The Italian city of Bari is not just an ordinary tourist city, because the relics of the great St. Nicholas of the Wonderworker are resting in it and therefore here very many buy icons with the saint face. It is believed that they possess a special grace. Well, besides banal tourist t-shirts, magnetics and mugs, make-up, wine and sauces are still manufactured here. In Bari, for more than a thousand years, the relics of St. Nicholas of the Wonderworker are located, and the temple dedicated to this saint is the place of pilgrimage for Christians and Catholics literally from around the world. Both in the church itself, and the museum sells religious attributes - candles, icons, balls, lamps, flasks with holy water and books. It is noteworthy that there are no prohibitions for the export of such products from the country.
Bari can also be called a real paradise for gastrotrists. Indeed, the city is almost in southern Italy, that is, in the very center where agriculture is grown and produce. All the surrounding fields here are busy under the cultivation of vegetables, cereals, spices and grapes, and here they make and grow cheese. As a rule, a soft grade of cheese - Burrate, Straitelle, Mozarella and Ricotta is prepared in barract. In all supermarkets and naturally in the markets of the city, which are located on Piazza del Ferrarese Square, as well as on Via Montegrappa Street, soft varieties of the phones and quasokallo are sold in a huge amount. Since such types of cheese are kept very long, then transporting them in hand bags is prohibited. Here you can also acquire surprisingly delicious cheeses of exclusively local production - Vakkino, Pekorino and Caneperato. These are already solid cheeses having quality certificates, and they are allowed to take with them as hand-made bare.
Almost every commune in Italy usually produces a variety of paste, so the city of Bari is not in this case an exception. On the streets of the Old Town, you can see how they are made here and immediately sell fresh Cavatelle and Orekette, which are essentially pasta of solid wheat varieties, in shape resembling ears. Exactly thanks to such a form, they will dry very quickly and then they are stored for a long time.
Bari City from all sides surround the endless olive fields. So olives are sold here in a huge amount, both in the fresh and marinated form. The most popular varieties are the vintage subrange and coin. Of these, olive oil is made, having an incredibly thin fragrance. It is worth seeking a bottle of dark glass, which is written "Olio ExtraverGine" on the labels.
Well, naturally, if you have already bought a group paste, then some sauces should be purchased to it. The most popular here is the one that is prepared from the tops of the turnip. It is certainly worth a try, being in Bari, along with Orcetta, to then find this kind of sauce in stores and capture it with you. Also very popular uses a sauce made of tomatoes. In general, tomatoes in Bari in an immense quantity are grown throughout the year. This type of sauce is usually added to meat dishes to make a pleasant tomato-meat taste. Very often, tourists from Bari bring home still unusual fish sauces, which, in combination with garlic and with olive oil, give a rich taste suiting essentially to any dish.
About 50 kilometers from Bari is a small town of Alta'amura. It is there that the bake of bread, which is popular far from outside this place, as they prepare it in a real wood-burning oven. A crust for such bread comes very dense, well, and the ball is just air. This product does not worry for a long time, so it is quite possible to capture it with you and treat your home. However, there is no need to go to Altamura for this bread, because in the city of Bari there is several bakeries, one of which is located in the old town. Since the real bread from Altamura is produced only there, then in the other places it is called "Pan of Tipo Di AltaMur". The recipe in principle is absolutely exactly the same and prepared also in a wood-burning furnace, but there is no cruciform in this bread on the upper crust.
As in principle, in any other region in Italy in Apulia, there are also its autochthonous grapes. In the city of Bari, Aleakiko, primitive, Negroamaro and Uv di Troy are considered. Here from these varieties are usually produced pink, red and white wine. By the way, the province of Apulia is considered the best in the production of rose wine from the grapes of Negroamaro. Wines, of course, it is better to buy in supermarkets, as they are there much cheaper than, let's say, in local enotek.
Usually all tourists have natural cosmetics produced from olive oil, primarily associated with Cyprus or Greece. However, Bari has several companies that produce organic cosmetics from this ingredient. It uses exclusively organic olive oil with its useful properties. Ancient Romans fully believed that this oil is the elixir of beauty and youth, so even used it as a massage oil. Here are made of olive oil paints, hair care products, cream, tonic, micellar water, sunscreen and various leaving cosmetics based on olive oil. By the way, you will not find such cosmetics outside Italy, so sure to take advantage of it in Bari stores and then take it home.