Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
( 0884 70 76 88; Via Pola 8; 9.30am-12.30pm & 4-8pm, to 10pm Apr-Oct)
This impress-
ive shell museum has four rooms of fossils and molluscs, some enormous and all beauti-
fully patterned and coloured.
Cathedral
(Via Duomo)
Built by the Normans on the ruins of a Vesta temple, the cathedral is in
Puglian-Romanesque style with a fanciful tower that resembles a cardinal's hat. It was re-
built in 1800.
CATHEDRAL
La Salata
(adult/child €4/free; 5.30pm & 6.30pm Mon, Wed & Fri Jun; 5.30pm & 6.30pm Mon-Fri Jul & Aug;
4pm & 4.45pm Mon, Wed & Fri Sep; on request Oct-May)
This palaeo-Christian graveyard dating
from the 4th to 6th centuries AD is 9km out of town. Inside the cave, tier upon tier of nar-
row tombs are cut into the rock wall; others form shallow niches in the cave floor. Guided
which can also arrange customised tours of the Gargano.
HISTORIC SITE
Activities
Superb sandy beaches surround the town: in the south are Spiagga del Castello, Cala San
Felice and Cala Sanguinaria; due north, head for the area known as La Salata. Diving is
popular around the promontory's rocky coastline, which is filled with marine grottoes.
From May to September fast boats zoom to the Isole Tremiti (
Click here
).
Boat hire and tours can be arranged at the port.
Centro Ormeggi e Sub
(
BOATING
0884 70 79 83)
Offers diving courses and rents out sailing boats and motorboats.
Tours
Agenzia Sol
( 0884 70 15 58;
www.solvieste.it
;
Via Trepiccioni 5; 9.20am-1.15pm & 5-9pm winter, to midnight
summer)
Organises hiking, cycling and 4WD tours in the Foresta Umbra; boat tours around
the Gargano; and gastronomic tours and small group tours into Puglia. It also sells bus
tickets and ferry tickets for the Isole Tremiti.
GUIDED TOUR
