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Gargano, Islands and Daunia

Gargano National Park Authority (source:  Visual Puglia )

Gargano National Park covers an area of more than 120,000 hectares - almost a region within the region - housing countless habitats that include a cross section of the Mediterranean basin’s diverse natural scenery. The park contains several protected areas such as the Marine Reserve of the Tremiti Islands which is one of a kind thanks to the extraordinary beauty of its seabeds and natural caves, and the morphology of the Archipelago Islands. The inland areas of the Gargano Promontory contain the last traces of the Umbra Forest, an extensive habitat in prehistoric times and extremely typical of Puglia's inland areas.
The park comprises 18 municipalities and many tourist attractions such as the religious sites of San Giovanni Rotondo and San Marco in Lamis, the Swabian castle of Monte Sant’Angelo, the castle of Manfredonia and the coastal towns of Peschici and Vieste.
There are many ways in which to explore the park thanks to the activities run by the visitor centres in Manfredonia and Lesina and the 40 footpaths and cycle tracks. During these excursions, visitors can discover the impressive range of botanical species present in the park, admire the majestic beeches, Turkey-oaks and holly trees and catch a glimpse of deer, foxes and hundreds of other species of animals and birds found here.    The variability of the habitats, interspersed with expanses of cultivated fields, olive groves and vinyards, guarantees an ever-changing landscape and a path rich in unforgettable views and panoramas.

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Discover the land

Daunia and Gargano territories offer a wide variety of scenarios: sweet hills in Fortore river valley, Daunian Apennine area and Ofanto river valley, Gargano national park, Tavoliere delle Puglie tableland and unpolluted Tremiti archipelago.
Where endless wheat stretches rise and one can watch without seeing the horizon there is the Tavoliere, a witness of Foggia, San Severo and Cerignola the agricultural tradition.
The greenest area in Apulia: Gargano National Park. It stands for its vegetation, ranging from forests to maquis.
Five Tremiti islands are considered as veritable natural heavens. Sea beds, caves and erosions carved by the waves and winds represent overpowering attractions for scuba divers and sea lovers.

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Islands

Islands Tremiti Archipelago in north of Gargano National Park. Two of the islands have been populated since antiquity and the wonderful natural scenario they are in is enriched by the several stories and legends which have been passed over for centuries now, showing the tight connection between islanders, sea and nature

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Gargano

Gargano Gargano National Park covers the whole homonymous cape and also includes Tremiti Islan archipelago. In this park there are several rare protected habitats such as Foresta Umbra ('Umbrian forest'), the last existing sample of a vegetation characterizing most of Mediterranean area during prehistory

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Daunia

Daunia Daunia, ancient Capitanata region, includes the Preappennines, the Apulian Tavoliere and Gargano. Its landscape is extremely diverse and ranges from the green of inland parks and forests to the yellow of wheat in the Tavoliere, to the blue of sea water in contrast with coastal white cliffs.

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