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Bari · Puglia (Apulia)
Things to see in Giovinazzo
In Giovinazzo the atlas lists 5 historic places: 2 fortresses and towers, 1 castle, 1 museum and 1 archaeological site.
For most of these places we don’t have verified opening hours yet: always check the official website before you go.
Don’t miss: Dolmen di San Silvestro.
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The town
Giovinazzo is a small town in Apulia located on the south eastern coast of the Italian peninsula. It is located 18 km from Bari and 3.5 km from Molfetta. Giovinazzo has a warm, mild climate with dry summers and rainy winters. Snow falls very rarely (once every five or six years) and when it does snow, no more than 3" ever accumulate..
Molfetta is a city of the province of Bari, in Apulia, southern Italy, on the Adriatic Sea; its origin is unknown, but many objects of the neolithic, bronze, and the Mycenæan epoch have been found at a place called Pulo, which shows that the site of Molfetta was inhabited in prehistoric times. The town has a beautiful cathedral, and beyond its limits is the sanctuary of the Virgin of the Martyrs containing an image brought to it by some Crusaders in 1188.
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5 places
Fortresses and towers 2
Castles 1
Museums 1
Archaeological sites 1
Getting there
If you are in Bari trying to get to Giovannazzo, the trip is relatively quick and very cheap by public transport (as opposed to a taxi, which may cost as much as €30). I'm not sure of the most efficient way to get there, but here's one way
From Bari Centrale (Bari Central Station), take the train one stop east (I forget the name of the station) and walk north for a few blocks until you enter a piazza with blue buses lined up along one of the streets. This should be the main hub (and Eastern end of the line) for the STP bus company. Find a shop somewhere in the piazza that sells tickets (noted by "biglietti," "biglietto," "biglietteria" or something of the sort). Purchase a ticket to Giovannazzo, which should cost roughly €2 per person per way. Pick a bus that's lined up on the street, and confirm with the bus driver that the bus is going to Giovinazzo. The ride should take 20-30 minutes and although there may be stops on the outskirts of the city, if you're patient there is a stop right in the center of town (you'll recognize it because it will be in a large open piazza with a fountain, etc.
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