Foggia and the Monti Dauni

Who should base themselves around Foggia and the Monti Dauni, and who should look elsewhere?

Base yourself here for small towns, farm estates and cooking schools, or for a stay with a dog, if you have a car. Foggia and the Monti Dauni has 11 stays on The Puglia Edit in seven comuni, all in price band 1 (eight of them by our estimate), which means under €250 a night for a double room in high season. Look elsewhere for a beach or a first trip to Puglia, because the area is inland and only five of the 11 confirm a pool.

Italia.it puts Foggia at the center of the Tavoliere plain, halfway between the Gulf of Manfredonia and the Gargano. Its cathedral was raised in the 12th century, and chambers called hypogea run beneath the center.

Hotel Up is a 38-room city hotel with a spa, family rooms and pets allowed. For what is on in town, see Andiamo in Puglia’s page for Foggia, in Italian.

Which towns around Foggia and the Monti Dauni have stays, and what is each known for?

Lucera stands on three hills above the Tavoliere, and italia.it says its Swabian fortress best tells the town’s past. Masseria Sant’Agapito is a rural village of several buildings with a pool, pets welcome and weddings, and Grand Hotel Vigna Nocelli, on the road from Foggia, is a five-star luxury hotel with 64 rooms, a spa and outdoor pools.

Bovino has a ducal castle that the Normans built on a Roman fortress, and Masseria Salecchia is an 18th-century masseria, once a hunting residence of the Guevara dukes, in a 350-hectare natural area it describes as protected under EU rules.

Orsara di Puglia has two stays. Peppe Zullo is an estate with a restaurant, a cooking school and suites in an 18th-century villa, and Posta Guevara is a masseria with a pool and a cooking school recognized by the Regione Puglia. For the village itself, Andiamo in Puglia has an entry on the borgo of Orsara di Puglia, in Italian.

Troia has none of our stays, though italia.it says its Romanesque cathedral has a rose window unique in the world.

In Chieuti, Masseria Casacapanna is a restored farm with seven suites it describes as sea view, a dairy and a pasta factory.

What kinds of stay are around Foggia, and what do they cost?

Four are masserie, three are hotels, three are resorts and one is a villa. All 11 sit in price band 1, Grand Hotel Vigna Nocelli included.

Masseria Casacapanna, Masseria Sant’Agapito and Tenuta Inagro take the band from a rate published on their own sites, and the other eight are estimates. How we select explains when a band comes from a published rate.

The five that accept pets are in the pet-friendly collection, the four with a spa are in the spa retreats collection, and Grand Hotel Vigna Nocelli is in the luxury collection.

Choosing a base here

When to go

Troia, where the Daunian Apennines meet the Tavoliere plain, ends its Holy Week program with the procession of the Kiss on Easter day, according to italia.it. Masseria Casacapanna lists high season as July 15 to August 31 with a minimum stay of 6 days, and Masseria Sant'Agapito lists June to September. Masseria Salecchia opens its adventure park on spring weekends and every day in summer. Grand Hotel Vigna Nocelli and Hotel Novelli say they are open all year; for the other nine, opening months are not confirmed.

Getting there

Fly into Bari (BRI) and hire a car there; Masseria Casacapanna's directions list Pescara or Bari for arriving by air. The 11 stays are in seven comuni across the Tavoliere plain and the hills of the Monti Dauni. Hotel Up in Foggia says it is near the station and the pedestrian area, and the others are in the countryside, in hill villages or outside small towns, so plan on a car. Each stay page shows its distance to both airports when its position is precise.

Towns and villages

Foggia, Lucera, Troia, Bovino, Cerignola, Accadia, Alberona, Anzano di Puglia, Ascoli Satriano, Biccari, Candela, Carapelle, Carlantino, Casalnuovo Monterotaro, Casalvecchio di Puglia, Castelluccio dei Sauri, Castelluccio Valmaggiore, Castelnuovo della Daunia, Celenza Valfortore, Celle di San Vito, Chieuti, Deliceto, Faeto, Monteleone di Puglia, Motta Montecorvino, Orsara di Puglia, Orta Nova, Panni, Pietramontecorvino, Poggio Imperiale, Rocchetta Sant'Antonio, Roseto Valfortore, San Marco la Catola, San Paolo di Civitate, San Severo, Sant'Agata di Puglia, Serracapriola, Stornara, Stornarella, Torremaggiore, Volturara Appula, Volturino, Ordona, Zapponeta.