The coast of Gargano it is certainly one of the most fascinating in the world, an enchanted landscape that it manages to offer us beaches of golden sand and villages overlooking the sea, high cliffs covered with Aleppo pines, ancient trebuchets and coastal towers.
The coast also hides the extraordinary sea caves, so beautiful as to suggest that they are the fantastic homes of the sirens. Natural arches and stacks enrich the rich landscape even more bio-diversity, among brooms, pines, Mediterranean scrub and seagulls.
The best way is visit Vieste and the Gargano by boat .
Starting from the south of the Gargano, along the coastal road that leads from Mattinata to Vieste you will be able to immerse yourself in a timeless place, generous with unspoiled nature and breathtaking views. Passing Vieste and continuing towards Peschici the coast will become gentler, without losing its wild charm, alternating natural beauties with evidence of the relationship that this land has with the sea, a source of livelihood (as demonstrated by the ancient fishing tools, the trabucchi), but also of dangers (the coastal towers, built in the 500th century to counter the incursions of Saracen pirates, such as the infamous Dragut Rais). Continuing for Rhodes Garganico the bends will be less harsh, but the coast will continue to amaze you with its colors and its nature, taking you without too much effort to the oases rich in birdlife of the lakes of Lesina and Varano.
The sea caves of Vieste
Marina Piccola
Marina Piccola is a bay in the center of Vieste, one of the most fascinating places.
The bay goes from Punta San Francesco to Punta Santa and is partially closed by the islet of the lighthouse.
The Lighthouse of Vieste
The bay and the arch of San Felice
Vignanotica beach
The nineteenth-century village of Vieste
The Coastal Towers of the Gargano
Zagare Bay
Scialmarino beach
San Lorenzo beach
The Trabucchi of the Gargano
The Tremiti Islands
The Tremiti Islands are an archipelago in the Adriatic Sea, 12 nautical miles north of the Gargano promontory
Cala della Pergola
The Porticello tower and the Tufara bay quarry
The Porticello Tower is located on a stretch of rocky coast between Vieste and Peschici, full of ancient quarries
Punta Lunga beach
Cave of the bats and the tip of the sirens
Scialara beach
Molinella beach
Portonuovo beach
Pugnochiuso
Beach "behind San Lorenzo"
La Chianca
Sfinalicchio, the bay and the tower of Sfinale
Saint Menaius
Portogreco
The Bay of Portogreco is a small natural "port" immersed in the verdant Mediterranean scrub.