Top 10 Cultural Tours in Gargano Peninsula, Puglia

With our tour you will learn in detail about the history and the origins of Monte Sant'Angelo and you will taste the delicious local bread (tasting included in the ticket)

Inclusions: Sanctuary entrance, Licensed tour guide

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San Giovanni Rotondo is famous for his work in the city of St. Pius (known as Padre Pio) of Pietrelcina, and the city where the venerated monk worked his miracles. Pio was beatified in 2002. In the Capuchin Monastery Padre Pio received the stigmata in 1918, and where all those supernatural events led to his sainthood and canonization took place as well. Visiting this monastery and visiting the chambers where St. Pius conducted his life means jumping into a context of spirituality and mysticism; it is a destination The Church's crypt also hosted, up until a few years ago, the tomb of St. Pio. Next to the Monastery rises the Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie. This profound mixture of historic, religious and architectonic elements render the Sanctuaries of Father Pious to indubitable point of interest for all, including those who are not particularly devout, or who may not profess any faith at all.

Inclusions: Pick-up and drop off with luxury transportation and private chauffeur, Private English-speaking tour escort at your disposal, Entrance to the Church of St. Pius "Great Church", Visit of the cript which hosts the body of St. Pio, Entrance to the Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Entrance ticket at St. Pio's Museum

Exclusions: Food and beverages, Gratuities (optional)

San Giovanni Rotondo is famous for his work in the city of St. Pius (known as Padre Pio) of Pietrelcina, and the city where the venerated monk worked his miracles. Pio was beatified in 2002. In the Capuchin Monastery Padre Pio received the stigmata in 1918, and where all those supernatural events led to his sainthood and canonization took place as well. It is a destination that the tourists and tourists should make every effort to visit. The Church's crypt also hosted, up until a few years ago, the tomb of St. Pio. The Sanctuary of the Archangel Michael, or Saint Michael, in the grotto dates from the 5th - 6th centuries and the site where devotion to the Archangel Michael began. The original grotto of San Michele is said to have been consecrated by the archangel and is the only church not consecrated by human hands.

Inclusions: Pick-up and drop off with luxury transportation and private chauffeur, Private English-speaking tour escort at your disposal, Entrance to the Church of St. Pius "Great Church", Visit of the cript which hosts the body of St. Pio, Entrance to the Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Entrance ticket at St. Pio's Museum, Entrance to the Sanctuary of Archangel Michael in Mount St. Angelo

Exclusions: Gratuities (optional), Food and beverages

Follow the footsteps of Saint Padre Pio to the Puglian town of San Giovanni Rotondo on a 2-night independent trip from Rome! The pretty town is one of Italy’s most sacred Catholic pilgrimage sites, home to a shrine dedicated to the Padre Pio – a humble Capuchin monk with miraculous healing powers. With 3- or 4-star hotel accommodation, round-trip train tickets from Rome to Foggia plus private transfers to San Giovanni Rotondo included, this trip allows you to learn all about the much-loved Italian saint at your own pace.

Inclusions: Private round-trip transfers (Foggia to San Giovanni Rotondo), 2 nights of accommodation, Meals as per itinerary (B=breakfast, L=lunch, D=dinner)

Exclusions: Food and drinks, unless specified, Gratuities, Hotel pickup and drop-off, City Tax

The tour itinerary will unite the most significant places: the "ancient" church, the "new" church, both dedicated to Santa Maria delle Grazie, the Monastery and the new sanctuary. The ancient church of the mid-1500s has a very simple façade and inside it is composed of a single baroque style nave. At a second entrance to the convent is the cell of Padre Pio and the crypt where the body of Padre Pio was housed before being transferred to the nearby sanctuary. The visit continues with the "new" church, built for the explicit desire of Padre Pio, with the intention of being able to accommodate in an appropriate manner the considerable flow of thousands of pilgrims that flowed ever more numerous to San Giovanni Rotondo. The tour ends at the Sanctuary, designed by architect Renzo Piano, one of the largest churches in Italy, capable of holding up to 7,000 people.

Inclusions: Licensed guide

Exclusions: Rent earphones/whispers, Private transportation

The trekking route with a licensed guide will take you to the Abbey of the Holy Trinity starting from Monte Sacro Farmhouse, here after a few steps begins a dirt track that climbs Mount Sacro on routes made by shepherds with flocks of sheep, until you get there on the top. The path that leads to the mountain, about 40 minutes, is characterized by a first phase on a steep slope and certainly not easy, until arriving in a flat area where the abbey was built. The abbey of S.S. Trinity is of Gothic construction, was built around the year one thousand and abandoned in the fifteenth century. A long phase of degradation followed, which brought the structure into a state of ruin but which still hides a remarkable charm. You can still admire the walls, the columns with the capitals, the entrance portals, the abbey church with the bell tower, the dormitory cells, the baptistery, the refectory with the kitchen, the cisterns, the cloister, the courtyard, the warehouses, stables and lookout tower.

Inclusions: Licensed guide

Exclusions: Private transportation

You can visit in one day tour the UNESCO site Monte Sant'Angelo and San Giovanni Rotondo, with a transfer from Bari

Inclusions: Air-conditioned vehicle, Guided tour with local tour guide in Monte Sant'Angelo

Exclusions: Lunch, Guided tour in San Giovanni Rotondo

Our tour with transfer allows you to reach with a comfortable transfer in minivan San Giovanni Rotondo and visit it with a guided walking tour

Inclusions: Air-conditioned vehicle, Walking tour in San Giovanni Rotondo

Exclusions: Lunch

Visit the UNESCO site Monte Sant'Angelo leaving from San Giovanni Rotondo with a comfortable transfer in minivan

Inclusions: Air-conditioned vehicle, Guided walking tour in Monte Sant'Angelo

Exclusions: Dinner

The best way to visit in only 5 days the top attractions of Puglia and Basilicata such as Bari, Monte Sant'Angelo, Alberobello, Matera, Lecce, Ostuni, Trani and Castel del Monte. This tour is in sharing in a small group of max 8 people and it starts every friday.

Inclusions: Breakfast, Breakfast, Breakfast, Breakfast, 1 extra virgin olive oil tasting with local products, Street food tastings in Bari, Hotel accomodation 5 nights 4 star hotel from Friday to Wednesday, Local guides in Bari, Monte Sant'Angelo, Castel del Monte, Trani, Matera, Alberobello, Ostuni, lecce, Air-conditioned vehicle

Exclusions: Arrival/departure transfers from/to Bari or Brindisi airport , City hotel taxes where necessary; tickets for monuments (optional), lunches and dinners