Holiday apartment in San Domino: nature, caves and island history

San Domino is the largest island in the Tremiti Archipelago. Mediterranean maquis covers the island, which is home to a lush Aleppo pine forest. A nature trail leads around San Domino and branches off to coves, caves and beaches.

Nature

Cars and motorcycles may not be brought to San Domino. Visitors get around on foot or by bicycle along numerous marked paths. One special route is the “Perimetrale San Domino–Faro San Domino” circular trail, with a stabilized surface and Braille panels. Cala delle Arene is the only sandy beach on San Domino. The beach is located behind the port and is accessible and equipped.

Between Punta Secca and Cala del Bue Marino lies the Architiello, a natural arch. In a cave, you can see numerous species whose presence varies depending on the decreasing amount of light. In the semi-dark area of a cave, the incoming light creates bluish reflections. The shallow water in a cave creates plays of light and colors the walls blue through reflections.

Sea

At the Scogli del Sale dive site, an easy dive follows a fissured rock wall. There are Posidonia seagrass meadows as well as groupers, sea bream, spiny lobsters and conger eels, among other species. A total of 29 recreational and 15 technical dive routes are offered for the islands of Caprara, San Nicola, San Domino and Cretaccio; San Domino is one of the islands included.

San Domino is surrounded by Zone B of the Tremiti Islands Marine Protected Area. Diving as well as research and environmental monitoring activities are permitted in this zone. Boat excursions are also offered on San Domino; boats can be rented or organized boat tours can be booked.

Culture

The island’s history is also present underwater. The Relitto delle Tre Senghe wreck is a Roman ship that sank 80 meters off the coast of San Domino at a depth of around 25 meters. The Relitto delle Tre Senghe A wreck lies 24 meters deep off the southern coast of San Domino; it is a Roman transport ship approximately 20 meters long, carrying amphorae of the Lamboglia 2 and Dressel 2–4 types. During the investigation of the Relitto delle Tre Senghe wreck, 150 amphorae were recovered.

The Relitto delle Tre Senghe B wreck near San Domino preserves a cargo of stone blocks that probably belonged to another Roman or late antique merchant ship. The Relitto del Lombardo wreck lies at Cala degli Inglesi on San Domino. In 1860, it was seized by Nino Bixio to transport part of Garibaldi’s Mille.

The island’s older history goes back further. Between the end of the 9th and the beginning of the 10th century, Benedictines built a monastery and the Church of San Giacomo on San Domino. At the Pagliai, you can observe the Eocene San Domino Formation and fossil-rich organogenic limestone. Ceramic fragments and stone tools from the Middle Neolithic were found in the area of Cala degli Inglesi. They indicate a settlement next to the settlement of Cala Tramontana.

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