Gargano National Park Via Sant'Antonio Abate, 121  71037 Monte Sant'Angelo (Foggia) Tel. No.+39 0884 568911 Fax No.+ 390884561348
www.parcogargano.it  e-mail:  info@parcogargano.it
THE PARK'S FIGURES:  Region: Puglia {Apulia} Year established; 1995 Area: 121,118 hectares
Municipalities 18: Apricene, Carpino, Ischilelia, Lesina, Manfredonia, Mattinata, Monte Sant'Angelo, San Giovanni Rotondo, Serracapriola, Peschici, Vico del Gargano, Sannicandro Garganico, Cagnano Varano, San Marco in Lamės, Vieste, Rodi Garganico, RĖgnano Garganico and the Tremiti Islands

 Population: 204,781 inhabitants Environment: rocky and hilly peninsula

Visitors' Centres

Lesina Visitors Centre Tel. No.+39088290272

Manfredonia Visitors Centre (Salso Lake Oasis)-Tel. No.+39 0884571009

Monte Sant'Angelo Visitors Centre Tel. No.+390884565444

Museums

Ethnographic Museum of Lagoon Cultures, Lesina -Tel. No. +39 0882 992727 National Archaeological Museum, Manfredonia -Tel. No. +39 0884 587838

Museum of Gargano Arts and Traditions, Monte Sant'Angelo -Tel. +39 0884 562098
Crypt - Monte Sant'Angelo Museum Tel.+390884561150
Umbra Forest Visitors Centre, Vieste Tel.+39 0884 708578
Town Historical -Archaeological Museum, Mattinata-Tel. No.+39 0884.551001
0884.513169
Reliquary Museum of Saint Pio, San Giovanni Rotondo-Tel+39 0882417001
Library of Saint Matthew's Sanctuary Michelangelo Manicone Study Centre, San
Marco in Lamis-Tel. No.+39 0882 831151
Ethnographic Museum , Siponto Tel. No.+390884541527
Archaeological Park, Siponlo Tel. No.+390884541376
Trappeto Maratea Museum, Vico delGargano -Tel. No. +39 0884 994666
Malacological Museum, Vieste Tel. No.+390884707688
USEFUL NUMBERS
Official Park Guides Association Tel. No. +393498508133
Gargano National Park Nature Observatory Tel.+39 0884 568941
Daunia Speleological Group Tel. No.+39 0881 665133
Horse riding (Ass. Ranch dei Mandorli, e/o Hotel dei Mandorli - Frazione Montagna) -
Tel. No.+39 0884 530400
Scuba diving (Marlin Club) Tel.+39 0881 618061
Trekking (Cooperativa Ecogargano) Tel. No. +39 0884 565444
Umbra Forest tours (Cooperativa Mediterranea - Cagnano Varano) Tel.+39 0884 88055
Mountain-bike rides (Garganobike, Victor Wyssbrod - Punta Lunga) Tel. No.+393397175334
Sinergie -Tourism services -Vieste Tel. No.+390884706635
Natrix - Catamaran tours - Lesina Tel. No. +39 0882 992727 - 339 4549G01
How to get there
By train or bus: Gargano Railways connect the Peninsula with Italy's main cities: Rome, Milan,Turin, Naples, Venice, Pescara, Padua (Padova), Bologna, Modena ('for information, Tel. No. +39 80/}296247).
Local buses and trains leave from the train stations of Foggia and San Severo to the
Cargano towns (for information: Tel. No. +39 800296227 - 0881/772491).
By motorway:
A14 Bologna-Taranlo Motorway, Poggio Imperiale exil (when arriving from the North!
or Foggia (when arriving from the South).
A16 Naples-Bari Motorway, Candela exit, bypass to Foggia-Gargano. Cerignola exit to Manfredonia.
Ferry ports for the Tremiti Islands: Motorships and Hydrofoils from: Vieste, Peschici and Rodi Carganico.