Places
Park·Easy·Relaxing·Popular
Bosco Difensola
Puglia
Sitting on the Gargano's interior plateau, this smaller forest reserve offers a similar cool, shaded escape to the more famous Foresta Umbra but with a fraction of the visitors. Mixed Aleppo pine and downy oak give way in places to open clearings used historically for charcoal production.
Duration
2 hours
Distance
5 km
Elevation
+100 m
Best season
April – October
Highlights
- Quiet alternative to Foresta Umbra
- Mixed pine and oak woodland
- Traces of historical charcoal-burning clearings
With your dog
Shaded forest tracks; dogs off-leash away from managed areas.
