That Salento is amazing is well known by now: for years the “heel of Italy” has become the destination of wild summer pilgrimages for its nightlife, food and Caribbeanesque Sea. But not to be forgotten is also the “spur of Italy”: the mysterious Gargano in the far east of Puglia, reachable only by crossing a forest with an evocative name, the Foresta Umbra (“umbra”, which literally translates to shadow, refers here not to the region of Umbria, but to the dark, dense vegetation).
Once you have passed the forest initiation and endured the several kilometers of sharp turns, you will find yourself in a world of blue and white–the Gargano coast, which starts in Manfredonia and ends more or less in Lesina Marina, near the Lesina and Varano lagoons.
