Tremiti Islands Attractions Isole Tremiti
Boat services
Regular services from Manfredonia or Rodi Garganico, Termoli and Ortona to San Nicole, from there to San Domino as required.
The Tremiti Islands (Italian Isole Tremiti) lie some 20km/12mi north of the Monte Gargano promontory in the Adriatic.
The beautiful rocky limestone archipelago has preserved its traditional character unspoiled. The precipitous coasts with their numerous inlets and sea caves offer ideal conditions for scuba diving.
Regular services from Manfredonia or Rodi Garganico, Termoli and Ortona to San Nicole, from there to San Domino as required.
The Tremiti Islands (Italian Isole Tremiti) lie some 20km/12mi north of the Monte Gargano promontory in the Adriatic.
The beautiful rocky limestone archipelago has preserved its traditional character unspoiled. The precipitous coasts with their numerous inlets and sea caves offer ideal conditions for scuba diving.
Il Cretaccio
To the north of the Isola San Nicola, between San Domino and San Nicola, are the island of Il Cretaccio and a number of isolated stacks.
Isola Caprara
The most northerly of the three larger islands is the almost uninhabited island of Caprara or Capraia (up to 53m/175ft; area 0.5 sq.km/0.2 sq.mi).
Isola San Domino
The most westerly and scenically most attractive of the three major islands is San Domino (up to 16m/53ft; area 2 sq.km/1.75 sq.mi), an island with large areas of pine-forest which was used as a place of exile until 1943 and is now becoming an increasingly popular tourist resort. The largest place on the island, San Domino, lies above the east coast. There are a number of interesting caves accessible only from the sea, such as the Grotta delle Viole and the Grotta del Bue Marino, both with a beautiful play of light.
Isola San Nicola, Italy
(Near Foggia)
Northeast of San Domino is the smaller island of San Nicola (up to 75m/248ft; area 0.5 sq.km/.20 sq.mi), on which is the little walled village of San Nicola, capital of the archipelago, with a castle (rebuilt in the 15th century), the church of Santa Maria (1045), situated on a hill, and the remains of a ninth century abbey with a beautiful Renaissance doorway and parts of a Romanesque mosaic pavement (11th-12th centuries).
