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Places to visit in Puglia: Top 10 not to miss
Puglia, also known as the heel of the Italian boot: such a splendid region offers charming towns and villages, marvellous architecture, tasty food, plenty of traditions and folklore. Here we want to present you with what we consider to be the top 10 places to visit in Puglia and among the most beautiful in Italy. Otranto Otranto is a town in the province of Lecce and is part the Salento area. It is located in a harbour along the east coast on the Adriatic Sea and is the easternmost town in Italy. Its small seaport is mostly used for fishing activity and tourism, especially for the ferry services to Greece.…
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Beaches in Gargano: Top 10 most beautiful
The Gargano has some of the most beautiful beaches of Puglia. With its 140 km of coastline, the promontory is characterized by the presence of sandy beaches, ancient forest (mainly pine woods), bays, limestone cliffs, dunes, calcareous caves, and the faraglioni, white rocks emerging from the sea. Famous and numerous are also the trabucchi, ancient wood-made structures built by fishermen from where they cast their nets. With its sparkling sea and cobalt blue water Gargano is the ideal destination for divers and water sports lovers. It’s highly recommended visiting the promontory by boat, to admire the entire coastline from Isola Varano to Mattinata, stopping in most remarkable places of the…
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Top 5 places of Gargano
The Gargano is a mountainous promontory that extends into the northern part of Puglia – entirely surrounded by the Adriatic Sea. This is the greenest area in the whole region, also famous for the citrus groves. Due to its special climate and micro-environment, this is in fact the only area along the Adriatic Sea perfect for the citrus plantation, especially oranges and lemons. Gargano National Park The Gargano National Park is a protected nature reserve which was established in 1991, it is entirely located in the Gargano Promontory, the spur of Italy. It covers an area of 300000 acres and includes the Foresta Umbra (Umbra Forest) and the archipelago of…
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Manfredonia, gate of Gargano
Discovering Manfredonia with Giuliana | #PugliaByMe As stated in a famous local song of Carnival.. If you want to have fun, you have to come in Manfredonia! What to know and see The charming town of Manfredonia is located in the Foggia Province and was founded in 1256 by king Manfredi of Svevia, who planned to turn it into “one of the most beautiful cities in the world” and make it an important centre of government in all his kingdom. During the prosperous years of the blond, handsome and gentle king it began the construction of the castle of the city, which was, however, completed by Charles I of Anjou.…
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Zagare Bay
The Zagare Bay, one of the Top Ten beaches in Italy The Zagare Bay, also called Mergoli Bay, is located after the Pugnochiuso Bay, 15 Km far from Mattinata, in the Gargano Promontory. This beach can be reached by sea, through daily boat trips leaving from Mattinata, or by land through two hotels, the Baia delle Zagare Hotel and the Baia dei Faraglioni Hotel, going down straight to the beach with an elevator built into the rock. Considering that the access by land is private property of the hotels and the beach can only accommodate a maximum of 30 visitants per day to protect the site, if you wish to…
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Gargano, Gate of Peace
Manfredonia and Gargano, Gate of Peace and Capitals of Solidarity Manfredonia and the Gargano have been elected Capitals of Solidarity, Peace and great popular music. This achievement is being celebrated this week with a big event, promoted by the Puglia Region, which is gathering thousands of ethno folk music lovers! The event kicked off yesterday, Friday 7th March, with a concert in Piazza Papa Giovanni XXIII, where popular singers all across Italy lived up the stage: Nakaira from Sicily, Alla Bua from Salento, Mimmo Cavallaro of the Taranta Project, Cantodiscanto from Palestine, The Tratturo from Molise, Patrick Lopez form California, Baobab Percussion, Danzanova from Gargano. And finally, as special guest,…
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Gargano, the spur of the Italian boot
Discovering Gargano Gargano, also known as the spur of the Italian boot, is a promontory (it’s actually called the Gargano Promontory) that extends into the eastern part of Puglia and is surrounded by the Adriatic Sea. It is part of the province of Foggia and is almost entirely occupied by the Gargano National Park
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Tremiti Islands
Tremiti Islands is an archipelago composed of five small islands and is located just 20 km from the Northern coast of Gargano. The five islands are: St. Nicholas (San Nicola), St. Domino, Capraia, Cretaccio and the farthest out, Pianosa; from an administrative point of view they belong to the Foggia Province and are also part of the Gargano National Park. The archipelago was originally named Insulae Diomedae in honor of Greek hero Diomede, which as the story goes, founded the archipelago and was buried on one of the islands. Tremiti Islands are accessible by boat from Rodi Garganico, Peschici, Vieste, Manfredonia and by helicopter from Foggia. Most boats arrive at…
