Foggia (province) Voyage Tips and guide

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Foggia Province or Daunia is in Apulia, Italy. Foggia receives many Catholic pilgrims each year to locations such as the Sanctuary of Saint Michael the Archangel in Monte Sant'Angelo, which was visited by Pope John Paul II in 1987, and to nearby San Giovanni Rotondo, the home of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina from 1916 until his death in 1968.

• 41.4584515.551881 Foggia – a city with many places of historical and artistic interest
• 41.515.3333332 Lucera – its Roman amphitheatre is one of the largest in southern Italy
• 41.63333315.9166673 Manfredonia – has a few worthy historic attractions, including a medieval castle and the 16th-century Manfredonia Cathedral
• 41.71666716.054 Mattinata – a centre of olive oil production and a tourist destination
• 41.715.9666675 Monte Sant'Angelo – famous for the Sanctuary of San Michele Arcangelo, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
• 41.715.7333336 San Giovanni Rotondo – the Sanctuary of Saint Padre Pio of Pietrelcina has lovely stained glass and marble archways, and is the final resting place of Padre Pio
• 41.71166715.6357 San Marco in Lamis – part of the Gargano National Park, it has some noteworthy historical and religious sites
• 41.36666715.38 Troia – its Romanesque co-cathedral (founded in 1093) has an eleven-rayed rose window that was once featured on Italian

• 41.32515.1608331 Faeto — a mountain village in the Apennines renowned for its prosciutto, for speaking Faetar, a daughter language of the Franco-Provençal language
• 42.11666715.52 Isole Tremiti –The this archipelago in the Adriatic Sea has unspoilt nature, crystal clear water and a wide variety of the colours of the seabeds.

The province of Foggia can be divided in three parts: one centered on its capital called Tavoliere, another along the Apennines named Daunian Mountains and the third on the spur of the boot-shaped Italian peninsula called Gargano.

The Tavoliere is an important agricultural area: grapefruit, olives, durum wheat and tomato are the chief products. It is called "the granary of Italy" because of its significant wheat production.

Daunian Mountains lie along the border with Molise and Campania. Scattered with small villages, the mountains are covered by forests and pastures, with the main produce being hams and caciocavallo cheese. Faetar, a language descended from Franco-Provençal, is spoken in two villages: Faeto and Celle di San Vito.

The Gargano peninsula is partially mountainous and partially forested, Foresta Umbra with vegetation typical of Central Europe, the only part of the ancient black forest remaining in Italy. Its name comes from the word ombra (shadow) because of its density that prevents light from entering. The coast of Gargano has many beaches and tourist facilities. In the north are two major salt lakes Lesina and Varano. It produces olives, olive oil and typical mountain and seafood items.

The province is crossed by the following railway lines:

• The Ancona-Bari line
• The Naples-Foggia line
• The Foggia-Potenza line
• The Foggia-Manfredonia line (seasonal)
• The San Severo-Peschici line
• The Foggia-Lucera line

The highways that cross the province of Foggia are:

• The A14 called Adriatica
• The A16 known as the A16 of the two seas

The only civil airport in the province is the Foggia Gino Lisa airport in Foggia, which serves domestic flights.

Religious tourism primarily concerns the sanctuary of San Pio da Pietrelcina in San Giovanni Rotondo and the Sacro Speco micaelico in Monte Sant'Angelo, then the co-cathedral of Troia with its typical eleven-ray rose window, the sanctuary of the Incoronata in the Cervaro valley near Foggia, that of San Francesco Antonio Fasani in Lucera, the convent of Santa Maria della Consolazione in the Valle in Vincolis near Deliceto as well as the convents of San Matteo and Stignano in the municipality of San Marco in Lamis. Also notable is the sanctuary of the Madonna del Carmine located in the Crispignano massif at over 1,000 m above sea level, near Accadia. Among the archaeological evidence, the Cerrato cellars in Bovino and the marbles of Ascoli Satriano stand out, the latter containing the typical griffins.

During the summer the living draughts competition (checkers) is held in Poggio Imperiale, which takes place on the largest fixed draughts board in Europe, while in mid-August the historical procession of Santa Maria Patrona is held in Lucera.

In autumn in Orsara the 'fuoc acost' and 'cocc' priatorj' survive: according to tradition, on the evening of All Saints' Day the souls from Purgatory return to Earth, so the people of Orsara decorate the streets of the town with pumpkins, which symbolise the souls ("cocce priatorje"), and light bonfires of dry broom branches ("fuoc acost", from the Greek akostòi, scattered), to console them.

Seaside tourism occurs on the entire provincial coast, from the area of the coastal lakes of Lesina and Varano to the numerous Gargano locations between Rodi Garganico and Manfredonia. There are various types of beach: in addition to the classic variation in shades of yellow sand and the various types of pebbles, it is also possible to find black sand in the Margherita area behind the salt pans and other areas rich in rocks.

Mountain nature tourism occurs in the large Umbra forest in the Gargano national park, in the mountains of Daunia, the historic Mala forest near Monteleone, the Vetruscelli forest above Roseto and the thick Faeto forest in the upper Val Maggiore. The latter two form part of the site of community importance "Monte Cornacchia - Bosco Faeto".

In the musical field, in Orsara di Puglia the cultural event Orsara Jazz Festival is held , a series of musical events with live performances by exponents of world jazz, while since 1996 in Carpino the Carpino Folk Festival has been held in the first ten days of August , the festival of popular music and its contaminations.

Val Maggiore is characterised by the presence of the only Franco-Provençal minority in Puglia which, in addition to its linguistic traits, is distinguished by the production of the typical Faeto ham , boasting the PAT mark.