The Nicola’s place gives extremely close touch to the local life. Imagine ancient streets, so narrow that you can touch both side walls by your fingers? In few steps down, during nearly every sunny day there are “le Donne” who manually produce tasty Orecchiette.
Bari has strong bonds with St.Nicolaus. On Sundays, the mass from a famous church sounds like from your bathroom. In fact, indeed there is a vent, that makes the sound traveling to the ground floor. The location is surprisingly quiet, well illuminated and clean.
When you walk around, you see everyday life of people, who live there like for ages.
The location at the ground level makes possibility to also open you door and invite the tasty Apulia to your every breath. I was very positively surprised that despite a fact that in the old town there are always some visitors, streets were frequently cleaned and it was lots of fresh breeze from the Adriatic. The ventilation of the old town is simply genial.
Bus A (circulating clockwise around the old town) has a stop at a nearby mini-soccer field, facing a bay from the South. Be prepared with an alternative plan when it rains, but you can even try “calcio” by night in less than 200m distance.
For 2 persons it was proper price/value offer. I can recommend this experience - you will remember it when you decide to stay at Nicola’s place.