Highlights:

Explore the pretty town of Bisceglie with a tourist guide
Discover the old town, the noble palaces, the pretty marina
Look the Norman tower and the remains of the Angevin castle

“Sospiro” sweet tasting

Tour details:

Bisceglie is a pretty little town 35 km north of Bari, very close to Trani and Barletta.

The guided route will begin from the historic center, rich in churches and palaces of the 16th and 17th centuries.
During the tour you will visit the Saint Peter Apostle of 1073 A.D. in Romanesque Apulian style with inside relics of the Saints Martyrs Mauro, Sergio and Pantaleone.

The tour continues in the historical center with the visit of some of the most important noble palaces as Frisari palace and Tupputi palace and the church of Sant’Adoeno, also of Romanesque style and built in the same year as the cathedral.

During the tour you will taste the typical sweet “Sospiro” biscegliese:
according to a local legend, on the occasion of the wedding of Lucrezia Borgia, Countess of Bisceglie, with Alfonso of Aragon, the clerics of the Monastery of St. Louis prepared these sweets, which proclaim the weddings of the two nobles.
It is a light sponge cake made with egg and flour, flavored with lemon zest. Its interior is stuffed with a cream with milk and vanilla, all covered with a thin sugar icing.

The tour ends at the 27-meter high tower and the ruins of the Swabian-Angevin castle.