Auchan

You catch a blue Mesagne-Brindisi bus, marked "M" from just east of the train station, after buying different bus tickets from the bar, for €1.10. Buy your return ticket too.

Make sure that you stamp your ticket in the orange machine on the bus, otherwise you are liable for a €25 fine.

The bus only makes a few stops before taking you out to the country side, and in the middle of nowhere, so it seems, there is a huge, I mean HUGE, shopping complex called Auchan. Many jewelry and fashion stores, and then the large supermarket. The bus takes about 30 minutes, and it is worth it for provisioning.

I was warned to make sure I wait for the return bus in the bus shelter on the other side of the road, as they will not stop for you if you are not at the fermata.

There is also a huge Leroy Merlin Hardware store in the same commercial center. I did not have time to visit.
Howard [Just Imagine] 16-Jun-2010

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