Italy Away - 1st April 2009

[lopez]

Couldn't speak highly enough surely? !Whoops! Sorry! :o Yes he couldn't speak highly enough of the people including the local fans.

[Paulie]

I was just taking a look there at the Tartan Army website and going from the comments they make about their trip to Bari a couple of years ago, this one should be a cracker.

http://taboard.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=87738&hl=Bari&st=0

[Sligo Hornet]

I was just taking a look there at the Tartan Army website and going from the comments they make about their trip to Bari a couple of years ago, this one should be a cracker.

http://taboard.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=87738&hl=Bari&st=0


Yeah I read those too Paulie......really pleased we are in Bari:), rather than Rome or Milan (or God forbid Naples or Palermo:eek:)

[citizenerased]

smaller places are better, i thought mainz was a cracker, better than stuttgart as a destination(and result ;-)

[DeLorean]

I was just taking a look there at the Tartan Army website and going from the comments they make about their trip to Bari a couple of years ago, this one should be a cracker.

http://taboard.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=87738&hl=Bari&st=0

That's brilliant info, good man Paulie!!

[Green Tribe]

Yeah I read those too Paulie......really pleased we are in Bari), rather than Rome or Milan (or God forbid Naples or Palermo:

Wonder who started that TA thread, The GT??:confused:;)

[Sligo Hornet]

Wonder who started that TA thread, The GT??:confused:;)


"Self praise.......etc";)

[Green Tribe]

:D Not at all SH

[Greenforever]

Just wondering has this flight been cancelled? It's no longer available to book, but neither is the opposite direction, Bari - Dublin which were been offered to the Italians for around a fiver. Anyone caught out, check out flying into Brindisi which is an hour by train from Bari and only €7. Train every 20 mins or so.

[gufct]

Delaney says in todays star they have 9,000 tickets for the Italy game happy days.

[Sligo Hornet]

Delaney says in todays star they have 9,000 tickets for the Italy game happy days.


Yeah heard that also.....good news!:).....hope we sell that many!

[Paulie]

Just wondering has this flight been cancelled? It's no longer available to book, but neither is the opposite direction, Bari - Dublin which were been offered to the Italians for around a fiver. Anyone caught out, check out flying into Brindisi which is an hour by train from Bari and only €7. Train every 20 mins or so.

I'm on the Ryanair direct flight on the way home. I wouldn't take the fact that the flight has been taken off the website as an indication that it's been cancelled. If anything I'd say it's the opposite, that's it's full. Another reason for taking it off the website would be to avoid confusion in case it was thought that they were now operating a regular service from Dublin to Bari.

Anyway, we haven't received any correspondence from Ryanair stating that the flight has been cancelled.

[aidz1]

I'm on the Ryanair direct flight on the way home. I wouldn't take the fact that the flight has been taken off the website as an indication that it's been cancelled. If anything I'd say it's the opposite, that's it's full. Another reason for taking it off the website would be to avoid confusion in case it was thought that they were now operating a regular service from Dublin to Bari.

Anyway, we haven't received any correspondence from Ryanair stating that the flight has been cancelled.


by the looks of it, it doesnt look good. I think it either an oversight of ryanair to have it on the website, or they are pulling it due to low demand.

[jbyrne]

by the looks of it, it doesnt look good. I think it either an oversight of ryanair to have it on the website, or they are pulling it due to low demand.

id say demand was huge and its sold out

[NeilMcD]

Lads you sound like Estate Agents.

[Sligo Hornet]

Lads you sound like Estate Agents.


Yeah all talk....... no buyers and nothing to sell!;)

[mrtndvn]

Need somewhere to stay in Bari if anyones got any advice

[DeLorean]

Scroll back through the thread a little bit. Nearly everything was gone I'd say but there was a couple of suggestion re. B&B's I think, possibly a bit outside Bari.

[magnumpi]

Need somewhere to stay in Bari if anyones got any advice


did you manage to find anywhere? it's looking like a park bench for me at the moment, can't find anywhere, not even remotely close to bari

[Paulie]

Have you tried the Hotel Moderno? We got single rooms there for about 60 Euros per night, and a bloke in work got a room there about a week ago which cost him around 80 Euros a night. I don't have the link for it but it's easy to find on google. We did our booking initally over the phone and then it was confirmed by email. Oh and by the way, they take the payment before you arrive (as in our payment has already gone).

[Beal Feirste]

Email these two b&b's. Both close to stadium and city centre and quite cheap. They offered us rooms a few weeks ago but we can sorted elsewhere. Maybe worth a go


santafaracamere@libero.it

lorangeriebari@libero.it

Slan

[mrtndvn]

did you manage to find anywhere? it's looking like a park bench for me at the moment, can't find anywhere, not even remotely close to bari

Yea Ive found a couple of places.

http://www.visaresidence.it/ these guys rent apartments out. About 130 for 4 people per night.

Use yahoo or google to translate that link.

http://www.euromotelbari.com/ a decent looking motel with loads of rooms left.

http://www.vittoriaparchotel.com/ If u fancy spending a little bit extra.

It took a serious amount of searching to find them free places!!!

If anyone hasn't got anywhere, don't panic there will be rooms available closer to the time with travel agency's canceling.

[gspain]

You can still get rooms here

http://www.bed-and-breakfast-in-italy.com/bed_and_breakfast_bari.cfm

However most are not bookable via the web. Best to ring if you know a native speaker or fill out a few web contact forms and wait for a response.

not ideal but you should get sorted.

[RedBobby]

Just got flights there, dublin -> milan -> bari and opposite way round home
Bit of a stopover in milan for a while, so may as well go see the san siro
Total cost was around 240
Dub -> Milan - Aerlingus
Milan -> Bari - Ailitalia
Bari -> Milan - Ryanair
Milan -> Dublin Ryanair

Not too shabby
lets hope there's still a good enough crowd going.
Any Irish pubs in Bari which anyone knows of? :)

[magnumpi]

http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Europe/Italy/Puglia/Bari-155869/Nightlife-Bari-BR-1.html

doesn't seem the best but you never know.

think everyone will meet in the main square. i remember being in milan for a united match in 2005 and the police were fine with everyone drinking in the streets.

did object to the mass game of football though - ball got confiscated.

[magnumpi]

does anyone have a copy of the daily star tape from the Italia 90 with all those Italian-based cheesy irish songs on, you know with Dermot Morgan and the Dunphy impression.

would be brilliant to get them sung on this trip.

"Mamma Mia, Mammia Mia, what a beautiful team etc.

hahahaha

[jbyrne]

ko confirmed for 8.50pm local time

[EastTerracer]

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As Already stated we will be arriving for our confirmed booking, if you have any issues we suggest you take it up with bookings.com

If this is not resolved we will also be writing to the Italian Embassy, the Italian Tourist Board and logging our problem on all web travel advice sites

This is not the treatment one expects from a 4 star hotel


Has anyone had any joy from the Mercure yet? I have been exchanging emails with Accor HQ, Accor Italy and the Mercure and they are all still acting the maggot.

[Cowboy]

This joker (Gaetano) has been sending the same emails to everybody involved



Has anyone had any joy from the Mercure yet? I have been exchanging emails with Accor HQ, Accor Italy and the Mercure and they are all still acting the maggot.

[jbyrne]

ticket form arrived today. to be back by fri 13th february

[Saint07]

ticket form arrived today. to be back by fri 13th february

How much are the tickets?

[gwhite]

Hi there, I've just found a cheap B&B myself but another place got back to me confirming availability on 1 April if anyone needs it. Details are
- B & B casa dolce casa
- viale cristoforo colombo - 70037
- Ruvo di Puglia (BA)
- Tel. 080 3612781 340 5863293
- Email: lobosco.clementina@alice.it

[pineapple stu]

Moved into the main match thread.

[AidoP]

A few of us are flying into Rome (31st March) and just getting the train to Bari on the 1st April and then getting the train back to Rome on the Thursday morning. I just wanna know if anyone else is doing something similar like that?

[jbyrne]

How much are the tickets?

no price given yet

[Saint07]

A few of us are flying into Rome (31st March) and just getting the train to Bari on the 1st April and then getting the train back to Rome on the Thursday morning. I just wanna know if anyone else is doing something similar like that?

Yeah 3 of us doing exactly the same. Will get the 8 train Wed morn and have the day in Bari!

[Claret Murph]

Yeah 3 of us doing exactly the same. Will get the 8 train Wed morn and have the day in Bari!

Yep as said before same as you Saint and the 5:35am back again the next morning . Also I will let you but the first round of drinks !!!!!!!

[AidoP]

and the 5:35am back again the next morning . Also I will let you but the first round of drinks !!!!!!!

Same as us (well thats the plan anyway). Are you talking about the first round of drinks going to Bari on the Wednesday morning or going to Rome on the Thursday morning? :)

[Sligo Hornet]

Same as us (well thats the plan anyway). Are you talking about the first round of drinks going to Bari on the Wednesday morning or going to Rome on the Thursday morning? :)

Knowing Murph.......BOTH!:D

[DeLorean]

Yep as said before same as you Saint and the 5:35am back again the next morning .

That 5.35am train back sounds horrific!! We're flying back to Rome with EasyJet on the Thurs evening (1735) and they also do morning flights (1045)- €75 though.

[Saint07]

Yep as said before same as you Saint and the 5:35am back again the next morning . Also I will let you but the first round of drinks !!!!!!!


Cheers for that! 4 hours on the train there'll be plenty of rounds :D

[HarpoJoyce]

Accomodation that was still showing some vacancy recently.

http://www.caffelletto.it

http://en.venere.com/italy/

Also, as some fans I know wont make the decision to travel til very late. They may chose a different routing to Bari because of the lack of availabilty of the main routes.

Ferry companies operating to Bari Port
http://www.greekferries.gr/international.htm
http://www.traghettiweb.it/en/tw_index_wl.php

Jadrolinija has a Ferry leaves Dubrovnik at 23:00 on Tuesday 31 March and arrives at 08:00 on the morning of the game into Bari Port from Dubrovnik.
http://www.jadrolinija.hr/default.aspx?lang=2

Some Airlines that operate to Dubrovnik.
http://www.airport-dubrovnik.hr/index.php?option=com_weblinks&catid=14&Itemid=30

(It may be a good idea to put some of the sites mentioned recently on this thread onto the summary post sticky.)

[green army]

A few of us are flying into Rome (31st March) and just getting the train to Bari on the 1st April and then getting the train back to Rome on the Thursday morning. I just wanna know if anyone else is doing something similar like that?

booked return flights from rome to bari for €65 return with easyjet.

[AidoP]

booked return flights from rome to bari for €65 return with easyjet.

Just checked that myself and its €120 leaving Rome on Weds and flying back to Rome on the Thurs. Where did u see that flight?

[mrtndvn]

Lads how often do the trains run from Rome to Bari?

[AidoP]

Lads how often do the trains run from Rome to Bari?

The train we were looking at leaves Rome at 8am and gets into Bari at 12:15pm. I was looking at the Deutsche Bahn (German Train) website to see what the other train times are. There are other trains after but then youll be cutting it fine to get to the stadium in time for the match (latest possibility is 2pm train from Rome which will get you into Bari at 6:15pm). Trains back on the Thursday morning are at 5:35am (arrive Rome 10am) and at 7am (arrive Rome 11am). Of course there may be other trains running due to the match being on but as of yet I cant see anything regarding this.

[Claret Murph]

One thing you need to look out for as there are two trains to Bari that leave Rome at 8am , one takes just over four hours the other nearer six .

[AidoP]

One thing you need to look out for as there are two trains to Bari that leave Rome at 8am , one takes just over four hours the other nearer six .


Yeah I saw that. Dont worry well have enuff beer for both of them :)

[Saint07]

One thing you need to look out for as there are two trains to Bari that leave Rome at 8am , one takes just over four hours the other nearer six .

Tickets are available online now. They dont seem to sell return tickets, but AidoP said his mate would look into that!

[AidoP]

Tickets are available online now. They dont seem to sell return tickets, but AidoP said his mate would look into that!

Im going to go after work and ask them what the story is regarding this issue. Depending on what they say I should have the information we need posted here tomorrow.