The town of Vieste is located in the province of Foggia and is known as the ‘Pearl of the Gargano’. Characteristic is its stacks, called Pizzomunno, a monolith about 25 metres high located at the beginning of the beach south of the town. Don’t miss a guided tour of the Cathedral dedicated to Santa Maria Assunta, the castle overlooking the sea and the ‘Chianca Amara’, or ‘the stone of blood and tears’. On this rock, in fact, in the 16th century, almost 5000 Viestani lost their lives by decapitation at the hands of the Turks. This is why the entire Gargano coastline from Vieste to Peschici is dotted with ancient watchtowers, generally quadrangular in shape, whose purpose was to defend the city from the enemy coming from the sea. On the same coastline, it is possible to visit the naturalistic-archaeological oasis called ‘La Salata’, an ancient burial complex that houses more than 300 tombs dating back to the 3rd century A.D., immersed in a natural oasis of incomparable beauty.