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You may approach the Gargano area following different moods: if you like excursions, if you like to relax, if you are a Padre Pio devout, if you like good food, if you like water sports, if you like arts, or if you like all of these, anyway you will find the Gargano a fashinating destination full of surprises. This
territory is particularly suitable for walking trips: along the coast
you may take long walkings between the bays, visiting the ancient
defensive towers. On the promontories there are also the Trabucchi, ancient platforms with a sophisticated system of arms and pulleis for fishing. Today they are just tourist attractions and a good subject for pictures lovers. Another very interesting area for nature lovers is the Lesina Lagoon, one of the most important Italian area for the wintering and the nesting of water birds. The land that separates the lagoon from the sea is considered one of the best preserved example of Mediterranean bush in Italy. The
favorite destination for hikers is the National Park, particularly the
forest: 27.000 hectares of beeches, holm-oaks, elm trees and other 2.200
botanical species. A visitor center, a small museum and a wide pen with fallow deers and mouflons make the forest a destination suitable also for families with children. |
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The
Gargano is an area to be discovered not only in summer time because
there is always a mild and temperate climate, ideal for relaxing
vacations and also for visiting the natural environment. The
sea, the lagoons, the lakes and the sandy beaches delimited by the
promontories and their guard tower. But also the mountains, the forests
and the green of the National Park.
And again the faith routes, the chapels and the huge churces, that are
the destinations for pilgrims from all around the world.
These
towers were garrisoned night and day and were arranged in a way that
every tower would have been visible by the 2 contiguous ones and in this
way whoever would see the enemy gave the alarm to the other 2 towers and
so on for kilometers in a few minutes through a word-of-mounth.
Inside the park there is a thick and well preserved system of tracks:
very important is the path for "differently able" people, a
long itinerary in the heart of the forest practicable also by
wheelchairs.