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Itineraries and tours | Nature | Discovering the Gargano National Park
The Gargano National Park is a natural reserve established in 1991 covering the whole Gargano promontory in the province of Foggia, overlooking the Adriatic Sea.
The tour starts from the Visitor Center in the Umbra Forest. Then the visit to the museum "The coal miners' with the equipment and the explanation of their uses. Nature course to discover the local fauna and flora, such as the endemic deer of the Gargano. Internal course that leads to the lake with some tree species typical of the place (Aleppo pine, beech, taxus, sycamore, etc.). In particular it will be noted the open trunk of an Aleppo pine from which the resin was made and the largest beech of the forest. Visit at the lake and nature course leading to the Caserma Murgia in the beech forest with many plant species. The Foresta Umbra, the only remaining part in Italy of the ancient oak and beech forest that once covered much of Central Europe, it is the more representative landscape of the internal areas of the Gargano. The Forest has preserved its majestic and impressive wide variety of vegetative species. According to some sources, the name derives from the ancient prehistoric Celtic tribe living in the area (called Umbri), according to others it simply means shady place.
Among other things, we will visit the ancient farmhouses in the Gargano promontory, ancient hermitages such as the Abbey of Pulsano, and the extensive olive groves of Vieste which originates the "Gargano green olive oil ".
Visit to the trabucco (old fishing machine) of Monte Pucci. Discovering the ancient seafaring tradition, among XVI century towers and the immensity of the Adriatic Sea. The stretch of coast between Vieste and Peschici is one of the most picturesque in the Mediterranean. In here it is possible to admire the trabucco, an old fishing machine typical of the coast of Gargano, built on the white cliffs behind the Aleppo pine. It is a massive construction built in structural wood, which was used by local fishermen. According to some local historian, the trabucco was imported in the region by the Phoenicians.
All the year
Rates: € 200,00
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