If you love nightlife and beautiful beaches, it is definitely worth choosing a holiday in the Puglia region. The wonderful sea climate will delight you and water sports or discovering the underwater world with ospreys and dolphins and also helping the turtle in need. Magnificent lighthouses are an inseparable characteristic part of seaside towns and so it is here. Molfetta also offers visitors a rich history hidden in monuments really worth seeing.
Molfetta is a town and comune in the province of Bari, in the Puglia region of central Italy. It is located on the Adriatic Sea.
Best Beaches
- First Cala beach
- Cala San Giacomo beach
- Lido Belvedere beach
- Gavetone beach
- Ripalta beach
Organized Tourist Trips
- Puglia Village Experience – Molfetta – Private
Day of shopping and relaxation with private transfer from Bari to Puglia Village-Molfetta. Village Card with discounts up to 10% and coupons for breakfast or aperitif. Multilingual reception and assistance.
Duration 6 hours Check availability to view start times.
Full description:
Enjoy a day of shopping and relaxation! Departure with private transfer from Bari – meeting point: via Giuseppe Capruzzi, near Binario Open Cafè Bistrot. Groups of 6 to 8 participants. Upon your arrival you will be welcomed and assisted by the multilingual assistance point that will give you our coupon for a breakfast or an aperitif. In addition, you will receive the Village Card to take advantage of fantastic discounts up to 10%. Enjoy a stroll among the 90 shops and restaurants of big brands that offer the authentic flavors of this area. Many other services at your disposal to make your experience unforgettable. At the end of this fantastic experience, you will find your private transfer waiting for you to return to Bari.
- Molfetta: Private Tour of Works of Art by the Sea
Duration 2 hours
Discover the seaside resort of Molfetta and its charming historic center
Visit the Church of San Corrado
Explore the Cathedral dedicated to Santa Maria Assunta
Full description:
Your guided tour of Molfetta will begin with the symbol of the city, the Cathedral of San Corrado, which is dedicated to the patron saint of the city. Built near the port in the 12th century, it is a typical Romanesque building with the particularity of having been built with 3 domes in axis, and with two bell towers clearly visible even from several kilometers away.
The tour will then continue through the historic center with a visit to the 17th-century Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta. It became a cathedral in 1785, as the Cathedral of San Corrado had become inadequate for the needs of worship of the increased population. Inside are preserved the remains of the patron saint Corrado of Bavaria.
The interior of the church has a Latin cross plan, with a barrel vault frescoed in 1887 by the Molfolini painter Michele Romano. A short distance through the alleys of the historic center, you reach the Passari tower, initially a gunboat then became a watchtower.
The entrance to the Church of San Corrado.
- Tour Polignano, Alberobello, Locorotondo, Martina Franca
One of our expert drivers will take you to discover Polignano a Mare, Alberobello, Locorotondo and Martina Franca, all in one day.
Duration 10 hours.
Highlights from Molfetta, Giovinazzo; Bisceglie, Trani, Terlizzi, Ruvo di Puglia Polignano a Mare Alberobello Martina Franca Locorotondo
Full description:
Departure from Molfetta, Giovinazzo, Bisceglie, Trani, Terlizzi, Ruvo di Puglia directly from your hotel at 8.00. First stop Polignano a Mare where you will have two hours to visit the city and take unforgettable photos. Then we will go to Alberobello, where you can visit the historic center and its iconic trulli. Afterwards we will visit Martina Franca and finally the wonderful Locorotondo. The return is scheduled for 18.00. Spend a pleasant day with us discovering the most beautiful places in Puglia.
WWF Molfetta Sea Turtle Recovery Center
The sea turtle recovery center of Molfetta was founded in December 2005 and is located at the “G.Cozzoli school complex” in Via Berlinguer in Molfetta. The Center is currently located in an area of 200 square meters and annually manages approximately 110 specimens of sea turtles.
In CRAS WWF of Molfetta there is also a photo exhibition with photographs taken by the center’s member Corrado Tatulli during his numerous dives in the most beautiful coral reefs and sea beds in the world. The Molfetta Center currently hosts also some specimens of reptiles seized by the police forces and assigned to the center for appropriate treatment. The center is open all year upon bookings by telephone.
What else is worth visiting?
Molfetta Lighthouse
The Molfetta Lighthouse is an active lighthouse located on the bend of the eastern pier of the port of Molfetta on the Adriatic Sea. The beacon, painted metallic gray, is placed 22 meters (72 ft) above sea level and emits one white flash that turns on and off in 6 seconds, visible from a distance of 16 nautical miles (30 km; 18 mi).
Cathedral of San Corrado
The church, built on the edge of the old town to house the remains of Saint Conrad, who died in Puglia in 1154, stands close to the spectacular quay, as a landmark for people reaching Puglia from the sea. It is not clear when it was exactly erected, probably at the end of the 12th century.
Torre Calderina
Torre Calderina near Cala San Giacomo, an ancient city landing place, already active in the Middle Ages. It presents the typical typology of viceregal watchtowers with a quadrangular plan and a truncated-pyramidal structure. It has three machicolations per wall and no openings on the sea side. Today the external stone staircase replaces the ancient removable staircase that allowed access to the habitable room of the tower.
Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta
The Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta was built in the seventeenth century at the behest of the Jesuits and is dedicated to their founder Ignatius of Loyola. Inside it are kept the relics of the patron saint St. Conrad of Bavaria. The façade houses inside a window the statue depicting Saint Ignatius of Loyola, but there are also other works, such as the Sixteenth Century Mariae Dormitio and the canvas of the Assumption of Mary of Corrado Giaquinto.
Palazzo Giovene – Young Palace
Sixteenth-century noble palace, now the seat of the municipal administration, located in Piazza Municipio, on the corner of Via Morte. Built by the “de Luca” family, it then passed to the “Esperti” family who sold it to the “Giovene” family in 1772. In the 19th century it was equipped with a third floor above ground which was one of the main causes of the structural instability which made it unusable for much of the 20th century.
Captivating sunsets, fantastic views, iridescent colors. Discovering Puglia along the eight hundred kilometers of coastline from the Adriatic to the Ionian Sea is a source of an incredible, magical experience.
