A trip to the Gargano National Park in Puglia, Italy

First week: an exploration of the coast, from Vieste (above).

The beautiful but unsignposted coastal area around Calarossa

Evening in Vieste

Calarossa

Calarossa

Note: A disgraceful and embarrassing feature of the Gargano National Park is the deliberate obscuring of public access to beaches such as Spiaggia delle Zagare (below).

Despite being utilised photographically as an emblem for the National Park, access to the best side of this famous beach is illegally blocked by the ugly Hotel Baia delle Zagare, which charges €30 per person out of season to visit the sands. Their staff also actively ‘discourage’ passersby from discovering that there is a public footpath to the other side of the beach which they don’t control. Vergogna!

Trabucco, near Sfinale

Punta delle Sirene

Cala della Pergola

Colours of Vieste

Sundown

Vieste, dawn

Near Pizzomunno, Vieste

Vieste, morning

Il Pizzomunno area, Vieste

Il Pizzomunno, Vieste

The only beach (outside of the large towns) that has a brown tourist sign and clearly-marked public access is Cala della Pergola.

Le Zagare

Calarossa

Calarossa

Maybe because it is too small and rocky to over-develop and make easy cash from.

Baia di Sfinale vicino la Torre

Vieste

Lagoons:

Lago di Lesina

Lesina

Lago di Lesina

GARGANO: COAST

There are excellent directions to the public Baia delle Zagare beach here in Italian, but with photos: Le istruzioni foto per foto su come arrivare

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