One of the features and highlights across all of our walks exploring (a very small part of) the Gargano Peninsula was the flora we encountered along the way. In my posts from each walk I’ve shared some of that, but I’ve so much more to share and that’s what I’m going to touch on today. I’ve picked my absolute favourite photos from many, many more and while I don’t necessarily know what every plant is, I know they are all beautiful, sometimes quite different ways.
You’ll not be surprised to learn that the majority of my photos, and those in this post, come from the most challenging walk of the holiday - the one where we went down, up and up some more! But as hard as I found the walk, especially the last of the ups and I absolutely wouldn’t want to do it again, it was also amazing and I’m glad we did it. I’m even more glad we completed it before the rain came!
But it wasn’t just that walk, as we walked back down to the coast the next day these lilies growing alongside the roadside were stunning, as were the hibiscus growing through another wire mesh fence much later in the day.
Our last hotel also had impressive grounds, and glorious plants including long time favourites of mine, the passion flower and red hot pokers.
The scent too as we left the main complex and walked back to our room was absolutely divine. It’s true that many things make a great holiday, and this had everything we could have wanted, so if you get the chance to explore for yourself then most definitely go.