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Gargano

PROGRAM 1: TOUR 14/04/2016 - 19/04/2016pag 2

PROGRAM 1: TOUR 04/14/2016 – 04/19/2016

Date Morning Lunch Afternoon Evening

14 April Pick-up service from airport/station Bari to accomodation along the way of salt (Margherita di Savoia) and stop to eat “focaccia” in a tipical bakery in Zapponeta

Accomodation in Hotel

Welcome dinner

15 April Guided visit of Mattinata, Vieste, Peschici e Foresta Umbra Lunch in a typical restaurant

Dinner in Hotel with music

16 April Guided Visit San Giovanni Rotonto

Lunch in Hotel Guided Visit of Manfredonia typical dinner and guided tour in towns

17 April Trekking Torrente Romandato Colazione al sacco Come back in hotel Dinner in Hotel with music

18 April Varano Lake e Bosco Quarto Lunch in a tipical restaurant inVarano

Dinner in Hotel with music

19 April Pick-up service from accomodation to airport/station (Bari,

PROGRAM 2: TOUR 23/04/2016 - 28/04/2016Pag 3

PROGRAM 2: TOUR 04/23/2016 – 04/28/2016

Date Morning Lunch Afternoon Evening

23 April Pick-up service from airport/station Bari to accomodation along the way of salt (Margherita di Savoia) and stop to eat “focaccia” in a tipical bakery in Zapponeta - Accomodation in Hotel

Welcome dinner

24 April Guided visit of Mattinata, Vieste, Peschici e Foresta Umbra Lunch in a typical restaurant

Dinner in Hotel with music

25 April Guided Visit San Giovanni Rotonto

Lunch in Hotel Guided Visit of Manfredonia typical dinner and guided tour in towns

26 April Trekking Torrente Romandato Colazione al sacco Come back in hotel Dinner in Hotel with music

27 April Varano Lake e Bosco Quarto Lunch in a tipical restaurant inVarano

Dinner in Hotel with music

28 April Pick-up service from accomodation to airport/station (Bari,

Bauxite caves

MATTINATAMattinata is an Italian town of 6510 inhabitants in the province of Foggia in Puglia in the middle of the Gulf of Manfredonia. Located on the coast of the Gargano promontory, for the quality of its bathing water has been repeatedly awarded the Blue Flag by the Foundation for Environmental Education. In 2012 he received 3 sails from the Blue Guide of Legambiente. Located within the Gargano National Park, it covers an area of almost 72 km2. The town is nestled in a green valley of olive trees surrounded by sea and forest. The stretch of sea that goes from Mattinata to Vieste is renowned for its white cliffs, to the rocky coast and for its gorges and caves, some of which are still not fully explored. Mattinata is set on two hills, and Castelluccio Cup Madonna, surrounded by Monte Saraceno south, from Monte Sacro north, from the plains of olive groves and the sea to the east and west from Monte Sant’Angelo.

In its territory you can find 61 species of orchids, some of which grow exclusively in the area, which make it an attraction for enthusiasts and botanists.

VIESTEVieste (View viesti in dialect) is an Italian town of 13,827 inhabitants in the province of Foggia in Puglia. Gargano seaside resort, for the quality of its bathing water has been repeatedly awarded the Blue Flag by the Foundation for Environmental Education. It is part of the Gargano National Park and the Mountain Community of the Gargano. It is the easternmost town of the Gargano promontory and the province of Foggia. The special urban dislocation of Vieste is related to karst Garganico Promontory, characterized by rock layers often eroded by the action marina. The core of the town perches on a small rocky peninsula, with a more or less symmetrical, characteristic for its three bays separated by two points.

PESCHICIPeschici is a town of 4,000 inhabitants in the province of Foggia. It is part of the National Park of Gargano and the Montana Community of the Gargano.And ‘situated on the northernmost tip of the Gargano, and dominates the coast from Rhodes and Vieste. Towards the horizon, you can see the Tremiti Islands and Pelagia.In recent years, it has emerged as a popular beach resort Gargano, for the quality of its beaches and excellent bathing, which led it to obtain repeatedly awarded the Blue Flag, a prestigious recognition of the Foundation for Environmental Education.Peschici is positioned on top of an imposing cliff karst is rising for more than a hundred meters on the Adriatic, and overlooks one of the most extraordinary and beautiful bays in Italy, The Bay of Peschici suddenly appears to the visitor arriving from Rhodes Garganico, the village is a blinding white that joined the view of the bay as one of the most typical of Puglia.

MONTE SANT’ANGELOMonte Sant’Angelo is an Italian town of 13,168 inhabitants in the province of Foggia in Puglia, famous for the shrine of St. Michael the Archangel, it is a pilgrimage site for Christians since the sixth century. It is part of the Gargano National Park.

On 25 June 2011, the Shrine of St. Michael the Archangel in Monte Sant’Angelo become UNESCO World Heritage site with the circuit serial “The Longobards in Italy, Places of Power, 568 to 774 AD”, joining the ranks of the most authoritative cultural heritage of the world and that is in the world Heritage List.

PULSANOEstablished on the hill of Pulsano in the sixth century by the monaco-Pope St. Gregory the Great, the abbey, with its surrounding hermitages, was until now - with historical events - the place of monks, hermits and cenobites, Eastern and Latin . In this place, for centuries, holy men to the radical following of Christ is totally dedicated to contemplation and asceticism, in the cenobitic life and especially in the hermit: over these rocky crags and in these valleys, true saint desert monastery, in addition to ‘Abbey are scattered over 24 hermitages with cells and places of worship and work, some even painted, connected by a network of narrow streets and steep trails, unfortunately also in a state of semiabbandono.Ma since 1990, thanks to the work of the volunteer first, and then the monks, here again present since 1997, the abbey is now reborn to new life.

SAN GIOVANNI ROTONdOSan Giovanni Rotondo was the home of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina from 28 July 1916 until his death on 23 September 1968. The Padre Pio Pilgrimage Church was built in devotion to the saint and dedicated on 1 July 2004. The city is renowned for its hospital and medical-research centre Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza (Home for the Relief of the Suffering) founded by Saint Pio of Pietrelcina.

The nearby Sanctuary of Saint Michael the Archangel is also the site of Catholic pilgrimages and was visited by Pope John Paul II in 1987.

NATURE TOUR wITH SPECIALIzEd GUIdE ISTHMUS, LAkE VARANO ANd “BOSCO QUARTO” PACk HALf-dAy ExCURSION dEdICATEd TO ALL LOVERS Of NATURE!

LAKE VARANO

The Lake of Varano with its surroundings offers visitors many opportunities to visit, both for its incredible natural landscape, both for the important archaeological sites that are found around. These include the ancient city of Devia, the Romanesque church of Santa Maria di Monte d’Elio and the cave of San Michele in Cagnano Varano are certainly worth a visit. There will be sightings of many species of waterfowl that every annovisitano the calm waters of the lake.Located north of the Gargano promontory, in the province of Foggia, Lake Varano is among the largest among those existing along the coast of the Peninsula. A paradise for animals, but also for tourists in search of pristine environments and fishing enthusiasts. The Lake of Varano, thanks to the area of about 60 square kilometers, is the largest Italian coastal lake, the largest in southern Italy and the seventh of the entire peninsula. Located on the northern coast of the Gargano, its waters bathe the territories of Cagnano Varano, Ischitella and Carpino, although none of these municipalities faces the surface of the lake. It is traditionally called the lake, but is more properly a lagoon. Carved into the limestone mass Gargano, between the promontory of Monte d’Elio and the tip of Rhodes Garganico, extends over a width of about 10 km, while the perimeter is about 30 km, and the depth of the water is rather poor. To the north, Lake Varano is separated from the Adriatic Sea by a narrow land line, a mile wide and 10 long, called “island”, covered with pines, willows, eucalyptus trees and other plants that give off sweet scents of the Mediterranean. In addition, the lake communicates with the sea through two channels: the mouth and the mouth of the Varano Capoiale.Sull ‘island of the same name of the lake is the state natural reserve of Isola Varano, 145 hectares established in 1977 to provide a home to herons, cormorants, ducks, flamingos, gulls and many other species of birds. Famous for fishing for eels (anguilla vulgaris), formerly the lake was to be an inlet whose mouth was closed by a strong storm sea which submerged the town of Varano.On the eastern shore of Lake Varano is the Church of SS. Crucifix, which is venerated in a beautiful wooden crucifix dating back to 1300. It is attributed the miracle of rain 23 April 1717, which saved the harvest by prolonged and terrible drought that hit in these areas. In memory of that event every year on the same date, held a solemn procession that ends with spectacular fireworks.

BOSCO QUARTOWood located in the heart of Gargano, the Bosco Quarto is, together with the Foresta Umbra, the green heart of Puglia. Here you are immersed in a still unspoiled nature fortunately, rich in flora and fauna. Coming down from Monte Sant’Angelo in the Valley Carbonara and then back up to San Giovanni Rotondo, you reach a dirt road through the woods. What most characterizes it is extensive cerreta eight thousand acres, with specimens and ancient colossal, that allow you to live a fantastic experience wrapped in the silence of nature. In addition, older trees are distinguished by their yellow and red slots that color the bark, giving them a special charm. As for the fauna, here you can find foxes, wild boars and badgers, but also many species of birds find shelter among the densest networks of branches

fOREST dEfENSE St. Matthew: in this ecosystem is a wonderful trail teachers co-inse-rite in a Bo-sco-ce duo with interes-saints com-munity-arbore and to pre-valence of Cer-ro, oak, hornbeam. Here you can re-appreciate the characteristics typical of the for-mation limestone promontory of Gar-gano (furrowed fields, DOLIne), old mule, “neviere” (natural depressions where it is kept the snow had come in handy in the summer), and features “pools” (natural depressions that collect the ‘rainwater, used to quench thirst Cows of Podoliche, from their milk is produced “Podolian Caciocavallo”, Slow Food). In spring all the underworld is colored by beautiful flowers, with a prevalence of wild orchids, which give magnificent sensory feelings and immerse the traveler in the atmospheres paintings of the Impressionists.

The ancient settlement of Castelsaraceno, better known by the name of Castel Pagano, is historically linked to the Domus Precina. It ‘located at the top of a ridge (545 m) which dominates the underlying Tavoliere and guarding the underlying pathways acces-know to Gargano Mystic (Via Sacra Langobardorum, from Benevento, and confluent Via Francesca, from the Adriatic coast). The fame of Castel Pagano is related to peri-hear the Swabian domination, when in 1223 the ‘Emperor Frederick II repopulated the website with the’ entry Saracens from Sicily optimizing the ‘social organization and production of the same with the’ strategic location of Rocca. In the period “post-unification” the ‘harshness of the surrounding mountains and the presence of some caves they have made the area an ideal place for the refuge of the Bandits. The site, including the National Park of Gargano, at present preserves what remains of ‘ancient forest sawmills (prevalence of Cerro, oak, ilex, Field Maple, Elm Campestre) mixed with bushes, as well as the good, and significant,

Interesting path that runs entirely in bed, now dried up, of an ancient river. The distinctive feature of the Torrente Romandato is that it has created with its erosive force, over millennia, a beautiful “Canyon”. Going through this particular ecosystem can “read” the geological history of the Gargano. The ‘bed of the river is rich in flint nodules and is probably the place where they are found most frequently, is also strewn with sources of spring water. L ‘impressive vegetation, which has now colonized the’ entire website, assumes the aspect caratter istic “to gall ery”, almost avoler protect this treasure trove of biodiversity. In some places the steep canyon walls (dense vegetation that barely lets the sunlight) offer incredible sensations of showmanship.

Inula colonies of Candida (botanical species protected, which together with Primula Garganica characterizes the whole Gargano promontory). The total absence of human activities allows the use of the site to many birds of prey day and night, clear sign that the food web (producers, consumers first, second and third order) of the entire ecosystem preserved, unchanged, its balance. From the top of the site you can enjoy a unique landscape and characteristic in which the contrast is enhanced Tableland - Monti della Daunia.

ServicesIncluded:5 nights in Hotel Private tranfers to/from airport or stationTranfers during planned excurtions Tourist guide in all the days of di visit All dinners in hotel and one lunch

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Not Included:Personal expenses not included

Entrance fees to museums or other places not specified

Shifts to be quoted at the time the second transport, number of people and destinations.

Referent of Aiapp Puglia: Giorgio Skoff