Distance Peschici - Forest Umbra: 28 km.

The National Park of the Gargano has been founded in 1991, it is great around 118.144 hectares (one of the greatest protected areas) and it also includes the four islands Tremiti (sea reserve).Heart of the National Park of the Gargano is the Forest Umbra that, with around 15.000 hectares, it is among the greatest forests of broadleaves of Italy.

To penetrate is as to return back in the time: the Forest, the Nemus Garganicum often quoted by Silio Italico, Ovidio, Strabone, Virgilio, Orazio, Lucano, is the most important residue of the primitive forest and owes its name of Umbra to the fact that the rays of the sun hardly succeed in penetrating it.

In this biological island surrounded from the sea and from the lowland of Puglia, really on this 0,7% of the national territory, it is present around the 33% of the Italian vegetable kinds and they nest 170 some 237 kinds in Italy.
Afoot it is possible to cross the forest for kilometers following the many paths and enjoying of the so many areas of standstill and pic-nic. To the inside it is possible to find an attractive place where to eat good foods.

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