TARANTO, Italy – 4K HDR walking tour with captions

TARANTO, Italy – 4K HDR walking tour with captions

Let’s explore Taranto, the “City of Two Seas.” In this one-hour walking tour, we will discover this less touristy city, exploring everything from its ancient Greek ruins to its modern seafront.

We begin at the Tempio Dorico site, the oldest temple ruins in Magna Graecia, before moving to the impressive Aragonese Castle that guards the city’s canal.

Crossing the famous Ponte Girevole, we pass from the old island into the new city. Here, we stroll along the scenic seafront promenade and pause in the peaceful Giardini Garibaldi.

The journey continues into the heart of 19th-century Taranto. We’ll walk along the grand Corso Umberto I and through lively piazzas before reaching Via Tommaso Nicolò d’Aquino, the city’s main pedestrian shopping street.

Our path then leads us back into the winding lanes of the old town, following the historic Via Duomo to its stunning centerpiece: the Duomo di San Cataldo, the oldest cathedral in Apulia.

The tour closes with a final walk along the sea, returning through quiet, atmospheric lanes to our starting point at the Doric columns.

This complete city walk shows Taranto’s unique mix of Greek, medieval, and modern heritage. So join this POPtravel travel to experience a city that many travelers miss.

Official tourist website: https://visit.puglia.it/en/taranto

For more tours of the area, see: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=poptravel+lecce and https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=poptravel+brindisi and the POPtravel Italy playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaxUrZNxL7WLARH2lule-AQIu86Qyv7NI

Timeline:
00:00:00 Route Preview
00:01:00 Welcome to Taranto. Start of walking tour at Tempio Dorico
00:02:14 Castello Aragonese
00:05:11 Taranto Old Town to New Town
00:06:43 Ponte Girevole
00:08:15 Corso Due Mari
00:11:45 Lungomare Vittorio Emanuele III
00:12:54 Via Regina Margherita
00:13:57 Giardini Garibaldi
00:18:06 Corso Umberto primo
00:20:54 Piazza della Vittoria
00:24:08 Via Giuseppe Massari
00:25:52 Lungomare Vittorio Emanuele III
00:28:36 Giardini Caduti sul Lavoro
00:30:35 Via De Cesare
00:32:11 Via Acclavio
00:33:10 Via Anfiteatro
00:34:00 Via Berardi
00:34:47 Piazza Maria Immacolata
00:36:32 Via Tommaso Nicolò D’Aquino
00:40:28 Back at Giardini Garibaldi
00:42:06 Via Matteotti
00:46:07 Via Duomo
00:55:17 Duomo di San Cataldo
00:59:17 Corso Vittorio Emanuele II
01:04:01 Via Giovanni Paisiello / Via San Francesco
01:05:21 Vico Nasuti and ending the tour at starting point

Credits:
Captions created with help of LLMs, OpenStreetMap and Wikipedia contributors – among others.

Filmed in October 2024

Camera: Osmo Pocket 3 in 4K60
Mic: Zoom H1n

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