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, home to the majority of the main monuments of Taranto. Due to its unique location, Taranto is known as the City of Two Seas, situated between the Mar Piccolo and Mar Grande.

We will begin by admiring the Doric columns of the Temple of Poseidon, the oldest temple in Magna Graecia dating back to the 6th century BC. Subsequently, we will visit the Castello Aragonese (also known as Castel Sant'Angelo), a quadrangular fortress from the Byzantine era currently housing the Navy.

Nearby, we will cross the famous swing bridge of Taranto, a symbol of the city connecting the island of Borgo Antico with the peninsula of Borgo Nuovo. This engineering feat, inaugurated in 1887, overlooks the navigable canal between the Mar Grande and Mar Piccolo.

Next, we will visit the Cathedral of San Cataldo, built in the late 10th century by the Byzantines. You will see its Baroque façade, modified in the 1700s, before entering to admire the mosaic floor and the Chapel of San Cataldo.

After two hours of exploring the city's monumental heritage, the private tour of Taranto will conclude.