The city of Foggia is easily reached by train. Buses navigate the roads between towns, but a car is suggested to explore the whole province in depth.
Foggia was pummeled in World War II, and the city was hastily rebuilt with agricultural profits in the 1960s. What stands today is fairly humdrum and dedicated to daily life. Visit the central farmer's market and the ipogei--underground cavern tombs dating back to classical Rome.
The Gargano promontory juts northeastward into the sea, with the port city of Vieste at its tip. Popular beaches line the southern side of the peninsula, while a national park and tall white cliffs look out over the ocean in the north and east. Both nature and culture are considered protected in Gargano, making it a rewarding destination for the attentive traveler.
Centuries-old defensive walls provide lookout points to survey the crystal clear waters popular with scuba divers. Regular ferries run to the mainland.
Foggia is home to two popular pilgrimage sites, the shrine to 20th-century monk Padre Pio in San Giovanni Rotondo and the Sanctuary of Monte Sant'Angelo, Western Europe's oldest shrine dedicated to the archangel Michael.
