Car Hire Foggia - Mini guide to Foggia

Foggia is a modern city in Italy which thrives on its agriculture primarily and is called the “granary of Italy”. The industrial sector of the city mainly concentrates on printing, textile and garment manufacturing.

Foggia was a swampy land when it was founded by the Normans in the 11th century and consequently it shared its riches with the Kingdom of Sicily. This city enjoyed its privileges in the period of the Anjous and Aragons. An earthquake almost destroyed the city before it became a part of the Kingdom of Italy in 1860.

Foggia also known by the name of Puglia lies in the south Italian region of Puglia and is the capital of Foggia province. It is the most important city in the Capitanata plain covering an area of 507 km² at an elevation of 76m. There are over 154,780 inhabitants in Foggia.

Foggia can be reached by airways Milan Malpensa associated with Itali airlines and also reached from the airports of Rome, Naples and Bari, the latter being the closest. The National Rental car service is just a block away from the rail station which you can reach by taking a train from Milan or Rome which is just 3.5 hours away.

Taxis and city buses are available for movement inside the city. Rental cars and cycle tours are also available.

The Cathedral of Santa Maria de Fovea is one of the main tourist attractions which is not to be missed in this city. It is in direct association with the Madonne dei Sette Veli. Other note-

worthy places if interest are Pallazo Dogana, Chiesa delle Croci or the Church of the crosses, Arco di Frederico, Archaeological park of Passo di carvo and Piazza Nigri.

Guides can be arranged by the city municipality and can be made use of by the travelers at an inexpensive rate.

This city has got moderate temperature but gets sunny in the summer with temperatures rising up to 30°C and the minimum temperature falling to 11°C during winter.

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