Historic sites in Bari include the 11th-century Basilica of Saint Nicholas and Piazza del Ferrarese, which contains remnants of a Roman road from the 2nd century. On Strada Arco Bass, residents make orecchiette pasta on the street. Travel authority Mark Wolters advised visiting to see "grandmas making orecchiette" and said he bought two bags for five euros.
A local specialty is focaccia barese, made with mashed potato and semolina flour. Wolters described it as "fluffy bread with tomatoes and olives."
A really wonderful city. It has really improved in the last 10 years. It is one of the best places to see in the south of Italy. This is authentic, this is great.
When you come here, you're going to see there's a street where all these grandmas, all these ladies, are making orecchiette, they're making a special kind of pasta from here.
We bought two bags for like five euros and it was so worth it. We got to see the lady and she was making them and they had them out there, it was a really cool thing.
Focaccia is like a really fluffy, almost like a pizza-bread dough bread, and in it they put tomatoes and olives and it is fantastic, it's a really