokes. And offered a deep dive into Italian music. The aperitivo was a very nice touch”
Make pasta and tiramisu near Bari Vecchia, then enjoy Prosecco, three local wines, coffee, or limoncello in a family-run restaurant.
“Great cooking class where we learned how to make pasta and tiramisu. Fun moment !”
See Bari Vecchia by eco-friendly rickshaw, from Saint Nicholas Basilica to pasta-making lanes, with local tasting and a multilingual guide.
“Simone was a great guide and gave a good overview of the various sites that we visited. We stopped at an old bakery to taste the focaccia, which was delicious. The tour also brings you out along the sea front which is really quite impressive, one of the longest in Italy and lined with art deco buildings. The tour highlights the contrast between the old and new parts of Bari. It’s a great tour to help get your bearings in Bari with locations to return to afterwards like the museum and cathedral.”
See Alberobello’s trulli and Matera’s cave dwellings from Bari on a small-group UNESCO tour with transport and local guides.
“There were 4 of us on the tour and we really enjoyed our time with Vito who was very informative and made the tour a very enjoyable experience. Highly recommended.”
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