Hotel Near the Dinosaur Park, Foggia

One of the many benefits of staying at the San Giovanni Rotondo Palace Hotel is its close proximity to the Dinosaur Park in Borgo Celano, (Foggia).

The theme park is just 5.5km away and can be reached in just 7 minutes by car by driving along the Via S. Salvatore in a south easterly direction, then along the Viale Aldo Moro SS272 to the Viale dei Dinosauri.

The park is located in an area where dinosaur footprints have been found. By taking the interactive route inside the museum and its buildings and using the technology that’s available, you can experience an exact period in history from millions of years ago.

Staying at this Hotel, which is close to the Dinosaur Park in Foggia, makes it quick and easy for guests to reach the Museum buildings in which, you’ll be able to learn all about the prehistory of this part of Italy.

Illustrative panels, films, environments based on scientific studies and external trails explain what life was like here some 120 million years ago and are an extraordinary recreation of a prehistoric natural habitat.

This is a journey back in time which will enable visitors to learn about the different species that lived in the area: theropods, sauropods, hadrosaurids and ankylosaurus.

You can reach the Dinosaur Park in Foggia with ease and get set to immerse yourself in this large outdoor area. There’s a trail along which a typical habitat from 120 million years ago has been created, populated with native plants, ponds, footprints and life-sized reproductions of different species of dinosaurs.

There is also a botanical garden inside the park with plants such as thyme, black locust, almond-leaved pear, Aleppo pines, olive trees, holm oaks, broom, strawberry trees, Turkey oak and carob.

Guided tours and excursions can be organised as well as special educational visits for schools.

The Park’s opening times are: