B&B CATTEDRALE

"La Cattedrale" Bed & breakfast is situated in the most charming,prestigious and picturesque zone of the old part of the town B&b is located in an old and quiet street that comes out at castle square (one of the beautiful square in Italy ) where there is wonderful cathedral of Holy Maria Maggiore and the Swabian superb castle rise (emperor' Dell Federico II of Swabia 'stays') monuments historical that with the statue of the Colossus Eraclio are the symbols of Barletta town.
The hospitality of the B & b "La Cattedrale" The magic square, his monuments, the lively movida of the old city centre, the long and animated beaches of Barletta will make your stay a pleasent emotion not to forget.


The rooms of the B & b " La Cattedrale" have balcony, matrimonial comforts beds independent bathroom with shower box air conditioning; possibility of breakfast in the room on demand.
The check in he having been foreseen since the hours 12:30 to the hours 21:00 or agreeing it in other hourses.
The check out since the hours 10 :00 at the hours 11:30.

Services and Conventions:
The services included in the price :
- Breakfast near the bars arranged with the structure.
Coffee with sight on castle Square.
- On demand breakfast in the room

How to reach us:
Signposts:
North Motorway A14 Bologna Taranto, exit Andria/ Barletta and follow the indications for Barletta.
From West: Motorway A16 Napoli Canosa, exit Canosa and follow the indications for Barletta; from South: Motorway A14 Taranto Bologna, exit Andria/ Barletta and follow the indications for Barletta, reached To Barletta follow the indications for the Swabian Castle and Cathedral of Holy Maria Maggiore.
In plane:
The airport of Bari City is far about 45 km from the structure.
From the same airport trains will lead you in Barletta railway station; alternatively our transference service will catch you at the airport and lead to destination.
In train:
In Barletta town they stop regional and national trains.
The station of the trains is far about 10 minutes on foot from the B & b The Cathedral.

Routes...
The B&b the Cathedral organizes guited tours in the town Barletta (officially declared from 2005 artistic toen by Puglia region) and its neighbouring towns; B&b organize visits in the wine cellars with tasting of typical products, visits in the countryside where one can admire vineyards secular and uliveti patrimony of the Apulia; excursions in the ancient ruins of Canes of the Battle.
In this page we will show you a few pictures some principal places of interest of the town accompanied by a short presentation.

The grave basilica...
The Basilica of the Holy Grave is one of Barletta principal churches.
Placed in a strategic position the basilica was point of transit for the direct pilgrims in holy earth and the crusaders in journey from Barletta harbour toward Jerusalem.
Present building is the result of numerous and millenary transformations.
- The Swabian Castle
One treats of a majestic monument built in four periods: The Norman (sec XII, the Swabian (XIII sec.)The Angevin One (XIII XIV sec.)And Spanish (XVI sec.) .It rises to the margins of the ancient part of the town in closeness of the sea.
Inside castle there is , a library, a museum.
In the Castle is exposed the "bust of Swabia's Federico II" (Romans' king, king's of Sicily, king's in Jerusalem, king's of Italy and king's of Germany Empire) only bust in the world.
- Canes of the Battle
Canes was the town where one happened of the bigger clappers of the antiquity between the bigger two powers some then well-known world, that is Rome and Carthage; this battle had to decide the supremacy on the Mediterranean mar.
The Canes Clapper was theatre of the bigger defeat of the Roman empire of Carthaginian imperial army in the 216 A.C.
The ancient ruins of the Canes town are far few km from Barletta town and represent one some historical patrimonies of the area Apulia.
- The cathedral
Placed in Barletta old city centre and closeness of the Swabian castle the Cathedral of Holy Maria Maggiore was and the fulcrum principal of the life religious of the town is.
The structure presents as a complex organism composed by two distinct parts, that is a part of typically Romanesque style and the far side in Gothic.
His building begun in the 1126 continued for centuries by making the really particular structure.
It represents one of the few harmony between two different styli examples.
- Barletta Colossus
Barletta Eraclio colossus; one treats a Byzantine emperor of a statue in bronze of high 5 m about depicting probably Teodosio II.
The statue is placed to the next center of the town to the church of the Holy grave.
A legend affirms the statue had been thrown on the beach of Barletta town by a Venetian ship of return from Byzantium after the sack of the 1204.
Eraclio represents the symbol of Barletta town.
- Palace of the Marra
Placed in the old city centre of Barletta town the Palace of the Hoe is undoubtedly one of the more prestigious examples of baroque architecture in Apulia.
The palace goes up again half of the 500 to the II and painter belonging Barlettano to the current artistic dell was residence of importing aristocratic families, Today the palace is seat of the picture-gallery of famous Giuseppe De Nittis 'impressionism.
- The beach, the sea
Splendid and to loss of eye, then one presents her about 20 km where one alternate zones of public and private beach on the velvety sands costs some town of long Barletta.
Barletta sea is ideal for sport (surf, wind surf ecc) and immersions.
Very famous to Barletta in the evening hours are parties on the beach that penetrate up to first lights of the dawn.

Town around Barletta...
TRANI - The small town of Trani about 10 km is far from Barletta , it's a turist town with many monuments and attraction , as the turist port and the wonderfull cathedral on the sea .
The cathedral is one of the most important monuments of Puglia.
ANDRIA - The small town of Andria about 9 km is far from Barletta, on his hills humanity's dall worldwide located the Famous Castel of the Mountain, professed patrimony is 'Join in 1996.