Polignano a Mare sits on top of a cliff riddled with sea caves, and the best way to see them is to go inside by boat. Here are the tours side by side, what they cost, where they leave from and the hour-by-hour weather and wind.
Budget option → · Polignano a Mare, Apulia
Weather at 1:00 PM. Boat trips start from 10:00.
| Tour | From | Duration | What you see | Languages | Cancellation | Departure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our pickMotorboatGetYourGuide | €40 | 110 min – 2 h | Sea caves, cliffs, old town from the sea | Skipper IT, EN; audio IT, EN, FR, ES | Free up to 24 h before | Calaponte Marina, Via San Vito |
| Boat, max 13Tiqets | €40 | 1 h 30 | Caves and coast of Polignano | Guide IT, EN, FR, ES | Free up to 36 h before | Via San Vito 342, 10:00 departure |
| BoatGetYourGuide | €40 | 1 h 30 | Caves, swim stop | Guide IT, EN, FR, ES | Free up to 24 h before | Dorino, Via San Vito |
Our pick: the motorboat to the caves with aperitif, from €40. Rated 4.8 from almost 5,000 reviews, it lasts nearly two hours, includes an aperitif and a swim stop, and can be cancelled free up to 24 hours before.
In Polignano tours all cost about €40: length, aperitif and cancellation terms matter more.
2 h · 4.8 from 4,893 GetYourGuide reviews
1 h 30 · 4.7 from 58 Tiqets reviews
1 h 30 · 4.7 from 1,975 GetYourGuide reviews
Indicative prices, checked on November 9, 2026: they may change: the final price is the one shown by the seller.
There is no public boat: all cave tours are private, from €40.
The best months are May to September: highs of 24–31 °C and warm water for swimming.
| Month | Average high | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13° | 7 |
| Feb | 13° | 6 |
| Mar | 16° | 7 |
| Apr | 19° | 6 |
| MayBest | 24° | 5 |
| JunBest | 28° | 3 |
| JulBest | 31° | 2 |
| AugBest | 31° | 2 |
| SepBest | 26° | 5 |
| Oct | 22° | 6 |
| Nov | 18° | 7 |
| Dec | 14° | 7 |
Bari Airport 1991–2020 averages (NOAA): mean daily high and days with at least 1 mm of rain. Source: table on Wikipedia (“Bari”).
Fair
Fair: rain, 18 to 20 °C, 1.1 mm, wind up to 27 km/h.
| Time | Sky | Temperature | Rain | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13:00 | Light rain | 20° | 0.1 mm | 27 km/h |
| 14:00 | Cloudy | 19° | – | 24 km/h |
| 15:00 | Cloudy | 19° | – | 24 km/h |
| 16:00 | Rain | 19° | 0.6 mm | 24 km/h |
| 17:00 | Light rain | 18° | 0.4 mm | 22 km/h |
| 18:00 | Partly cloudy | 18° | – | 26 km/h |
Fair
Fair: partly cloudy, 19 to 22 °C, no rain, wind up to 31 km/h.
| Time | Sky | Temperature | Rain | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 | Partly cloudy | 21° | – | 22 km/h |
| 11:00 | Partly cloudy | 22° | – | 19 km/h |
| 12:00 | Partly cloudy | 22° | – | 17 km/h |
| 13:00 | Partly cloudy | 22° | – | 17 km/h |
| 14:00 | Partly cloudy | 22° | – | 18 km/h |
| 15:00 | Partly cloudy | 22° | – | 18 km/h |
| 16:00 | Partly cloudy | 21° | – | 21 km/h |
| 17:00 | Partly cloudy | 20° | – | 24 km/h |
| 18:00 | Partly cloudy | 19° | – | 31 km/h |
The best days for a boat trip are Sunday, November 15, Wednesday, November 18 and Thursday, November 19. The rating only looks at rain and wind during tour hours.
Today and tomorrow are accurate hour by hour; up to day seven the trend is reliable; the last days give a rough idea. Above 30 km/h the water gets choppy and small boats may postpone departures. Updated every hour.
It rarely rains in summer: 2–3 days a month; about 7 in winter.
Polignano is on the Bari–Lecce railway: regional trains from Bari. Via San Vito is a few kilometres from the station, so take a car or taxi.
Cave tours cost from €40, with an aperitif or taralli depending on the operator.
From Via San Vito, north of the centre: Calaponte Marina and the San Vito pier.
Yes, when the sea allows; in rough seas boats stay outside or the tour is cancelled.
Yes, the Dorino tour has a live guide in English and the motorboat tour an English audio guide.
Fair: rain, 18 to 20 °C, 1.1 mm, wind up to 27 km/h.
Saturday, November 14: Fair: rain, 19 to 19 °C, 2.7 mm, wind up to 11 km/h. Sunday, November 15: Perfect day: cloudy, 20 to 20 °C, no rain, wind up to 16 km/h.
Reliable forecasts go about 10 days ahead: here you get the next 10, hour by hour (with wind) for today and tomorrow and as a trend after that. To choose the month, see the climate month by month.
Forecasts come from MET Norway, the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, calculated for the tour area’s coordinates and updated every hour during the day and every 3 hours at night. Tour prices and conditions are checked on the sellers’ pages, with the date.
Motorboat to the caves with aperitif · from €40
Forecast by MET Norway, the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, calculated for the tour area’s coordinates. Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0), updated every hour. Updated: November 9, 2026.