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Venue & Travel

Venue & Travel

The conference takes place at Villa Romanazzi Carducci, in the centre of Bari.

Venue

Villa Romanazzi Carducci

Bari, Italy

Home of the A&F LUM Conference since its first edition in 2025: a nineteenth-century villa set in a park in the centre of Bari.

Conference participants walking through the park of Villa Romanazzi Carducci, beside one of its pavilions and a stone fountain.
The park between sessions · June 2026
The plenary hall of Villa Romanazzi Carducci during the conference: a full audience under a timber-truss roof, facing the speaker and the screen.
Plenary hall, Villa Romanazzi Carducci · 2nd edition, June 2026
Dates
Thursday 3 –
Friday 4 June 2027
Venue
Mercure Villa Romanazzi Carducci
Address
Via Giuseppe Capruzzi 326
Bari, Italy
Getting there
City centre, close to Bari Centrale railway station
One of the meeting rooms of Villa Romanazzi Carducci during a parallel session, with participants facing the screen.
Meeting room used for parallel sessions · June 2026
Participants at tables on a shaded terrace in the grounds of Villa Romanazzi Carducci.
Terrace in the grounds, between sessions · June 2026

01Getting to Bari

Travel

Practical information published for the 2026 edition.

By air
Bari Karol Wojtyła International Airport (BRI) is about 10 km from the city centre; Brindisi Airport (BDS) is about 115 km away. From Bari Airport the city centre can be reached by train, bus, taxi or car; from Brindisi, regular buses and trains connect to Bari.
By train
Bari Centrale is a key railway station in Southern Italy, with frequent connections to Rome, Naples, Milan and Florence. The station is in the city centre.
By car
Bari is reached via the A14 motorway from Northern Italy or the A16 from Naples.

02Accommodation

Where to stay

2026Accommodation suggested for the 2026 edition. Suggestions for 2027 will be confirmed.

  • Mercure Villa Romanazzi Carducci

    Via Giuseppe Capruzzi 326, Bari

    Website
  • Hotel Excelsior

    Via Giulio Petroni 15, Bari

    Website
  • Mica Accomodation

    Il Palazzetto Bari, Via Sparano 95 · Fourrooms Bari, Via Sparano 99

    Website
  • Il Pumo

    Via Calefati 78 · Piazza Moro 16 · Piazza Luigi di Savoia 42

    Website

03Maps

Directions

Directions to the venue Open in Maps

The Bari waterfront promenade with its lamps, in warm evening light.
The waterfront promenade
The pale stone façade of the Basilica of San Nicola in the old town of Bari.
Basilica of San Nicola, Bari Vecchia

The city

Bari, Italy

The capital of Apulia is one of the main ports of the Adriatic and a historic crossing point between Western Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean.

Bari Vecchia, the old town around the Cathedral of San Sabino and the Basilica of San Nicola, opens directly onto the sea.