Taranto Private Tour

Taranto is one of the largest cities in Puglia and boasts a great historical and cultural heritage. Come discover it on this private tour with an exclusive guide just for you and your group!

Taranto Private Tour

At the selected time, your guide will be waiting for you in Piazza Castello, where most of the main monuments of Taranto are located. Taranto is nicknamed the City of Two Seas, straddling the Mar Piccolo and Mar Grande. You will learn about the history of this ancient Greek colony founded by the Spartans.

The tour starts with the Doric columns of the Temple of Poseidon, dating back to the 6th century BC, considered the oldest temple in Magna Graecia. Next, you will visit the Castello Aragonese, also called Castel Sant'Angelo, a fortress currently housing the Navy.

Near this bulwark, you will cross the famous swing bridge of Taranto, inaugurated in 1887, which connects the island of Borgo Antico with the peninsula of Borgo Nuovo and overlooks the navigable canal connecting Mar Grande and Mar Piccolo.

The next stop is the Cathedral of San Cataldo, built in the 10th century by the Byzantines. You will observe its Baroque façade, enter the temple, and admire the mosaic floor and the Chapel of San Cataldo.

After two hours spent discovering the monumental heritage of the city, the private tour of Taranto will conclude.