Sunday, September 16, 2012

Tremiti Islands [ITALY]




Tremiti Islands [ITALY]

The Isole Tremiti are an archipelago in the Adriatic Sea, north of the Gargano Peninsula. They constitute a comune of Italy's Province of Foggia and form part of the Gargano national park.
The islands are an important tourist attraction because of the clear waters surrounding them. Up to 100,000 visitors come to the islands in the summer season.
The islands are :
San Domino is the most developed island for tourism and has the only sand beach in the archipelago.
San Nicola is where most of the population resides.
Capraia (or Capperaia) is deserted.
Cretaccio is a large block of clay and thus uninhabited.
Pianosa is a small, uninhabited island. Its maximum elevation is 15 meters. Sometimes, during storms, the waves cover it.

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