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Message: <blockquote data-quote="muba" data-source="post: 3362013" data-attributes="member: 119122">I went there mid April 2014, and found many sites, though my tour across the peninsula was spoiled by a car failure!You may spot many orchids growing by the roadside as you drive along, but seeing and finding a safe palce to stop are too different things. Much of the lower areas are fenced off from the road. So best to head off on the tricky mountain roads. Here you will be able to pull over and investigate areas where there is an expanse of suitable ground, and find much of interest. Most of our searching was on the roads between Vieste and Monte SA, on the south facing side. There were places just north of Monte (if fact a but of disused land by the main car park in the town yielded two Ophrys species), but once you are up in the forest forget it, unlesss you are heading for the north side. Aim to look at sites at different elevations for a range of species too. I would give you some better information but a disc failure has meant I have been rebuilding my orchid logs, but not got to Gargano in that process yet. You should have no difficulty finding places where there are limestone outcrops or wide verges. Drive slow, have a 'spotter', and find safe parkingSteve</blockquote>