Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Ventouris Ferries
( for Albania 080 521 27 56, for Greece 080 521 76 99;
www.ventouris.gr
)
Regular ferries
to Corfu and Igoumenitsa (Greece) and daily ferries to Durrës (Albania).
TRAVELLING EAST
Puglia is the main jumping-off point for onward travel to Greece, Croatia and Albania. The two main ports are
Bari and Brindisi, from where you catch ferries to Vlore in Albania, Bar in Montenegro, and Cephalonia, Corfu,
Igoumenitsa and Patras in Greece. Fares from Bari to Greece are generally more expensive than those from
Brindisi. Taxes are usually from €9 per person and €12 per car. High season is generally the months of July and
August, with reduced services in low season. Tariffs can be up to one-third cheaper in low season.
BUS
Intercity buses leave from three main locations. From Via Capruzzi, south of the main
train station,
SITA
( 080 579 01 11;
www.sitabus.it
)
covers local destinations.
Ferrovie Appulo-Lu-
cane
( 080 572 52 29;
http://ferrovieappulolucane.it
)
buses serving Matera (€4.50, 1¼ hours, six
(from €33.50, eight hours, eight daily - note that the overnight bus departs from Piazza
Moro) and other long-distance destinations.
Ciaia, south of Piazza Aldo Moro and service the following locations:
Alberobello
(€3.90, 1¼ hours, hourly) Continues to
Locorotondo
(€5, 1 hour 35 minutes)
and
Martina Franca
(€5, 1 hour 50 minutes)
Grotte di Castellana
(€2.60, one hour, five daily)
Taranto
(€7.50, 1¾ to 2¼ hours, frequent)
TRAIN
A web of train lines spreads out from Bari. Note that there are fewer services on the week-
end.
From the
main train station
(
080 524 43 86)
trains go to Puglia and beyond:
Brindisi
(from €14, one hour, hourly)
Foggia
(from €19, one hour, hourly)
Milan
(from €77.50, about eight hours, every four hours)
Rome
(from €50, four hours, every four hours)
Ferrovie Appulo-Lucane serves two main destinations:
