Location: Foggia in Italy
Nearest Airport:
Bari at 130
Kilometres
Nearest Ferry:
Manfredonia at 10
Kilometres
Nearest Beach:
Mattinata at 2
Miles
Nearest Restaurant:
Jalant at 1
Minutes
Car: not necessary
Mattinata is a nice small town enclosed by a range of mountains. It spreads over two hills in its butterfly shape. The town stretches towards the sea in a large plain rich in varied vegetation. The beach of Mattinata is typical with its round and polychrome shingle. The coast is very beautiful: white cliffs falling sheer into the sea , small shores sea-caves; among these the “Bell cave”, that is called the Pantheon of Gargano, and the striking Zagare bay, well-known for its rocks coming out from the waters. On the top of the mountain Monte Saraceno, 3 km far from the town centre , the excavations have brought to light a necropolis of more than 400 tombs, dated back to the VII – VI cent. B.C.. The tomb equipments are kept in the Town Museum of Mattinata. The archaeological and ethnographic collection of the “chemist” Dr. Matteo Sansone is also to visit. In the chemist’s shop are kept more than 4000 finds of the history of Gargano.