In the middle of Italy, Vico del Gargano (450 m. on the sea, 8000 inhabitants, 5 km from the sea) is one of the Pearls of Gargano (see: www. parcogargano. it; www. garganoweb. it) that is an hilly promontory surrounded for 3/4 by Adriatico sea. Gargano's National Park safeguards a very rich, natural, cultural, religious and artistic inheritance. Gargano's nature is strong, wild and very varied: terraced fields, olive plantations, citrus orchards, rows of Aleppo, pines, the impenetrable cloak of Umbra forest, the lakes of Lesina and Varano inhabited by ducks, herons and cormorants, the steep white coast displays alternating large sandy shores, small bays, deep inlets, caves and marine cliffs. Furthermore Gargano is rich in its history and a lot of museums are presents to bear witness in the some way there are a lot of living museums: the little towns of Gargano that speaks about a very typical architecture (the great and very suggestive historical centre of Vico del Gargano is one of the best examples of it! ) , customs, gastronomy. Peschici (15 minutes from the Vico) and Vieste (30 minutes from the Vico) , both on the sea, are two, very famous, international tourist centres. Vico del Gargano is 4 hours from Rome and 3 hours from Naples and Amalfi, Sorrento.