Mattinata - a popular seaside resort in the province of Foddzha in the Italian region of Puglia. The city is located in the national park "Gargano". Most of it takes two hills, enclosed by mountains to the north, east and west, and facing the sea in the south. North Coast Mattinata known for its white chalk cliffs, lots of impressive underwater caves and of course the two Kekura Faraglioni (lonely rocks sticking out of the water) in the Gulf of Dzagare. And the area around Mattinata is very popular among botanists, because of the incredible diversity of flora, in particular, there are about 60 species of orchids!

The first inhabitants of these places were the families of Eastern European origin, mainly from Greece and the Balkans, which appeared here around the 5th century BC A Mattinata name comes from the name of the Roman settlement Matinum that in the 1st century AD It is located on the territory of the modern city's port. However, traces of the settlement itself remains relatively small.

Modern Mattinata - is the result of migration of people from the town of Monte Sant Angelo for several centuries. In 1955, she received the status of an independent city. Mattinata Today, the economy is based on the services sector and, in part, agriculture and cattle breeding. Tourism also plays a very important role in society.

Among the main attractions of the city can be called Monte Saraceno necropolis with about 500 graves dauniyskimi, the ruins of the Benedictine Abbey of Santissima Trinita, the ruins of a Roman settlement and the aforementioned kekurs Matinum Faraglioni.

Very close to Mattinata is another seaside resort - Peschici, whose territory is also part of the National Park "Gargano". It occupies the northeastern part of the Gargano promontory.