What to do in Peschici, what to see and what not to miss in the Gargano, in an Puglia with sunsets to admire and natural beauties to be discovered.
It is said that with his fiery sunsets, the genuineness of its perfumes, and the brushstrokes of cerulean scattered between sky and sea have bewitched that great music artist who was Lucio Dalla to the point of inspiring him the famous “March 4th 1943”. And actually the city of Peschici, located on the northern side of Gargano, is an enchanting siren that bewitches you from the top of the rocky spur on which it is perched and ends up gently sloping down towards the sea.
Her history is traced back to 970 AD, the year - it is assumed - of its foundation by the Slavs who, under the command of Captain Sueripolo, were sent by Emperor Otto I to the Gargano to drive out the Saracens and for which victory they were honored with the field of San Vito in Gargano, which was thus divided into two colonies: one called Vico, the other called Peschici whose name, of Slavic origin, derives from the root pès (which refers to sand) and the Slavic toponyms pjèskusa and Russian pèski (indicating the sandy soil).
Its charm steeped in history and art can be found in delightful historic center with its maze of alleys and streets from which you can glimpse truly picturesque glimpses between sky and sea, its art and craft shops, inns, characteristic churches, towers that surround the small village; in fact the reason for which they were erected was due to the fact that, being the city often subject to attacks by pirates and corsairs, it was decided to build, in the second half of the sixteenth century, some defensive towers.
Not to mention the millennial Peschici Castle, located on a rock that ends overhanging the sea, built by the Normans between the XNUMXth and XNUMXth centuries, also used as a defense objective. Inside the castle, among other things, there is a museum where it is possible to visit the instruments of torture used in antiquity.
Another historical monument of Peschici is represented by the abbey of Santa Maria di KĂ lena, a Benedictine monastery - one of the oldest in Italy - now abandoned but which at the time exercised a considerable influence even outside the Gargano territory, immersed in a rural landscape represented by the Calena plain.
The city of Peschici is also famous, and perhaps above all, as a seaside resort: there are several beaches that delimit it. Among all there is the local one, which overlooks the bay of Peschici and from which it is possible to admire certain views - with the sea on one side and the white houses defining the characteristic village on the other - in conjunction with the city port, from which the fishing boats and ferries leave for the nearby ones Tremiti Islands and Bay of Manaccora. Not to mention the various bathing beaches present, especially those in the Marina area where most of the hotels used for the stay of tourists gather.
And what about the naturalistic landscapes that surround the city itself?
From the lush greenery of the Gargano National Park to the blue sea of ​​the Tremiti islands passing through those ancient fishing machines - made up of poles, ropes, iron wires and winches - anchored on the rock overlooking the sea and better known as trabucchi, among which the renowned Trabucco of Monte Pucci where you can also taste the gastronomic delicacies. In short, Peschici, one of those pieces of Puglia to be savored and discovered.
