This is the Untold Italy travel podcast and you're listening to episode number 224.

Ciao at all and benvenuti to Untold Italy, the travel podcast where you go to the towns and villages, mountains and lakes, hills and coastlines of

Bella Italia.

Each week your host, Katie Clark, takes you on a journey in search of magical landscapes,

history, culture, wine, gelato, and of course, a whole lot of pasta.

If you're dreaming of Italy and planning future adventures there, you've come to the right place.

Jawa Tutti and Benvenuti, welcome to your regular dose of Italian dreaming.

Summer is just about to get started for all of you in the Northern Hemisphere,

so I thought we'd take another trip to one of our favourite regions in Italy,

Puli up for a virtual wander around beautiful Bari, the region's capital.

Bari is a port city on Italy's Adriatic coast and it's also a stop

for cruise ships going to and from Croatia and Greece. It's a vibrant place with elegant boulevards,

a fascinating old town and a delicious food culture. And like most port cities, it has a few

stories to share. So of course I've invited our resident Pullier expert, Paolo, back onto the show to give

us a little peek inside Bari and let us know what we should do when we go there.

So let's dive right in, shall we?

Bentonato, Paolo, chow, And welcome back to the Untold Italy poncho.

Ciao, so on to the show again. How wonderful to have you back on the show again. It's been

way too long. What have you been up to lately?

Working, but in a good way, I like having people showing around. I still really enjoy a lot. Having guests.

Yeah, it's fun, isn't it? Pullia is just such a welcoming place. I love it. Now, Paolo, we've

gotten to know each other pretty well over a few years, but some people listening might not have

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