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Practicalities
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All
buses
arrive and depart from Piazza Castello, except FS connections with Metaponto and Potenza, which arrive at Piazza Duca d'Aosta, just outside the
train station
. To save you the 25-minute walk in from the station, buses #1, #3 and #8 run to Corso Umberto in the modern city. Get off just after the huge Palazzo di Uffici and you're close to the
tourist office
on Corso Umberto I at no. 113 (Mon-Fri 9am-1pm & 2.30-6.30pm, Sat 9am-noon; tel 099.453.2392). Timetables for
city buses
are posted in the AMAT office just around the corner on Via Margherita 34.
Accommodation can be a real headache. There are cheap hotels in the old town, around Piazza Fontana, but most are grotty and some may be unsafe for lone women; the best choice is the Sorrentino , on Piazza Fontana 7 (tel 099.470.7456; L60,000-90,000/a?¬30.99-46.48), run by a woman, her daughter and two cats. There are more pleasant but characterless options in the modern city: cheapest of these is the basic Pisani at Via Cavour 43 (tel 099.453. 4087; L60,000-90,000/a?¬30.99-46.48).
For
meals
, check out the tourist menu at the
Ristorante Basile
, Via Pitagora 76 (closed Sat), and the good - and very fairly priced - local specialities at
Da Mimmo
, one block up at Via Giovinazzi 18 (closed Wed). Other useful information
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Italy,
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