Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Major and local car-rental firms are represented at the airport and there are regular
SITA buses to Lecce (€6.50, 35 minutes, nine daily) and STP buses to central Brindisi
(€1.60, 15 to 30 minutes, every 30 minutes).
Pugliairbus
(
http://pugliairbus.aeroportidipuglia.it
)
has services to Bari airport (€8, 1¾ hours) and
Lecce (€7, 40 minutes).
BOAT
Ferries, all of which take vehicles, leave Brindisi for Greece and Albania.
Ferry companies have offices at Costa Morena (the newer port); the major ones also
have offices in town.
Agoudimos Lines
(
www.ferries.gr/agoudimos
)
To Corfu, Igoumenitsa and Cephalonia in Greece; to
Vlore in Albania.
Endeavour Lines
( 0831 57 38 00;
www.endeavor-lines.com
; Via Prov. Le per Lecce 27)
To Igoumenitsa,
Patras, Corfu and Cephalonia in Greece.
0831 57 52 89;
www.directferries.co.uk/red_star_ferries.htm
)
To Vlore in Albania.
Red Star Ferries
(
BUS
STP
( 0831 54 92 45)
buses go to Ostuni (€2.90, 50 minutes, six daily) and Lecce (€3.30, 45
minutes, two daily), as well as towns throughout the Salento. Most leave from Via Bas-
tioni Carlo V, in front of the train station. Ferrovie del Sud-Est buses serving local towns
also leave from the same place.
TRAIN
The train station has regular services to the following destinations:
Bari
(from €14, one hour)
Lecce
(from €9, 30 minutes)
Milan
(from €99.50, 8½ to 11 hours)
Rome
(from €66, five to seven hours)
Taranto
(from €4.50, 1¼ hours)
Getting Around
A free minibus connects the train station and old ferry terminal with Costa Morena. It de-
parts two hours before boat departures. You'll need a valid ferry ticket.
To reach the airport take the STP-run Cotrap bus from Via Bastoni Carlo V.
