Il Gargano National Park 1: Coast

A trip to the Gargano National Park in Puglia, Italy

*Trabucco Tufara with the Saracen Porticello Tower in the background*

first week: an exploration of the coast, from Vieste (below)

Note: A disgraceful feature of the Gargano National Park is the deliberate obscuring of public access to beaches, such as Spiaggia delle Zagare.

Despite being used 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 (2018) out of season to visit the sands. Their staff also aggressively ‘discourage’ passersby from using a public footpath to the other side of the beach which they don’t control.