Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
( 099 452 98 75;
www.ristorantegattorosso.com
;
Via Cavour 2; meals €30-35; Tue-Sun)
A relaxed
and unpretentious trattoria with a real touch of class - heavy tablecloths, deep wine
glasses and the like. It is located in the new town and is very popular with discerning busi-
ness types.
Information
Taranto splits neatly into three. The old town is on a tiny island, lodged between the
northwest port and train station and the new city to the southeast. Italy's largest steel plant
occupies the city's entire western half. The grid-patterned new city contains the banks,
most hotels and restaurants and the
tourist office
(
099 453 23 97; Corso Umberto I 113;
9am-1pm & 4.30-6.30pm Mon-Fri, 9am-noon Sat)
.
Getting There & Around
BUS
Buses heading north and west depart from Porto Mercantile. FSE buses go to Bari (€6, 1¾
era (€5, 1¾ hours, one daily). STP and FSE buses go to Lecce (€6, two hours, four daily).
Marozzi
( 080 5799 0111;
www.marozzivt.it
)
has express services serving Rome's Stazione
Tiburtina (€43, six hours, three daily).
Autolinee Miccolis
( 099 470 44 51;
www.miccolis-
spa.it
)
serves Naples (€23, four hours, three daily) via Potenza (€15, two hours).
The bus
ticket office
(
6am-1pm & 2-7pm)
is at Porto Mercantile.
TRAIN
Trenitalia and FSE trains go to the following destinations:
Bari
(€7.40, 2½ hours, frequent)
Brindisi
(€5.10, 1¼ hours, frequent)
Rome
(from €41, 6 to 7½ hours, five daily)
AMAT
(
099 452 67 32;
www.amat.taranto.it
)
buses run between the train station and the new
city.
