Mattinata is a small, cozy and hospitable town located in the province of Foggia, Apulia, in southern Italy. If you remember the shape of Italy, then the "boot" has a small spur - this is where this town is located. The city is located on the Adriatic coast and is surrounded by mountains. It attracts with its beauty and unique atmosphere. This city is not very popular with Russian-speaking tourists and this is its charm. Basically, Italians themselves come here to relax. And it's not so easy for us to get from Rome (if you're not by car): they usually make three transfers by bus. But we were lucky - we got there in two transfers. The city was founded in the 1st century AD and has a rich history. Here you can see the ruins of ancient Roman cities and the necropolis of Monte Saraceno. But the city has sunk into our soul not with this, but with its snow-white streets with 2-3-storey houses. Walking through them, we realized: this is the real Italy.❤️ During all the time we were walking around the town, we never heard Russian speech. On the 4th day of our stay, walking once again and enthusiastically discussing something, we suddenly heard the words addressed to us: "Oh, are you Russians?!". It was very unexpected for us. And a woman called us to her. After talking with her, it turned out that she was originally from the Czech Republic but moved here to Mattinata a long time ago and opened her own pizzeria. She was very pleasantly surprised to meet Russian, as she likes this language, but she speaks it poorly. She asked us to teach her a few Russian words (for example, "glass"), treated us to pizza and invited us to come to her again. We, in turn, left her a small souvenir - 100 rubles: which she was incredibly happy about (by the way, we realized that the best souvenir for everyone is money. Matryoshka dolls and other things are not as pleasing as the national currency) That's how our days in this city were like: calm, measured, and sometimes interesting stories appeared (for example, the story about lemons). By the way, there are also some of the cleanest beaches in Italy on the Adriatic Sea, because it is here that a large national park with rare plant species is located. We spent only 5 days here, but they turned out to be the most memorable of our entire trip to Italy

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