On one of your Foggia tours, you must undoubtedly visit the Foresta Umbra, Foggia. In Italy's map, in the “spur” of the boot is the Monte Gargano promontory jutting out into the Adriatic on Italy's east coast. The Monte Gargano Promontory is also called the Promontorio Del Gargano or Monte Gargano in Italian. A trip on the waters around the promontory is breath-takingly beautiful. The Foresta Umbra, Foggia are located on the Monte Gargano promontory.
The Monte Gargano Promontory has an area of 2015 square kilometers and is 65 kilometers long and 40 km wide. The upper heights of the Monte Gargano Promontory with an area of 1212 square kilometers constitute the national park, the Parco Nazionale Del Gargano. The park established in 1995 is administratively a part of Foggia province. It is home to much flora and fauna such as wildcats and deers. The Foresta Umbra, Foggia or “Forest of Shadows” is a wondrous place with dense cover of oak, beech and Aleppo pine. Once upon a time, oak and beech forests covered the whole of central Europe and these have now shrunk to just the Foresta Umbra. There is some very scenic accommodation on offer close to the the Foresta Umbra and there are adventure trails in the forest.
The Monte Gargano Promontory – a Dalmatian limestone formation and Foresta Umbra, Foggia is also the subject of intense palaeontological and geological studies. The Foresta Umbra, Foggia will always remain one of the finer tourist attractions in Foggia. You are requested to visit it while in Foggia.
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