Trani
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Trani is a city in the province of Barletta-Andria-Trani in the region of Apulia (Puglia), Italy.
Get in
By train
Trani is well served by trains. The National Train Service (Ferrovie dello Stato) has numerous trains reaching Trani on the "Linea Adriatica". You can take the express train (Eurostar) on the Lecce-Milano line. Do not forget to reserve your seat before you get on the train (can be done on line).
By car
- Highway - "Autostrada" A14 Bologna-Taranto, exit "Trani"
- Freeway - "Strada Statale" 16BIS direction Bari-Foggia, exit Trani Downtown (Trani Centro) or "Strada Statale" 98 direction Bari-Foggia, exit Corato-Trani and follow direction to Trani
By bus
Bus service is offered from Trani to Naples by Autolinee Marino, Tel +39 080.3112335, Fax: +39 080.3117537. One way €16, round trip €32. No credit cards or electronic payments accepted.
By plane
Get around
See
Main attractions
- La Cattedrale (The Cathedral), Piazza Duomo - Built between 1150 to 1250, this is one of the most beautiful and well preserved Romanesque churches in Puglia. Especially beautiful are the bronze doors, made of 32 panels, made by Barisano da Trani. The panels are decorated with figures of Christ, the Virgin Mary, the Apostoles and Saints.
- Monastero di Colonna, Peninsola di Colonna
- Castello Svevo, Piazza Re Manfredi
- Il Porto (The Harbor), Via Statuti Marittimi
- Il Palazzo della Pretura (Palazzo Candido)
- Villa Comunale (Public Gardens)
- Museo Diocesiano, Palazzo Lodispoto, Piazza Duomo 8/9
Churches
- Sant'Antonio Abate e Fortino, Via Statuti Marittimi
- Sant'Anna, Via de la Giudea
- Sant'Andrea, Via Mario Pagano
- Sant'Agostino, Piazza Gradenigo
- Santa Teresa, Piazza Sedile San Marco
- Santa Maria Scolanova, Via Scolanova
- Santa Chiara, Piazza Regina Elena
- San Toma, Piazza San Toma
- San Rocco, Via San Giorgio
- San Nicola Piccinino, Via Prologo
- San Martino, Via San Martino
- San Luigi, Piazza Mazzini
- San Giovanni, Via Beltrani
- San Giacomo (was known as Chiesa del San Russis), Via Romito
- San Francesco, Piazza della Libertà
- San Donato and Torre Dell'Orologio (Clock Tower), Via Porta Antica
- San Domenico, Piazza Plebiscito
- Ognissanti (also known as Chiesa dei Templari), Via Ognissanti
- Chiesa del Miracolo Eucaristico (also known as Cappella di San Salvatore or Cappella dell'Ebrea), Via Lagalante
- Chiesa del Carmine, Piazza Tiepolo
Historical buildings
- Casa de Agnete
- Palazzo Antonacci Telesio
- Palazzo Arcivescovile
- Palazzo Cacetta
- Palazzo Covelli
- Palazzo de Angelis
- Palazzo della Pretura
- Palazzo Filisio
- Palazzo Gadaleda
- Palazzo Lambert
- Palazzo Quercia
- Palazzo Torres
- Palazzo Valenzano
- Palazzo Vischi
Do
Buy
Eat
- Pesevenghi, Via Statuti Marittimi, 80 (At the Port), ☏ +39 3470303458. closed Tuesday. Great fish restaurant.
- Convivio, Via San Giorgio (Adjacent to Mare Resort), ☏ +39 0883481883.
- La Smorfia napoletana, Via A. Prologo, 31/35, ☏ +39 0883888631. Great pizza, risotto..
- Ristorante il Melograno, Via G. Bovio - 70059, ☏ +39 0883486966. closed Wednesday.
- Portanova, Piazza Ferdinando Lambert, 7, ☏ +39 0883-508386.
- Gallo Restaurant (Di Gallo Alessandro), via Statuti Marttimi 48/50, ☏ +39 0883487255. closed Wednesday.
- Mari Trattoria-Braceria, via Ognissanti 84, ☏ +39 3490765939. Cucina Tipica Pugliese
- [dead link] Amadeus, Via Statuti Marittimi 34 (Along the port), ☏ +39 347 48 13 157. They have gluten free pizza and gluten free beer.
Drink
Sleep
- Hotel Regia, Piazza Duomo, 2, ☏ +39 0883 584444.
- Hotel Royal, Via De Robertis, 29, ☏ +39 0883 588777, fax: +39 0883 582224.
- Hotel San Paolo al Convento, Via Statuti Marittimi, 111, ☏ +39 0883 482949.
- Hotel Trani, Corso Imbriani, 137, ☏ +39 0883 588010, fax: +39 0883 587625.
- [dead link] Hotel Capirro, Via A. Maria di Francia, 137, ☏ +39 0883 587012, fax: +39 0883 589582.
- Hotel Riviera, Via Galilei, 6, ☏ +39 0883 483222, +39 0883 482725, fax: +39 0883 483222.
- Albergo Lucy, Piazza Plebiscito, 11, ☏ +39 0883 481022, +39 334 7039635 (mobile).
- Mare Resort, Piazza Quercia, 8- 70059 Trani, ☏ +39 0883-486411. Resort in an old Palazzo near the port