Touristic routes

Bays:
Peschici and its coast offer one of the most wonderful landscape in the world with its many bays immersed in the wild nature, where you will be able to see all the typical colors of the Mediterranean vegetation (e.g. the pine).
Among the most famous bays we remind you Baia di San Nicola, Baia di Manaccora and Baia di Catenella, known for their almost surreal peace, and also Baia del Turco, Baia di Sfinale and Baia di Zaiana.

Caves:
Between the fine sand of the bays and the rocks diving into the sea you can find caves of a rare and touching beauty, such as the one of Grottone di Manaccora, where the clear water of the coast reflects and echoes on the internal walls of the cave.
In the deepest part of the cave there is a smaller cave where there are some archaeological remains of great importance that date back to the Bronze Age.
The research project has been recently supported by the Ente Parco del Gargano, and thanks to the explorations made in 2001, some not authorized accesses to the excavations have been discovered.

Calena Abbey::
It has probably been built around 872.
It is considered one of the oldest abbeys of Italy and remained independent until 1445, despite many contentions.
Federico Barbarossa, as a popular story tells, on his way to the Grotta dell’Angelo stopped there to bury his beloved daughter, who got sick during the journey.

A strange pillow, with the shape of a golden lamb, was put as bed for the dead body, becoming then a precious treasure searched in vain by all the inhabitants, forgetting that it was under everybody’s eyes.

Swabian castle:
Suggestive in its majesty, dominating the sea, it symbolizes the north edge of Puglia, and is a strategic control location on a landscape view over the Tremiti Islands and surrounded by the Foresta Umbra.
Finished in the XII century, it is a classical example of medieval architecture, built to protect the area from the invasion of Saracens, Yugoslavians and pirates.
The first owners were the monks, then the Spanish who renovated it in the XVI century, making it more threatening to the Turks.

Trabucchi
Unusual name to define typical objects built for fishing.
The Trabucchi are traditional buildings completely made with wood and used for fishing and, according to historical sources, they date back to the Phoenicians’ times.
Located where the sea level is about five meters deep, and close to sea streams with plenty of fishes, the trabucchi are made up by poles stuck into stones, from which nets, adjusted by ropes and pulley, are thrown into the water and used as traps for fishes.
This technique allows to fish without getting far from the shore, and during the last years many had the possibility to use this place as the ideal location for new restaurants where the fish is served right after being fished from the sea.

The Towers
The Saracen Towers of Peschici are famous because they show how the defense system is set up to resist the attacks on this part of the coast, and offer today a wonderful view above the bays they watch from above.

Grandparents museum
What idea can be more original than collecting all the objects used every day by our grandparents and display them in a museum dedicated exclusively to them and their history?

This idea came to two young men from Peschici, Davide Maggiano and Luigi Vecera, who, despite being a bit far from the city center, were able to give more value to this wonderful place.