Mattinata is a popular seaside resort in the province of Foggia in the Italian region of Puglia. The city is located in the national Park of the Gargano. Most of it takes two of a hill, enclosed by mountains on the North, West and East and facing the sea in the South. North coast Mattinata is known for its white chalk cliffs, a huge number of impressive underwater caves and, of course, two kakurai Faraglioni (lonely rocks sticking out of the water) in the Gulf Zagare. And the area around Mattinata is very popular with botanists, because of the incredible diversity of the plant world, 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 Balkan Peninsula, who came here in about the 5th century BC And the name Mattinata comes from the name of the Roman settlement Latinum that in the 1st century ad was located not far from the modern city's port. However, themselves traces of this settlement remained relatively small.

Modern Mattinata is the result of migration of people from the town of Monte Sant'angelo in the past several centuries. In 1955, the year she received the status of an independent city. Today the economy of Mattinata based on the services sector and, partially, agriculture and livestock breeding. Tourism also plays a very prominent role in society.

Among the main attractions of the city can be called the necropolis of Monte Saraceno with approximately 500 dauniskio graves, the ruins of the Benedictine Abbey of the Santissima trinità, the ruins of the Roman settlement Marinum and above kekuri Faraglioni.

Very close to Mattinata is another seaside resort – Peschici, whose territory also included in the national Park of the Gargano. It occupies the North-Eastern part of the Gargano promontory.