The Polignano a Mare City Guides answer the questions every visitor to this cliff-top town ends up asking: where to eat raw prawns and sea urchins the way locals do, when to walk the old town before the crowds pour in, which coves you can really swim from and which coast towns are one short train ride away. Each guide is a short, honest list that tells you why a place deserves your time, what to order or look for and one practical tip, and it opens in your browser the moment you have paid.
About the Polignano a Mare City Guides
- 85 places
- 4 guides
- 7 languages
- Works offline
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- Instant access
- Free updates
The four Polignano a Mare guides
Food guide
24 places
Warm focaccia barese and fried panzerotti, raw fish eaten standing up at the fishmonger’s, family trattorias with hand-made orecchiette, then coffee, gelato and pastries.
Things to do guide
20 places
The whitewashed old town and the Modugno statue, cliff-top viewpoints and coastal walks, rocky coves for swimming and the sea caves seen from a boat.
Nightlife guide
20 places
Aperitivo at sunset above the cliffs, cocktail and craft-beer bars in the old lanes, wine bars pouring Puglian bottles and food long after midnight.
Day trips guide
21 places
Wild coves north of town, Monopoli, Bari, Trani, Ostuni and Lecce by train, the trulli of Alberobello and the Valle d’Itria, plus Matera for a bigger day out.
Why an interactive guide beats a list
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Works offline
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Three places from the guides
Pescheria Da Pasqualino Il Re del Polpo
Via Cala Paura, by the small harbour
Nothing here goes near a stove: at this fishmonger you stand at an outside table and eat the morning’s catch raw, from oysters and langoustines to sea urchins and curled octopus. It is charged by weight, and with a glass of wine most people spend €15 to €25. From the food guide.
Bastione di Santo Stefano
Via Porto, north tip of the old town
This old bastion at the very end of the old town gives you both views at once: houses stacked on the cliffs one way, the Lama Monachile cove the other. Watching the sun go down from here is reason enough to stay the night. From the things to do guide.
Porto antico
Monopoli: 7 to 10 min by Trenitalia regional train
Blue fishing boats crowd Monopoli’s old harbour beneath the town walls and the Castello Carlo V. It feels roomier and calmer than Polignano, the seafood is good and a path along the sea wall takes you right round the town. From the beaches and day trips guide.
Plan your days in Polignano a Mare
Day one: walk the old town early while the lanes are still empty, look down into Lama Monachile from the Bourbon bridge and swim there before lunch. Eat raw seafood by the small harbour, watch the sunset from the Bastione di Santo Stefano and finish in a wine bar. Day two: take the train to Monopoli for its old harbour and a swim at Porto Ghiacciolo, or head inland to the trulli of Alberobello and Locorotondo. For a rainy or slow day, spend an hour in the Pino Pascali museum, have a long trattoria lunch of orecchiette, then go to Bari for the Basilica of St Nicholas and the lane where pasta is still made by hand.
Questions about the Polignano a Mare guides
What do the Polignano a Mare City Guides include?
Four guides covering 85 places: food, things to do, nightlife, and beaches and day trips. Each entry explains why it is worth going, where it is, opening notes and one tip you can use.
How do I get the guides after paying?
The links appear on your order confirmation page and in the email that follows. They open in the browser of any phone, tablet or laptop, with no app to install and no account to create.
Can I use the Polignano a Mare guides without internet?
Yes. Open each guide once while connected and it keeps working offline after that, ticks and notes included. Opening a place in maps needs mobile data.
Which languages are the Polignano a Mare guides available in?
The guides open in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch and Polish. You can switch the language inside the guide at any time.
How much do the guides cost?
One guide is €4.99, two are €8.99 and the full set of four is €15.99.
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