A Day in Taranto (Part I) & Uccelletti

From the forgotten capital of Magna Graecia to the smoky charm of grilled Uccelletti: a summer day in Puglia.

From Taranto’s Simposio cookbook!

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I put everything I love the most of Taranto in a day filled with sightseeing, experiences, and food, but I think you should concede yourself two or three days. Giving yourself time to stop, write notes and impressions on a journal, take pictures, and return to the places you liked most. Slow traveling, when possible, is the best of philosophies.

Before getting started, there's a piece of fundamental information you need: Taranto is divided into the New and the Old City. Bridges connect the mainland to Taranto Vecchia, a city on an island in the Gulf of Taranto. The inner gulf waters are called Mar Piccolo, small sea, the outside are called Mar Grande, big sea.

Ready?

Wake up and put on comfy clothes and shoes: you're going to walk a lot. Don't worry about breakfast; you'll find plenty of options during the passeggiata.

Walk your way through the new city, direction: the Ponte Girevole, the swinging bridge. The metallic colossus is the pride of Tarantini. Two giant arms connect the New City to the Old City and the Mar Piccolo to the Mar Grande. New and old, small and big, close and open: it must be its function of conjunction between opposites to make it so dear. In a city constantly poised and often divided, it must be a relief to know there is this mighty engine that keeps all the pieces together.

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