I will be in alone in Bari for one day and night (9/18) after having
spent one week with friends in a villa outside Siena and another week
with friends hiking in Puglia between Brindisi and Bari. I would really
like to spend this pre-flight day at the beach, but the Best Western La
Baia Palace is fully booked as are many of the hotels in the city. Can
anyone suggest somewhere charming or funky to stay as well as some
interesting ways to spend the time? My primary interests are cultural,
but I wouldn't mind shopping, too. Is the city interesting enough to
simply spend the day strolling around? And can you recommend someplace
good/fun to have dinner? I live in NYC, have spent an enormous amount
of time all over Italy, and speak enough Italian to get around. Grazie!

"judyg" <[email protected]> wrote:
    | |I will be in alone in Bari for one day and night (9/18)...
    | I would really like to spend this pre-flight day at the beach,
    | but the Best Western La Baia Palace is fully booked as are
    | many of the hotels in the city.

You need to check with another reservation service like
www.bestwestern.com (the franchisee's system). I just
did and found rooms available at this property. Often,
reservation services advise "rooms not available" when
what they really mean is "hotel's computer not available."
[R]

Great to know. Any specific Bari recos?

"Roger (B)" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]. ..
    > "judyg" <[email protected]> wrote:
    > | |I will be in alone in Bari for one day and night (9/18)...
    > | I would really like to spend this pre-flight day at the beach,
    > | but the Best Western La Baia Palace is fully booked as are
    > | many of the hotels in the city.
    > You need to check with another reservation service like
    > www.bestwestern.com (the franchisee's system). I just
    > did and found rooms available at this property. Often,
    > reservation services advise "rooms not available" when
    > what they really mean is "hotel's computer not available."
    > [R]

If you haven't been there before I suggest you visit Alborobello with it's
trulli houses.
Beaches are no fun in Puglia.
--
Ronald
www.mulazzo.nl (our house in the Lunigiana)
www.netspresso.com (the espresso infosite)

Thanks for the beach info and pix. We will be spending most of a day in
Alberobello during the Brindisi-Bari hike. What I'm wondering about is
things to do in the city of Bari itself.

On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 11:13:14 +0100, "R@L" <[email protected]> wrote:

    >Beaches are no fun in Puglia.

I've never been to any beach in Puglia, but I've heard that they're
wonderful. I'm curious why you say they're no fun. Of course, "fun" is
highly subjective, but I'd like to hear more.
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"B Vaughan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 11:13:14 +0100, "R@L" <[email protected]> wrote:
    >>Beaches are no fun in Puglia.
    > I've never been to any beach in Puglia, but I've heard that they're
    > wonderful. I'm curious why you say they're no fun. Of course, "fun" is
    > highly subjective, but I'd like to hear more.
    > --
    > Barbara Vaughan
    > My email address is my first initial followed by my surname at libero dot
    > it
    > I answer travel questions only in the newsgroup

I've never seen a sand beach in Puglia, Barbara.
Maybe they are there but probably not since I travelled a large stretch of
coastline.

Bari is a beautiful city. It also has the name of most criminal city of
Italy.
I stayed there some days and liked it very much.

Ronald

I have just came back from the Region Le Puglie..
I can confirm you will have wonderful times in Alberobello
and will enjoy good meals between 15 and 25 euros.
My other places were :
Castellana Grotte / (The biggest caves in Italy)
Barletta
Trani
Melfi not in puglie though Basilicata..
Castel del Monte..
and many many other towns within a few kms from Bari.

the best known place for beaches is the town of Ostuni
also famous for its white houses.
I do not think there are many things to see in Bari
(the locals told me not to lose too much time there..
besides. it is a little dangerous.. )

I was surprised people were so kind and food so good..
wine and olive oil is a must there..
prices are also cheaper than in the north
quality of air. traffic congestions.. blue sky
all things that would make me consider living there..

the best beaches apparently are far from Bari
in the Park of Gargano

being Peschici and Vieste the most renown places.
you can find everywhere apartments for rent for about 50 eur a day ( two to
4 places )

In Alberobello there are also Trulli for rent.

plenty of info in the net.

hotels are about 70 to 100 eur/night ( 4 stars)
you can find them easilt with
www.venere.it

if you have time
go as far as Matera famous for its Sassi ( caves where people used to live..
today a monument )
or Lecce.. the most beautiful town of Le Puglie.

But i do not think that a day will be enough to see more than Alberobello
and castel del Monte.
"R@L" <[email protected]> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:[email protected]. nl...
    > "Roger (B)" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]. ..
    > > "judyg" <[email protected]> wrote:
    > > | |I will be in alone in Bari for one day and night (9/18)...
    > > | I would really like to spend this pre-flight day at the beach,
    > > | but the Best Western La Baia Palace is fully booked as are
    > > | many of the hotels in the city.
    > >
    > > You need to check with another reservation service like
    > > www.bestwestern.com (the franchisee's system). I just
    > > did and found rooms available at this property. Often,
    > > reservation services advise "rooms not available" when
    > > what they really mean is "hotel's computer not available."
    > > [R]
    > >
    > If you haven't been there before I suggest you visit Alborobello with it's
    > trulli houses.
    > Beaches are no fun in Puglia.
    > --
    > Ronald
    > www.mulazzo.nl (our house in the Lunigiana)
    > www.netspresso.com (the espresso infosite)

On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 19:26:02 +0100, "R@L" <[email protected]> wrote:

    >"B Vaughan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    >news:[email protected].. .
    >> On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 11:13:14 +0100, "R@L" <[email protected]> wrote:
    >>>Beaches are no fun in Puglia.
    >> I've never been to any beach in Puglia, but I've heard that they're
    >> wonderful. I'm curious why you say they're no fun. Of course, "fun" is
    >> highly subjective, but I'd like to hear more.

    >I've never seen a sand beach in Puglia, Barbara.
    >Maybe they are there but probably not since I travelled a large stretch of
    >coastline.

There certainly are sand beaches in Puglia. I have seen pictures of
them.
--
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My email address is my first initial followed by my surname at libero dot it
I answer travel questions only in the newsgroup

On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 18:02:29 +0100, B Vaughan<[email protected]> wrote:

    >On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 19:26:02 +0100, "R@L" <[email protected]> wrote:
    >>"B Vaughan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    >>news:[email protected]. ..
    >>> On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 11:13:14 +0100, "R@L" <[email protected]> wrote:
    >>>>Beaches are no fun in Puglia.
    >>> I've never been to any beach in Puglia, but I've heard that they're
    >>> wonderful. I'm curious why you say they're no fun. Of course, "fun" is
    >>> highly subjective, but I'd like to hear more.
    >>I've never seen a sand beach in Puglia, Barbara.
    >>Maybe they are there but probably not since I travelled a large stretch of
    >>coastline.
    >There certainly are sand beaches in Puglia. I have seen pictures of
    >them.

I have spent time in Puglia, and never seen a beach more that about 10
metres wide, and packed with people.
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On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 19:26:02 +0100, "R@L" <[email protected]> wrote:

    >"B Vaughan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    >news:[email protected].. .
    >> On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 11:13:14 +0100, "R@L" <[email protected]> wrote:
    >>>Beaches are no fun in Puglia.
    >> I've never been to any beach in Puglia, but I've heard that they're
    >> wonderful. I'm curious why you say they're no fun. Of course, "fun" is
    >> highly subjective, but I'd like to hear more.
    >> --
    >> Barbara Vaughan
    >> My email address is my first initial followed by my surname at libero dot
    >> it
    >> I answer travel questions only in the newsgroup
    >I've never seen a sand beach in Puglia, Barbara.
    >Maybe they are there but probably not since I travelled a large stretch of
    >coastline.

And myself. Never found a decent beach, or even a half decent one.
Plenty of rocks though.

    >Bari is a beautiful city. It also has the name of most criminal city of
    >Italy.

It has a direct ferry to Durres in Albania. Possibly not a
coincidence.
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On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 00:06:20 GMT, in rec.travel.europe,
deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu arranged some electrons, so they looked like this
    :

... On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 18:02:29 +0100, B Vaughan<[email protected]> wrote:
...
... >On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 19:26:02 +0100, "R@L" <[email protected]> wrote:
... >
... >>"B Vaughan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
... >>news:[email protected]. ..
... >>> On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 11:13:14 +0100, "R@L" <[email protected]> wrote:
... >>>
... >>>>Beaches are no fun in Puglia.
... >>>
... >>> I've never been to any beach in Puglia, but I've heard that they're
... >>> wonderful. I'm curious why you say they're no fun. Of course, "fun" is
... >>> highly subjective, but I'd like to hear more.
... >
... >>I've never seen a sand beach in Puglia, Barbara.
... >>Maybe they are there but probably not since I travelled a large stretch of
... >>coastline.
... >
... >There certainly are sand beaches in Puglia. I have seen pictures of
... >them.
...
... I have spent time in Puglia, and never seen a beach more that about 10
... metres wide, and packed with people.

Would you please re-write this sentence ? More that what ?

On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 01:11:27 +0100, Magda <[email protected]>
wrote:

    >On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 00:06:20 GMT, in rec.travel.europe,
    >deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu arranged some electrons, so they looked like this
    >:
    > ... On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 18:02:29 +0100, B Vaughan<[email protected]> wrote:
    > ...
    > ... >On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 19:26:02 +0100, "R@L" <[email protected]> wrote:
    > ... >
    > ... >>"B Vaughan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > ... >>news:[email protected]. ..
    > ... >>> On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 11:13:14 +0100, "R@L" <[email protected]> wrote:
    > ... >>>
    > ... >>>>Beaches are no fun in Puglia.
    > ... >>>
    > ... >>> I've never been to any beach in Puglia, but I've heard that they're
    > ... >>> wonderful. I'm curious why you say they're no fun. Of course, "fun" is
    > ... >>> highly subjective, but I'd like to hear more.
    > ... >
    > ... >>I've never seen a sand beach in Puglia, Barbara.
    > ... >>Maybe they are there but probably not since I travelled a large stretch of
    > ... >>coastline.
    > ... >
    > ... >There certainly are sand beaches in Puglia. I have seen pictures of
    > ... >them.
    > ...
    > ... I have spent time in Puglia, and never seen a beach more that about 10
    > ... metres wide, and packed with people.
    >Would you please re-write this sentence ? More that what ?

I see the Madgar spell checker is working just fine.
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On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 00:24:10 GMT, in rec.travel.europe,
deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu arranged some electrons, so they looked like this
    :

... On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 01:11:27 +0100, Magda <[email protected]>
... wrote:
...
... >On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 00:06:20 GMT, in rec.travel.europe,
... >deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu arranged some electrons, so they looked like this
... >:
... >
... > ... On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 18:02:29 +0100, B Vaughan<[email protected]> wrote:
... > ...
... > ... >On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 19:26:02 +0100, "R@L" <[email protected]> wrote:
... > ... >
... > ... >>"B Vaughan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
... > ... >>news:[email protected]. ..
... > ... >>> On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 11:13:14 +0100, "R@L" <[email protected]> wrote:
... > ... >>>
... > ... >>>>Beaches are no fun in Puglia.
... > ... >>>
... > ... >>> I've never been to any beach in Puglia, but I've heard that they're
... > ... >>> wonderful. I'm curious why you say they're no fun. Of course, "fun" is
... > ... >>> highly subjective, but I'd like to hear more.
... > ... >
... > ... >>I've never seen a sand beach in Puglia, Barbara.
... > ... >>Maybe they are there but probably not since I travelled a large stretch of
... > ... >>coastline.
... > ... >
... > ... >There certainly are sand beaches in Puglia. I have seen pictures of
... > ... >them.
... > ...
... > ... I have spent time in Puglia, and never seen a beach more that about 10
... > ... metres wide, and packed with people.
... >
... >Would you please re-write this sentence ? More that what ?
...
... I see the Madgar spell checker is working just fine.

"More that about" is fine ??
And what is Madgar ?

On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 01:29:49 +0100, Magda <[email protected]>
wrote:

    >On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 00:24:10 GMT, in rec.travel.europe,
    >deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu arranged some electrons, so they looked like this
    >:
    > ... On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 01:11:27 +0100, Magda <[email protected]>
    > ... wrote:
    > ...
    > ... >On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 00:06:20 GMT, in rec.travel.europe,
    > ... >deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu arranged some electrons, so they looked like this
    > ... >:
    > ... >
    > ... > ... On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 18:02:29 +0100, B Vaughan<[email protected]> wrote:
    > ... > ...
    > ... > ... >On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 19:26:02 +0100, "R@L" <[email protected]> wrote:
    > ... > ... >
    > ... > ... >>"B Vaughan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > ... > ... >>news:[email protected]. ..
    > ... > ... >>> On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 11:13:14 +0100, "R@L" <[email protected]> wrote:
    > ... > ... >>>
    > ... > ... >>>>Beaches are no fun in Puglia.
    > ... > ... >>>
    > ... > ... >>> I've never been to any beach in Puglia, but I've heard that they're
    > ... > ... >>> wonderful. I'm curious why you say they're no fun. Of course, "fun" is
    > ... > ... >>> highly subjective, but I'd like to hear more.
    > ... > ... >
    > ... > ... >>I've never seen a sand beach in Puglia, Barbara.
    > ... > ... >>Maybe they are there but probably not since I travelled a large stretch of
    > ... > ... >>coastline.
    > ... > ... >
    > ... > ... >There certainly are sand beaches in Puglia. I have seen pictures of
    > ... > ... >them.
    > ... > ...
    > ... > ... I have spent time in Puglia, and never seen a beach more that about 10
    > ... > ... metres wide, and packed with people.
    > ... >
    > ... >Would you please re-write this sentence ? More that what ?
    > ...
    > ... I see the Madgar spell checker is working just fine.
    >"More that about" is fine ??

Hey, you're brain fix it automatically, just like everyone else! Can't
your criticise me for being and idiot or something instead off
nitpicking?

    >And what is Madgar ?

Something that extracts a reaction.
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