Day 20,21 - Bari (29 kms), Mola di Bari (23 kms)

Very civilised walk by the sea through Giovinizzato and Santo Spirito with fish shops everywhere and then a bit of a slog into Bari. The train station and rails divides the city and there are not many overpasses. 

The ‘Centro Storico’ in Bari is well worth a visit (although stupidly my accommodation was 35 minutes walk away, amateur mistake).  There’s also a great bookstore with a good international section where I picked up a pocket sized ‘Mystery Tales’ by Edgar Allen Poe. Pretentious, moi! 

Mola di Bari most impressive. Massive square near the water and many of the streets off it are marbled. Now we are talking. 




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