Lago di Varano

Soon after Rodi Garganico the coast road skirts a coastal lagoon, the Lago di Varano (12km/7.5mi long, 8km/5mi across), which is separated from the sea by a long spit of sand - dunes known as the "Isola", and passes either to the south or to the north along the dunes. It then continues through barren hill country to join the motorway to Foggia either at Poggio Imperiale (45km/28mi), at the west end of the Lago di Lesina, or at San Severo (65km/40mi).