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Private Tour of Conversano: Discover Ancient Norba
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Private Tour of Conversano: Discover Ancient Norba

By Italygonia Travel T.O.
Free cancellation available
Price is €250 per traveller* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple travellers
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages
Overview
  • Discover one of the most interesting places in Puglia, nestled close to the sea
  • Explore a huge fortress and visit Paolo Finoglio's paintings
  • Wonder at the romanesque cathedral and the monastery of San Benedetto

Activity location

    • Alberobello
    • Alberobello, Puglia, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • Corso Domenico Morea, 70014 Conversano BA, Italy | Meeting point with the guide: Piazza Castello (next the castle ticket office) GPS coordinates: 40.969227, 17.115288
    • Conversano, Puglia, Italy

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Valid for 2 Hours, Standard Option in Multilingual
  • Activity duration is 2 hours2h2h
  • English
Price details
€250.00 x 1 Traveller€250.00

Total
Price is €250.00

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedLicensed tour guide
  • What's includedWhat's included Castle entrance ticket
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedTasting, lunch or dinner
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded Transport or pick-up

Know before you book

  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

What you can expect

Begin your tour by exploring a magnificent Norman castle that showcases many reception rooms where nobles would have received guests. This is also the stately wedding venue of Count Giangirolamo II Acquaviva d'Aragona. You will admire 17th century paintings by Paolo Finoglio such as, La Gerusalemme Liberata.

Next, you will wander through the Convent of San Benedetto di Conversano, which is dedicated to the Saint of Norcia. The convent is overlooked by an elegant baroque bell tower and the medieval cloister offers a breathtaking view of the seven Romanesque triple-gates. Also housed in the Convent is the important archaeological section of the civic museum. Showcasing artefacts from prehistory to the Roman age: palaeolithic flints and lithic tools coming from the caves of Conversano and Monopoli.

Admire the Apulian Romanesque style Catherdral of Conversano, dedicated to Santa Maria Assunta, it has an elegant facade with a 15th century rose window. The interior preserves three naves that display beautiful motifs on the Byzantine-inspired columns. Despite the fire of 1911 that destroyed most of the works, the Cathedral still preserves a large fresco of the Pisan school, a wooden crucifix and the icon of the Madonna della Fonte, the patron saint of Conversano.

Location

Activity location

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    • Alberobello
    • Alberobello, Puglia, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • Corso Domenico Morea, 70014 Conversano BA, Italy | Meeting point with the guide: Piazza Castello (next the castle ticket office) GPS coordinates: 40.969227, 17.115288
    • Conversano, Puglia, Italy