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Vieste

Population: 14.120 inhabitants
Altitude: m 43 s.l.m.
Area:167,340 kmq
POSTAL CODE: 71019

To spend a pleasant vacation on the Gargano visit Vieste. The city is found on the eastern-most part of the peninsula bordered by two long sandy beaches.

On the lower part of the small peninsula the nineteenth-century and modern quarter extends, while perched on the rocky rear is the the picturesque historical centre, characteristic of medieval times, defined by narrow and unaligned streets, where homes with the typical external staircases are united by slender reinforcing arches now and then.

With the retrieval of numerous archeological finds, it has been establshed that one of the most ancient cities of the Daunia , has been identified with the ancient Apenestre. For centuries its port has been an important point of reference for business, for trade with the countries that appear on the other side of the Adriatic sea.

Partly a tourist spot, since 1963, tourism has had a huge surge and along the coastal area, in which expansive beaches alternate with silent creeks, numerouscampsites ed and hotels, have sprung up,which welcome thousands of vacationers, and offer them a serene and healthy vacation..

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Arts, Culture, and Tradition

Local Products

Local Cuisine

The cuisine of Vieste, like the most coastal places of theGargano, is mainly based upon starchy food, vegetables, wild herbs, sheeps meat and, of course, fish and shellfish. An important position is reserved for fresh pasta, vegetable soups �??broad beans soup, or beans, and wild chicory is delicious �?? and by the famous " �??tielle�?�", tins baked with pasta, vegetables or potatoes.

Traditional dishes:

Booking your holiday or your dinner in Vieste�??s restaurants and hotels, you will have an opportunity to be better acquainted with the more famous traditional products, like:

Frecune pi cemaredde (large sheets of fresh pasta with sprouts and soft stems of hedge mustard)
The strascinate (little cubic pieces of pasta "dragged" over the cutting board with the blade of a knife) with turnip greens
the >�?�tiella�?� of potatoes �??arracanate�?� (slices are placed with multiple layers, covered by breadcrumbs and grated sheep�??s milk cheese, and flavoured with minced tomato, garlic and parsley);
greengrocers (an ancient recipe made from fried vegetables, green frogs and eels, to be dished over stale bread slices, in a wooden bowl);
the ciambottaof fish (a tasty soup of shellfish, with saut?�ed onions, green peppers, tomatos and hot peppers).

To conclude with something sweet, we can try the traditional fritters, dipped in vincotto, a delicious extract of figs, grape and locust beans.

The traditional cuisine is one of the specialities ristorazione alberghiera, of Vieste. Spending your holidays in Vieste, in any hotel, allows you to get to know a different menu for every single day of your stay, and to taste the best of Vieste�??s food.

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