Vieste - Caves

Grotta dei Pomodori

The red of the Tomato Grotto, on the other hand, is due to the typical molluscs that with their shape similar to tomatoes surround the walls of the cave giving it a cheerful and original appearance. But the Gargano promontory also has numerous marine watchtowers that have been inserted in some locations on the coast not for strictly defensive purposes, but for reporting the danger of invasions of Saracen pirates.

Vieste - Beaches

Spiaggia del Pizzomunno

Vieste - Churches and places of worship

Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta

Basilica with three naves that carries traces of continuous adaptations made over the centuries, all very far from the original Medieval structure.

Vieste - Churches and places of worship

Chiesa di Santa Croce

One of the most fascinating and well-preserved churches in the town of Vieste. The church takes its name from the area, in fact it is located in Punta di S. Croce. The latter is built outside the rest of the medieval core.

Vieste - Historic Centres

Punta Santa Croce

The Punta di Santa Croce peninsula is located in Vieste. Over time, around the nineteenth century, it came to life as it consists of neighborhoods, parks, the port, the town hall and the Church.

Isole Tremiti - Beaches

Cala Tamariello

Isole Tremiti - Beaches

Cala Matano

Also known as Cala Duchessa.Wild and picturesque, this cove is surrounded by lush vegetation and limestone rocks. It is a natural bay that overlooks the turquoise and transparent waters, ideal for bathing and swimming thanks to the sandy coastline. It's reachable through a path and by sea by boat.

Isole Tremiti - Beaches

Cala delle Arene

Vieste - Caves

Grotta Sfondata Grande

Two adjoining entrances introduce to a corridor that leads to the end of the cave, we find them a broken cave that houses a beach and a natural pool with very clear waters.

Isole Tremiti - Natural Areas

I Pagliai

Around the island you can find dozens of stones, more or less large, that all together resemble a host of monoliths. These stones are pyramidal in shape and their appearance recalls, in a very particular way, the haystacks that are stacked in the Italian countryside. One of them has a puncture in which it is possible to navigate in it for about twenty meters.

Isole Tremiti - Beaches

Cala Tonda

Manfredonia - Hermitages

Abbazia Santa Maria di Pulsano

The Abbey of Santa Maria di Pulsano is a monastic complex built around 591 on an ancient pagan temple dedicated to Calcante. It had remained in a state of neglect until 1129 when it was renovated at the behest of San Giovanni da Matera and the Pulsanese congregation. By the end of the fifteenth century, the Pulsanese Order became extinct and the complex passed under the Benedictine order. The Abbey is surrounded by various hermitages used as a dwelling that was accessed through ropes and stairs.

Manfredonia - Castles, palaces and mansions

Castello di Manfredonia

Historical news of the Castle of Manfredonia starts from the 13th century when the city was under the domination of the Angevin. It is assumed that Charles I requested construction on a previous structure consisting of rooms closed by walls with communication doors to the outside. In the Aragonese era, the structure of the Castle was transformed. In fact, a city wall was built that incorporated the previous structure and a pentagonal bastion was built that incorporated one of the circular towers.

Peschici - Walls, towers and gates

Torre M.te Pucci

The Tower of Monte Pucci is located in the Municipality of Peschici. Since it is located in front of the sea from the tower you can enjoy a beautiful view.

Peschici - Castles, palaces and mansions

Castello Peschici

The construction dates back to the 11th century and is located on a high rock overlooking the sea. It was built by the Normans with the main purpose of defending against enemy attacks, especially pirates. Monks also resided in the Castle. Since it was very old, it has often been modified and refurbished over the centuries. Today we can admire a massive and impressive construction in excellent condition.

Vieste - Walls, towers and gates

Torre Porticello

The Tower dates back to the 16th century and is located near the beach of Scialmarino. It has a typical structure of the vicereal period: a square shape, an elevated staircase to access the interior and the stone walls. The current appearance is the result of the restoration work over the years, and, as a result, it is in a good state of preservation.

Vieste - Walls, towers and gates

Torre San Felice

Torre San Felice dates back to 1540 and is the eighth coastal tower belonging to the territory of the Capitanata. It was first used in 1569, as a protection for the nearby port and to transmit the reports of nearby towers. At present, the entrance has been walled up to avoid phenomena of vandalism.

Vieste - Walls, towers and gates

Torre dell'Aglio

The Torre dell'Aglio di Vieste was erected in 1568. It is one of the best preserved Saracen towers, which marked access to the Greek Port. It is located high, more than 100 meters above sea level. It is currently part of the tourist center “Pugnochiuso” and can be visited by tourists.

Manfredonia - Historic Centres

Centro Storico

MANFREDONIA preserves intact that in remote times Manfredi, the king “blond, beautiful and kind looking” gave her. In the streets, in the white alleys of the historic center you can breathe a frank, genuine, typically Apulian air.

Vico del Gargano - Archaeological Sites

Il Trappeto Maratea

Extraordinary site of industrial archaeology, a Gargano oil factory falling under the type “bloody trappets”, operating since the Middle Ages (1300) which tells the scenarios of historic farming Italian and Mediterranean.

Sannicandro Garganico - Walls, towers and gates

Torre Mileto

The tower of Mileto, in the province of Foggia, is a quadrangular building dating back to the Aragonese period built for defensive purposes. It is believed that the tower is one of the oldest on the coast. The fortification is surrounded by a natural landscape characterized by lush Mediterranean vegetation and a cliff rich in biomarine species, as well as freshwater springs.

Mattinata - Beaches

Spiaggia Baia delle Zagare

Mattinata - Beaches

Spiaggia di Vignanotica

Vieste - Beaches

Spiaggia Cala della Pergola

Vieste - Beaches

Spiaggia Baia di Pugnochiuso

Vieste - Beaches

Spiaggia Baia dei Campi

Vieste - Historic Centres

Punta San Francesco

We find the Punta di San Francesco in Vieste. The peninsula is craggy, high, strongly rocky and full of narrow streets. We also find historic buildings such as the church of San Francesco and the Cathedral.

Isole Tremiti - Castles, palaces and mansions

Castello dei Badiali

It's a fortification of the island, built by Charles of Anjou under the order of the Cistercians to repel enemies attacks. The fort is surrounded by high walls walls. To report a long tunnel that you do not know exactly the outlet, probably another escape route for the friars in case of attack or cache of jewelry and valuables.

Vieste - Beaches

Spiaggia Cala di porto greco

Vieste - Beaches

Spiaggia di Vignanotica

Vieste - Beaches

Spiaggia lunga

Rodi Garganico - Churches and places of worship

Chiesa della Madonna della Libera

So called because inside it is preserved the painting of the Madonna della Libera, donated in 1453 by the Venetians who tried to safeguard as many sacred paintings as possible against the invasions of the Saracens. .

Isole Tremiti - Caves

Grotta del Bue Marino

Among others it is the decidedly more suggestive one because it widens from 6 to 14 meters to end with the formation of a characteristic beach. The minimum depth of the water allows you to glimpse a clean and bright background that enchants the gaze of visitors. The sun, which through a play of light, penetrates into the clear waters, produces a beautiful turquoise color on the walls of the cave that is located at the foot of the Ripa dei Falconi and is exactly the meeting point of some rare types of hawks that go to nest, right among those rocks.

Isole Tremiti - Caves

Grotta delle Rondinelle

It owes its name to the swallows who prepare the nest inside it. It has the characteristic of being supported by two natural pillars and is famous because the sun creates particular reflections of light that make it almost magical.

Isole Tremiti - Caves

Grotta delle Viole

It is called this not only because on its rocks an infinite variety of very fragrant violets grow but also because on its very clear seabed, it is possible to see molluscs and fish that take on a purplish hue thanks to the play of sunlight that enters through the louvers.

Manfredonia - Museums

Raccolta Etnografica del Centro Studi Pugliesi

The Ethnographic Collection of the Pugliesi Study Center of Manfredonia houses a collection of Apulian dialect voices, recorded on tape. Voice recordings tell anecdotes about everyday life. In addition, tools from different trades used at the beginning of the twentieth century are exposed to the public.

San Menaio - Beaches

Spiaggia di Calenella

San Menaio - Beaches

spiaggia dei cento scalini

Vieste - Beaches

Spiaggia di San Felice

Peschici - Beaches

Baia di Manacore

Peschici - Beaches

Baia del Turco

Vieste - Castles, palaces and mansions

Castello di Vieste

The castle is a massive construction built by the Swabians, which dominates the profile of the city. With a triangular plan, it stands out from the buildings and the surrounding landscape for its brown color, and stands overhanging the limestone rocks overlooking the sea. It was damaged during the Venetian raids and during World War I. It is currently used by the Italian Navy.

Rodi Garganico - Churches and places of worship

Chiesa di San Nicola di Mira

Built in 1680, the Church of St. Nicholas was consecrated in 1827 by Archbishop Eustachius Dentice, who deposited above the high altar the relics of Saint Christopher and San Teodoro. Next to the church there is a bell tower more than 20 meters high, of three floors, whose construction took place in two different periods. Until the 17th century the church was used as a lookout tower and was part of the coastal defensive system.

Rodi Garganico - Churches and places of worship

Chiesa di San Pietro

The church of San Pietro, located in a charming square, is the oldest urban church. In ancient times it was part of a convent. Precisely for this reason architecture reflects its functional and historical characteristics. In front of the main entrance, the old cloister of the convent is still visible, incorporated into the houses.

Vieste - Beaches

Spiaggia Lido di Portonuovo

Vieste - Beaches

Spiaggia Punta delle Sirene

Vieste - Caves

Grotta Rossa

Also know as "two Eyes Cave" the cave has two openings. one hidden by the vegetation and a second one, larger, that leads through a narrow passage to an indoor beach with blue-emerald water. The cave is lit by natural light through a crack in the rock.

Vieste - Caves

Grotta Calda

The entrance to the cave is located under a rocky part of white color, interrouted by streaks of black onyx. The name was given to her because of the very high internal temperature, created by hot springs.

Isole Tremiti - Natural Areas

Scoglio dell'Elefante

It is a very large rock, about 20 meters high. The form recalls precisely that of an elephant crouching with his trunk stretching towards the water, as if he was drinking or as someone with a more poetic soul states: “The elephant is listening to the sound of an unspoiled sea.”

Isole Tremiti - Viewpoints

Punta del Diavolo

Viewpoint on the island of San Domino, so named because here a fisherman heard the answer of the devil to his blasphemies.

Manfredonia - Museums

Museo Archeologico Nazionale

The National Archaeological Museum of Manfredonia is located in the interior rooms of the Swabian-Angevin Castle of Manfredonia. It showcases several funerary stems in limestone dating back to the 7th and 6th centuries BC. These stems celebrated the memory of characters of considerable importance depicting images both male and feminine.

Vieste - Museums

Museo Civico Archeologico "M. Petrone"

The Archaeological Museum 'M.Petrone' is located in an old oil mill, near the Cathedral. The museum houses local artifacts dating back 10,000 years ago. You can find various objects such as spear heads and arrows, inscriptions daunie on stone from the fourth to the first century before Christ.

Zapponeta - Walls, towers and gates

Torre Rivoli

The Tower of Rivoli was built in 1568 as the first coastal tower in the territory of Capitanta. In 1685, changes were made by the engineer Onofrio Papa. It is one of the best preserved Gargano towers.

Manfredonia - Beaches

Spiaggia degli Sciali

Vieste - Walls, towers and gates

Torre Portonuovo

The Portonuovo Tower was built in 1568, in Vieste. The building was built in square shape, with small windows with stone baskets. Currently, there are only a few traces left of the structure on the masonry.

Vieste - Walls, towers and gates

Torre dei preposti

The Torre dei Preposti is a coastal tower located in the seaside resort of San Menaio, in the province of Foggia. The tower was built in the 14th century and after the work of the Spanish viceroy Don Pedro di Toledo it was reinforced in 1569. The tower consists of a trunk — pyramidal base surmounted by a two-level parallelepiped.

Vieste - Walls, towers and gates

Torre Gattarella

The Tower is of sixteenth-century origins. Its function, at the time, was defensive, which also allows you to admire the military architectural elements. Currently, only the ruins can be seen as the building has suffered serious damage over time.

Sannicandro Garganico - Churches and places of worship

Santuario San Nazario

The Sanctuary was dedicated to San Nazario, who stopped in the spring of thermal water right there where today the sanctuary is located, washing its feet and resting them on a marble stone. Currently, the stone is kept inside the Sanctuary, and is the reason for pilgrimage of many believers.

Rodi Garganico - Historic Centres

Quartiere “Vuccolo”

The etymology of the name of the neighborhood comes from the Lombard verb 'vuccular' which means' shouting ', 'calling'. It owes its name to the typical custom of the people to call (vucculare) from the terraces husbands intending to work the nets at “Mer'i varc” ('sea of boats'), the name by which the area is still called today port.

Rodi Garganico - Churches and places of worship

Convento dei Cappuccini

On a hill immersed in the citrus oasis overlooking the entire beach of Levante, is the first Capuchin convent of the Gargano. Built in 1538 following the typical plan of the Capuchin monasteries, it also includes a church. The complex houses in its underground ancient tombs of ecclesiastics and lay people and has a small cloister of great architectural value. Here are preserved fine paintings and a precious bell melted in Venice in 1782.

Isole Tremiti - Beaches

Cala degli Inglesi

It's named "English Cove" because of the sinking of a British ship in 1800, this cove is located in the north-west coast of the island; it's reachable by by a path that winds through the lush vegetation of the Island. Overlooking the cove there is a tourist village.

Peschici - Churches and places of worship

Abbazia di Santa Calena

The Abbey of Santa Calena is one of the oldest Italian abbeys. Built in the late 9th century, it became in medieval times one of the richest and most powerful abbeys in the south. The abbey presents architectural elements of Apulian, European and non-European schools. It is thought that this was an important reception center for pilgrims who in ancient times were heading to Monte dell'Angelo.

Peschici - Caves

Grotta di Manaccora

The Manaccora cave is located in the homonymous bay located between the towns of Peschici and Vieste. The cave is considered an archaeological site of international interest and is one of the most important testimonies of the Bronze Age in Italy. Several tools, weapons and funerary kits were found here, as well as the remains of a vast primitive home.

San Menaio - Natural Areas

Pineta Marzini

San Menaio - Walls, towers and gates

La Torre dei Preposti

Isole Tremiti - Caves

Grotta del Sale

This cave is famos for the immense amount of salt that can be found inside that gives an almost unnatural whiteness to the cave.

Isole Tremiti - Natural Areas

Punta Secca

Punta Secca is located on the island of Caprara and is rich in marine vegetation, ideal for diving. It is possible to dive deep into which you can admire numerous marine species such as horses, lobsters and mullets.

Isole Tremiti - Natural Areas

Scoglio del Corvo

Another place on the Island of Caprara where you can dive is the Rock of the Raven. The backdrop is here rich in gorgonians and entirely coral walls (black coral). The underwater landscape is among the most beautiful for flora and fauna and is the destination for numerous underwater visits. Snappers, bream, lobsters and seahorses are the inhabitants of the seabed. Here the rock goes up to 20/30 meters deep.

Isole Tremiti - Monuments

Statua di Padre Pio

Near the Island of Caprara it is possible to take a dive to visit the largest underwater statue, that of Padre Pio. The bronze statue has fallen to about thirteen meters deep to a height of three meters and eighty centimeters. It was placed in 1998 and the work is by the sculptor Matteo Norcia. Another element that makes the island backdrop really fascinating.

Isole Tremiti - Monuments

Relitti isole Tremiti

The island's seabed is rich in 'treasures' and wrecks of various eras. The oldest one dates back to the first century BC in 1550 is instead a Turkish boat found together with bronze cannons. Among the most important wrecks is a steamer belonging to the fleet of Garibaldi and the Thousand that sank into these waters in 1864. In the early 1980s, instead, a ship was discovered used for trade in the Mediterranean. It carried about 900 amphorae. Today it is located on these precious seabeds.

Isole Tremiti - Churches and places of worship

Abbazia di S. Maria a Mare

A masterpiece of the Benedictines first and the Lateran Canons then, built in 1045 at the point marked by a hermit (thanks to the apparition of Our Lady) such as the one in which to find the treasure of Diomedes. Perfected a few years later with Renaissance decorative motifs of Veneto-Tuscany origin, it is composed of three naves and inside are mainly found: the wooden cross representing the Christ suffering is the wooden statue of the Virgin and Child, of Byzantine inspiration; the wooden polyptych of the high altar and the well-known and admired Mosaic Floor.

Isole Tremiti - Archaeological Sites

Tomba di Diomede

Tomb of Diomede, based on the myth of the hero of the Iliad, that is considered the founder of the Tremiti Island. (known also for what Diomedee). The story tells that Venus had placed the Diomedee, the companions of Diomedes turned into birds, to protect the tomb.

Isole Tremiti - Caves

Grotta Turchese

It is accessed by boat and is an absolutely suggestive place. Once inside the cave, you are surrounded by reflections and sparkles and the water takes on a brilliant and crystal clear turquoise color, thanks to the sunlight that filters from the entrance and illuminates the bottom of the sea , particularly transparent.

Isole Tremiti - Caves

Grotta Sorrentino o Grotta dell'Amore

The special feature of this cave is in its colors and its reflections. Tucked away in a sheltered cove, where visitors find themselves wrapped up in a bright blue color that gives the place a truly magical atmosphere, it is definitely one of the most recommended caves for those who prefer diving excursions and discover the creatures that inhabit the rich seabed.

Isole Tremiti - Caves

Grotta dei Misteri o Grotta Smeralda

Inside, visitors can't help but hear a series of sounds of natural origin, undoubtedly rather suggestive. It is also called the Emerald Grotto because of the shades of green that the water assumes here.

Isole Tremiti - Beaches

Cala dei Turchi

Isole Tremiti - Caves

Architiello di San Domino

It's a real natural miracle. It is a set of rocks, stacks, caves and natural arches placed in Rule d'Arte according to the laws of Mother Nature.

Isole Tremiti - Viewpoints

Punta del Diamante

A peculiarity of the island to be admired. For lovers of natural beauty, it is a very beautiful stone with the shape of a diamond.

Isole Tremiti - Walls, towers and gates

Torrione del Cavaliere del Crocifisso

The tower set to defend the monks is surrounded by imposing city walls, like other historic buildings. On the lintel of the front door there is the inscription 'Coteret et Confriget', that is, 'it will break and crush', referring to the knight in respect of anyone who had violated the threshold.