Getting around Bari
AMTAB city buses with park-and-ride lots; Bari Centrale is a hub for Trenitalia, Ferrotramviaria (airport train), Ferrovie del Sud Est and Ferrovie Appulo Lucane (Matera). Ferries from the port to Albania, Greece and Montenegro. The old town is a limited-traffic zone; ring-road congestion is the weak point.
Sections: Arrival · Airports · Trains · Buses · Car & licence · Cycling · Accessibility
City network
Urban transport is run by AMTAB, the Comune's company: a bus network covering all districts and former villages, with good frequencies on the main corridors and poor ones in the evening and on Sundays. AMTAB also manages paid parking (blue bays) and the Park & Ride lots (including Vittorio Veneto, Pane e Pomodoro, Largo 2 Giugno), where the parking ticket includes the shuttle to the centre. The Comune has encouraged cycling and bus use through the MUVT programme. Tickets and passes can also be bought via app.
Trains and airport
Bari Centrale is the main rail hub of the South-East: Trenitalia Frecce and Intercity to Rome, Bologna and Milan, regional trains to Foggia, Lecce, Brindisi and Taranto. Three regional networks leave from the same square: Ferrotramviaria (Bari Nord line to Bitonto, Andria and Barletta, with the Bari Aeroporto stop), Ferrovie del Sud Est (to Putignano, Martina Franca and Taranto) and Ferrovie Appulo Lucane (to Altamura, Matera and Potenza). Karol Wojtyla airport, in Palese, is reached by Ferrotramviaria train from Bari Centrale and by AMTAB city buses; travel times are in the data block.
Port
The port, managed by the Southern Adriatic Sea Port System Authority, is a few minutes' walk from the old town: scheduled ferries to Durrës (Albania), Igoumenitsa, Patras and Corfu (Greece), Bar (Montenegro) and, in season, Dubrovnik (Croatia), plus a cruise terminal. It is one of the main passenger ports on the Adriatic.
Car, ZTL, bikes
Bari Vecchia is a limited-traffic zone with access reserved to authorised residents; the Murat centre has pedestrian streets (Via Sparano) and paid parking almost everywhere. The ring road (SS16) and the seafront are congested at peak times; the cycle network has grown, with lanes along the seafront and towards the campus, and bike and e-scooter sharing services operate. For trips within the metropolitan area the car remains the most common choice.
Data
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Reviewed: 10/23/2026 · by piero.avolio · rev. 1 · Period: → 2027-04-30
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