Best Places to Visit in Brindisi, Italy! Top Sights & Things to Do (VIDEO)

Watch me explore an ancient port city in Italy called Brindisi!

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Travel tips for Brindisi, Italy:

The city was important in times in war, such as World War II. You’ll notice this when you see the various lookout points, castles and forts.

Due to local safety regulations guests are not permitted to walk inside the port of Brindisi. A free shuttle bus service was provided to take you between the ship and the city center.

Don’t forget to pick up a map at the excursion office. The map they have here is faded. Here are some of the places you can visit.
You don’t need a city tour guide for this town. It’s really small and walkable. I would recommend booking a tour to Lecce. It’s 40 minutes away from Brindisi. The cruise offered a tour for 58.90 euros a person. I didn’t go personally but this town was pretty boring so I feel like any other place might have been better than here.

It’s pretty useless to get dropped off here at 2 when everything is closed for riposo (rest time). The siesta is between noon to 4. The only thing left to do is walk around and look at all the monuments.

The name Brindisi comes from the latin brundisium through the greek brentesion and message brenton meaning “head of deer.” Because of the shape of the port looks like the head of a stag.

Brindisi is part of the beautiful Salento region – the “heel” of the Italian boot. This city is a major port for trade with Greece and the Middle East. Brindisi was an ancient Greek settlement predating the Roman expansion.

Top Sights in Brindisi:

1) Brindisi Cathedral is the main religious structure in the city

2) The Monument to Italian Sailors is one of the most iconic structures in the city.

3) Roman Columns: symbolizes the ending of the road. Only one column survived, and the top was replaced with a copy. The original capital is inside the museum of Nervegna. I’ll show you this later. The other column fell in 1528 only the base and a rock area is left. The other part was given as a gift to the city of Lecce.

4) Casa Del Turista (“The Tourist House”) This house is built on top of an ancient Roman ruin.

5) Ruins of the Roman Aqueduct – this is close to Porta Mesagne gate. The tanks were collecting drinkable water by means of pipes coming from a place named “Pozzo de Vito” The flow of the water through several tanks allowed natural cleaning of water by decantation before supplying it to town’s fountains.

6) Best Gelato in Brindisi, Italy: Bar Rosso e Nero. Get the Croccantino e Rhum (Crunchy rum) and Nocciola (Hazelnut) with panna (cream). Cost €2,50 = .06 US dollars.

7) Nervegna Museum – free entry and free view!

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