Located in the province of Foggia in Apulia in the southeastern fringes of Italy, Gargano is a sub region of immense historical as well as geographical importance, and mainly consists of a wide and isolated mountain massif with a series of highlands and peaks. The highest peak is Monte Calvo, which is 3,493 ft high. Most of the highland is a fraction the Gargano National Park.
The Gargano Promontory of Apulia, much because of its unique shape is known as the buttress of Italy. This promontory, which protrudes well into the waters of the Adriatic Sea, nearly entirely is made up of a huge, mountainous carsic rock. The entire region is famous for its lush green meadows, a wide variety of leafy vegetation bordered by a crystalline sea, a handful of evocative places that attract tourists from the rest of Europe, faithful and jovial locals, and some wonderful and tasty cuisines.
One of the most adored natural assets of the region is the astounding tutelage of the Gargano National Park, which includes the Umbra Forest, as well as the Tremiti Islands marine reserves, along with the two coastal lakes - Lesina and Varano. The Gargano National Park is the most illustrious as well as the most extensive National Park in entire Italy, setting up a perfect basin of a vast and extensive biodiversity. The beautiful naturalistic landscapes of the regions, crisscrossed by the pathways provides ample scope of in depth exploration as well as observation of the region, including exploration of the rich and varied forest, which is home to a wide variety of animal and bird species and a wide variety of plants and trees.
The Gargano coast is dotted with numerous tourist localities, offering ample scope of vacation for the tourists, and opportunity to explore the nature, the local tradition and culture, and get the feel of the turquoise waters of the sea. Manfredonia is the gateway to Gargano, though there are other tourist spots of immense importance. They include the Cathedral and the Episcopal palace, the Santa Maria Abbey in Ripalta and volcanic rocks that date back to the Triassic Age. These rocks are called black stones because of their dark appearance and form the lion’s share of San Nazario.
The region is home to a number of sporting and cultural events that take place annually. The most famous of them is the saint sailing race that is held on 15th May every year in St. Primiano. The other events include pilgrimage to the Sanctuary at St. Nazario on July 28th each year and the St. Rocco’s Day that is held on 15th, 16th and 17th August every year.
The place is also home to some of the most sumptuous Italian cuisines that include the orecchiette, which is a cuisine prepared from turnip flowers, strascinati, which is a pasta that has similarity with orecchiette, cavatelli or a dish of pasta dumplings that is made up of semolina flour. Other dishes include pesce azzurro or blue fish dishes like sardines, mackerels and anchovies, recipes involving legumes like beans and chickpeas, mushrooms, truffles, asparagus, mostaccioli with figs, cinnamon, almonds, candied lemon peel served with a coating of chocolate, and the likes.
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