"Working Village" Top 5 Page for this destination Barga by BruceDunning

Barga Travel Guide: 23 reviews and 66 photos

Map of the Barge

This is the layout of the town. Off to the right is the parking lot. Down further to the south of this port entry is a school and a residential living area for residences.

Porto REale

Main port of entry

The Longobards founded the town in the 900's and it thrived due to the building of the walls for protection. The walls are still intact and two of the original ports are standing yet. Seven churches surround the town and the Duomo at the top of the hill, St. Christoforo is the magnificent one. Wandering through the streets makes us feel somewhat like intruders since not all the locals were used to tourists necessarily. They do have shops to buy goods.

Church to walk up to and Admire

Arial view of the Duomo complex

Saint Christopher church is the largest and most impressive. It has a pink facade and some of the original limestone still exists on the facade.

Pros and Cons

Pros:Like the peaceful climate and children going to school
Cons:Not a lot of sightseeing to do-but eh duomo
In a nutshell:Nice quite town to walk and enjoy the docle vita

Last visit to Barga: Oct 2005
Intro Updated Aug 24, 2008
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Reviews (9)

Theater with Arts Things to Do (8)

This was the place where Giovanni Pascoli recited poetry here for years and lived in the town. He gave a famous speech... more travel advice

Typical square where you shop and talk - Barga

Shopping in Little piazzettas Things to Do (8)

There are some very nice and quite shops to purchase goods that may not be found elsewhere. They have some related to... more travel advice

Pulpit with red marble columns and lions - Barga

Inside pics of the treasures of SAn... Things to Do (8)

The main features inside are the pulpit made of red and white marble with the lion statues and one where a man is... more travel advice

Maps for the town Things to Do (8)

These are for casual reference in order to show the layout. The apparent main port entry is Fornaci di BArga, and you go... more travel advice

Transportation (1)
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Yaqui Nov 24, 2010 at 7:08 AM

Another lovely addition to VT! Wonderful page!
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deecat Sep 16, 2010 at 8:19 AM

So good to read your views and insights about Barga. We loved it there too.
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HORSCHECK Mar 15, 2010 at 11:36 AM

Bruce, fantastic little page about an Italian town I didn't even know about before visiting your page.
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jumpingnorman Nov 19, 2009 at 1:28 PM

Nice town on top of hill - and yes that's a great panoramic view. I guess that wonderful theater has been renovated already - nice one.
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hunterV Nov 5, 2009 at 11:17 AM

~ Hi, Bruce! You're right: great views, beautiful place! Thanks for sharing!
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nickandchris Oct 12, 2009 at 12:18 PM

Looks absolutely beautiful. It always helps a town if there is ample free parking.
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Trekki Aug 16, 2009 at 11:32 PM

Lovely town and fantastic views!!! And a quite interesting entrance gate!
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LoriPori Aug 10, 2009 at 5:55 AM

Barga sure is a charming little Italian town. Like the idea of the piazzettas.
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hopang Jul 31, 2009 at 3:12 AM

Lovely Barga page! It seems Barga has some interesting tourist attractions such as the theater, museum, duomo and piazzettas. We have yet to visit this city. Hope to visit it one day. ~ho & pang