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1 day “Manfredonia”
 Gathering of the participants in the meeting place. Departure for Puglia in the morning. Stop for free time for lunch. . Arrival in Puglia in the evening. Meeting with our tour guide, check in at the hotel. Dinner and overnight stay.

2 day“Manfredonia, Troia and Lucera” 

Breakfast, departure to see Manfredonia, a city founded by the kings Manfredi. Visit of the castle started by the King Svevo and completed by Carlo I D’Angiò, nowadays seat of the national archaeological museum of Gargano, where the famous stalae Daune, which are exceptionally important for the studies on Italian prehistory, are kept. Next we will go to Troia to visit the Cathedral, maximum expression of the Romanic architecture of Puglia. We will head to Lucerna, one of Federico II fauvorite’s towns. Visit of the Castle, built by the emperor Svevo in a dominant position to guard the tableland and the subappennino. At the heart of the town you will find the Duomo, constructed by Angioini. In the late afternoon return to the hotel. Dinner and overnight stay.

3 day “Manfredonia, Woods in Umbria, Monte Sant’Angelo and San Giovanni Rotondo”
Breakfast and departure for the Woods in Umbria, which is a wide wooded area whose flora and fauna are still intact. Short stop in the deer park and then departure to Monte Sant’Angelo, an important Christian cult centre, known thanks to the apparitions of the Archangel Michele. Visit of the Shrine, the Castel, the tomb of Rotari di Santa Maria Maggiora, walk down the rione Juno. A characteristic medieval village. In the afternoon departure for San Giovanni Rotondo, a small town famous thanks to Santo Padre Pio, a friar of the Cappuccini order. Visit to the places where he lived and worked. In the evening return for dinner and overnight stay.
 

4 day “Manfredonia, Trani, Castel Mont and Bari ”
Breakfast. Departure to Bari across the Coast. Stop in Trani, an important medieval sea centre and wine centre nowadays. Next we will go to Castel del Monte, located above the walls. After the visit of this town, we will head to Bari. Visit of this town, composed of an old part with Byzantine origins and a new part born in 1800. Visit of the main monuments: Piazza della Libertà, the Cathedral, the Castel, Piazza San Nicola, etc. After the visit of Bari return to the hotel for dinner and overnight stay. 

5 day “Manfredonia, Alberobello, Castellana and Matera ”
Breakfast. Departure to visit Alberobello, the city of trulli, typical dry constructions with a circular blueprint and a conic roof, today protected by Unesco. Next we will go to Castellana, famous thanks to the beautiful and charming grottos; a spelaeologic complex discovered in 1938. They’re spectacular because of the great quantity of stalagmite and stalactites. In the afternoon we will go to Matera, to visit both the town and the “sassi” (rocks), a very ancient form installed, protected by Unesco. Return to the hotel in the evening for dinner and overnight stay. 

6 day  “Manfredonia and the Isole Tremiti”

 Breakfast. The whole day will be dedicated to a boat tour of the Tremiti islands, interesting for its cliffs picturesque aspects. Stop at San Domino, the most beautiful island of the group, mostly covered by pine-woods. In the indented coasts of the island, wonderful grottos and re-entrance’s open to offer spectacular colour games, such as the “grotto of violet” and the “grotto of morays”. We will then go to San Nicola, historical centre of this group of islands. The island of San Nicola, the most important island of the group from an historical point of view, is dominated by the imposing remains of the abbatial buildings of S.Maria, and hides, inside its walls, a fortified castle-convent. Return to the hotel in the late afternoon. Dinner and overnight stay.

7 day  “Return ”
Breakfast. Check out. Morning departure to go back to Sorrento. Stop for free time for lunch. The journey will proceed for the final meeting. End of services.