Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Eating
TRADITIONAL ITALIAN
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Il Ritrovo degli Amici
( 080 483 92 49;
www.ilritrovodegliamici.it
;
Corso Messapia 8; meals €35; lunch & dinner Tue-Sat,
lunch Sun Mar-Jan)
This excellent restaurant with stone walls and vaulting, in a street off
Corso Italia, has a convivial atmosphere oiled by the region's spumante. Dishes are tradi-
tional, with salamis and sausages as the specialities.
Ciacco
( 080 480 04 72; Via Conte Ugolino; meals €30; lunch & dinner Tue-Sun)
Dive into the historic
centre to find Ciacco, a traditional restaurant with white-clad tables and a cosy fireplace,
serving up Puglian cuisine in a modern key. It's tucked down a narrow pedestrian lane a
couple of streets in from the Chiesa del Carmine.
PUGLIAN
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La Piazzetta Garibaldi
( 080 430 49 00; Piazza Garibaldi; meals €20-30; lunch & dinner Thu-Tue)
A highly recom-
mended green-shuttered
osteria
in the
centro storico
. Delicious aromas entice you into
the cavelike interior and the
cucina tipica
menu doesn't disappoint. Worthy of a long
lunch.
OSTERIA
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Information
Tourist Office
( 080 480 57 02; Piazza Roma 37; 9am-1pm Mon-Fri, 4.30-7pm Tue & Thu,
9am-12.30pm Sat)
The tourist office is within Palazzo Ducale (part of the Bibliotece Comun-
al).
Getting There & Around
The FSE train station is downhill from the historic centre. Go right along Viale della
Stazione, continuing along Via Alessandro Fighera to Corso Italia; continue to the left
along Corso Italia to Piazza XX Settembre.
FSE
(
080 546 21 11)
trains run to/from the
following destinations:
Bari
(€5.20, two hours, hourly)
Lecce
(€7.10, two hours, five daily)
Taranto
(€2.30, 40 minutes, frequent)
FSE buses run to Alberobello (€1.50, 30 minutes, five per day, Monday to Saturday).
