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Perhaps not everyone knows that... 14 years have passed Because today I choose from issue zero, 14 to visit, cycle, have fun seasons in which we with my family, relax at have attempted to tell the thermal baths, play Bibione's story and help on the beach with my you get to know it, so you Today, thanks to It's not just the topics dog or organise a beach Don't just spend time can experience websites and the social that are new. We have volley match. You choose away, leaf through and everything it has to offer media, we realise that all also introduced the idea how to spend the day read it to get the most out the tourist via articles, news on paper soon of a Keyword, which not and we suggest how of your holiday. stories, curiosities and grows cold. So, to ensure Life Bibione has updated only gives a title to a part and where. Life Bibione graphics suggestions. things are still of interest its contents. We have of the magazine, but also have also been given a Hope you enjoy reading it. From that very first and useful to make your kept most of the sections wants to be a key to new layout, leaving more issue, our objective was holiday exciting and you already know. reading it. Today. space for photos, even extremely clear: to active, we have restyled Occasionally they have though the overall gratify our readers and ourselves. been fleshed out, as in impression remains arouse their curiosity. the case of family elegant, but not aloof. To leave them with entertainment, and we What hasn't changed is something extra they have introduced new our commitment, the wouldn’t find in a travel topics, such as the same passion as ever. brochure. exhibitions to see in

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8 9 HOSPITALITY: uncountable working to constantly improve tourist while their parents are having their redecorate them and create news noun - the act of being accommodation, handing over the meal. They even go as far as spaces for entertainment, for friendly and welcoming to a person; baton from one generation to the arranging excursions and trips. children, for sports aficionados with the way and words used to welcome: next. However, there is one aspect Care and attention that includes well-equipped gyms overlooking the hospitable - adjective - kind, that makes Bibione and its hotels enjoying Spa or gym facilities sea, for those seeking to relax by welcoming, friendly... Let's start with unique: they are family-run overlooking the sea, renowned upgrading rooms with indoor and the dictionary's definition of businesses. restaurants inside the hotel offering outdoor saunas. Furnishings and hospitality and then go on to explain As on-site managers, they not only sophisticated dishes, themed fittings are enhanced and new how the hoteliers in Bibione have not make their guests feel at home, they bedrooms for fairy tale dreams, new comforts are added not only made it their credo, but also are constantly there to shower them beach facilities with reserved hotel just to respond to the latest trend, improved it with their own rules. with care and attention and offer help areas furnished with gazebos, sofas but to create exhilarating, ever- Their hospitality began way back with around the clock. Responding to and bars. Bibione hoteliers no longer changing chapters in a unique, the first pioneers, who saw an special requests is their forte, talk of their work as a job, but rather multi-faceted story that will WHAT’ S THE opportunity in that immense stretch whether it's preparing off-menu food as a true passion for welcoming transform the mood of your holiday of golden sand to develop tourism. on-the-spot for children, or providing tourists in their own home. And just year on year. PASSWORD? Since then, they have never stopped qualified entertainment for them like you do for your own home, they

OFFER EN We work hard THE BEST all winter so our guests are left speechless.

10 11 ENSURING YOUR HOLIDAY IN BIBIONE

“Safe holidays” is the insurance policy taken out at the time of booking expenses incurred in . Thanks to that provides for the reimbursement online, through the website of the the collaboration established by the of booking costs incurred in the event individual hotel or the official portal hoteliers’ association with Allianz that a tourist must renounce to the of the hotel owners’ association Global Assistance, Bibione was the EN planned stay or interrupt it in www.bibione.eu. For foreign guests, first Italian tourist resort to offer this advance for personal reasons or a Plus version is available as well, service in order to fully protect its family emergencies. which includes 24-hour healthcare customers. The policy, which is optional, can be and the reimbursement of medical

THANKS TO THE PRODUCT services, benefits and discounts CLUB, WE ARE EVEN CLOSER dedicated to 6 specific target TO YOUR PASSIONS. groups, in order to make every holiday in Bibione even more Promoted by the Bibione Association special and customised. Each Every day is a good day to book your customised vacation. You can do it by booking of Hoteliers, the Product Clubs Product Club offers a free card on www.bibione.eu. It is easy and safe thanks to the booking online service, the (Family, Bikers, Spas, Walking, that, distributed by Bibione virtual window of Bibione’s hospitality. The site allows you to comfortably explore the Pet and Golf) now offer an even hoteliers at the check-in, together accommodation facilities of the Venetian beach, evaluate the different solutions and wider range of opportunities that can with a theme-based brochure, safely book and ensure your stay. Directly from the home page, you will be able to satisfy every need. For several describes the opportunities and explore the entire tourist offer of the location, along with many advantages offered seasons now, they feature a series of benefits associated with its use. by the 6 Product Clubs and the new My Bibione app. If you are a user of social Ask for information directly at the media, the Hoteliers’ Association of Bibione has its own profile on Facebook, Twitter reception of your hotel or visit the and Instagram. site www.bibione.eu to discover all the benefits. With theProduct Clubs, you'll have one more reason to love Bibione! BOOK YOUR NEXT VACATION ON WWW.BIBIONE.EU, NO COMMISSION ADDED!

12 13 the first beach in Italy with a tourist plan that respects the environment and people's health. But we haven't forgotten all our guests who are dying for a smoke at the water's edge with a newspaper BIBIONE IS DEDICATED in hand after a cup of coffee. TO JOHN PAUL II. There are 40 designated smokers' areas Perhaps along the 8 km seafront, made using sustainable, certified wood from Bibione's summer cultural event of 2020 will focus on John Paul II in the centenary of "Fair Supply Chain”. his birth, organised by the parish church under the guidance of Don Andrea Vena, with the ostension of the Saint's relics from 16 July to 16 August. The Holy Mass of GOOD HEALTH welcome will be celebrated at 9:00 p.m. And as "We are Christians even on holiday", not everyone Don Andrea Vena will also be celebrating mass at various times and places in the IN BIBIONE IS JUST A SMARTPHONE AWAY. town in German, Polish and Slovak “to hold out a hand to all foreigners of faith”.

To ensure medical assistance is truly at knows t hat... hand, we have prepared a "Healthy IN BIBIONE YOU CAN PEDAL Request your cycle-tourism guidebook Barbara Varone Holiday" app you can easily download FROM ONE BANK OF THE to organise your bike excursion and on to your mobile phone or tablet, to RIVER TAGLIAMENTO TO choose from 29 routes: starting from the provide all the information you need THE OTHER. lighthouse in Bibione as far as the

about Tourist Health Assistance: summer lighthouse in Cavallino-Treporti, passing EN NEW FLAGS FLYING BIBIONE, KEEP FIT tourist medical and nursing services, through , Jesolo and Portogruaro, opening hours, telephone numbers, The free crossing by boat over the River you can ride along cycleways that will OVER BIBIONE. AND ENJOY pharmacies, the nearest surgeries, Tagliamento is called X River and links take you to visit some marvellous natural THE HOLIDAY. dialysis and paediatric services and the tourist resorts of Bibione and environments, magnificent lagoons, We now have 29 Blue Flags awarded to precious advice to prevent the problems Lignano Sabbiadoro. On board there is a historic and artistic traces of great our resort and 5 Child-friendly Green You can enjoy a holiday with a healthy, that can occur on holiday. All this in a special cycle rack. In Bibione, you can importance, farms where you can Flags. The Foundation for Environmental mindful life style, thanks to the multi-lingual version. easily cycle to the magnificent quench your thirst with seasonal fruit, Education (FEE) has once again philosophy of health and wellbeing lighthouse and board from the pier old traditions to experience in tiny awarded our sea, our safe, fully championed by the hoteliers of Bibione, roughly one hundred metres away. fishing villages, where time is still equipped and serviced beach with who are careful to offer menus using The Tagliamento is a unique example of marked by the natural rhythm child-tested and inclusive play areas for seasonal products that will help you to an Italian alpine river with a thousand of the tides. disabled children, the ever-growing happily get back into shape. biodiversities and it takes about ten cycleways and our commitment to A way to balance mind and body using minutes to cross over to the jetty of the promote mindful, sustainable tourism movement, thanks to Bibione Up, Darsena Marina Uno in Lignano 29 years running, a true record. the offer of sport to regain fitness Sabbiadoro. on the sea shore. Suitable for THE RUNNERS? all the family, it offers promotional THERE ARE OVER 400 KM OF THEY’RE RUNNING ALONG packages to enjoy an intense week CYCLE TRAILS FROM THE THE SEA FRONT. of activities to shape your body BIBIONE LIGHTHOUSE TO and regenerate your spirit. THE CAVALLINO-TREPORTI Eight panoramic kilometres without a single car, where runners can let off A SMOKE FREE BEACH: LIGHTHOUSE. steam and discover different natural A COMMITMENT THAT environments. Take your sports watch off LEAVES ITS MARK. The special product club promoted by your wrist and start from the river park the Hoteliers' Association in Bibione is at the estuary of the River Tagliamento called V.O.D.C.E. - Venezia Orientale and you'll end up in a Mediterranean The project "Breathe the Sea", which Destinazione Cicloturistica d’Eccellenza garden, where the sea water blends with prohibits smoking on the entire beach, [Eastern Venice Cycle-tourism the water of the lagoon. Running all the continues. This initiative aims to protect Destination par Excellence]. while and breathing in the subtle marine not only everyone's health, especially A benchmark for all those who love breeze. Even with your dog running children's, but also the environment by cycling and travelling slowly to alongside. stopping cigarette butts from being reconnect your soul with nature and thrown on the sand or into the sea. It was extraordinary landscapes.

14 15 15-17 May, 18-20 September MIZUNO BEACH VOLLEY MARATHON Returning to Bibione is the most important European amateur beach volleyball event. Over 250 courts on the beach in front of the Bibione Thermal Baths, 28 nations taking part, 2,500 men and women's teams registered, over 190 winning teams. Info: www.beachvolley.it

23-24 May EVENTS TRIATHLON RACES Olympic distance: 1.5 km swimming – 40 km cycling – 10 km running; sprint distance: 750 m swimming – 20 km cycling – 5 NOT TO BE 2020 km running. Piazzale Zenith - Saturday 12.00 p.m. / Sunday 11.00 a.m. 5 September BIBIONE IN ROSA [BIBIONE IN PINK] MISSED A 6 or 9 km charity beach run. For information and entries: www.bibioneinrosa.com.

6 September BIBIONE IS SURPRISING RUN: 10 MILES A national, Fidal, competitive road race - a fun, free-style, non-competitive, Nordic and fit walking 10 or 12-mile race on

foot, Bibione - Piazza Fontana and Piazza Treviso - 5.00 p.m. start of competitive race - 5.05 p.m. start of non- EN competitive 10-mile race. For information and entries: www.bibionerun.com

13 September BIBIONE. GREAT SPORTS EVENTS ON THE BEACH CYCLE TOURING PEDAL FOR LIFE 5th cycle touring rally. Meeting point Piazza Fontana 9.00 a.m./departure 10.00 a.m. - www.sharingbibione.com

From 7 July to 25 August - every Tuesday 18-20 September MUSIC BIKENIGHT BIBIONE BEACH FITNESS Follow the splendid cycleway along the promenade and cycle to the Bibione Lighthouse to watch a show and admire the This is the largest Italian convention dedicated to physical wellbeing, which gathers over 3,200 aficionados, ready to train sea at the same time. on the 14 podiums placed along the sea edge. All run by the best presenters from all over the world.

3 May 14>18 September A PIEDI PER BIBIONE [A WALK AROUND BIBIONE] BIBIONEUP, WEEK OF FITNESS & WELLNESS - 16/09 - 20/09 An international, non-competitive, free-style footrace. 6/11/16/22/27 Km trails. The 6 km trail is also suitable for disabled Suitable for all the family, it offers promotional packages to enjoy an intense week of activities to shape your body and people and for families with young children in a pushchair. regenerate your spirit. Over fifty hours of activities culminating in Bibione Beach Fitness at the weekend. Info: www.apiediperbibione.it - mobile: 338.1600953 - [email protected] 19 September 9-23 May – 26 September – 4 October BIBIONE BIKE TROPHY SPORTS FISHING AND SURFCASTING EVENT– BEACH FISHING Mountain Bike competition - individual, in pairs or as a team - 6 hours over a 13 km trail - meeting-place Piazza Fontana 9 May - from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. shore of Bibione Pineda; - from 5:00 to 11:00 p.m. shore at Piazzale Zenith. – from 4.00 p.m. 23 May - from 8:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. shore of Bibione Pineda. Info: www.bibionebiketrophy.it 26 September - from 6:00 to 11:00 p.m. shore of Bibione Pineda 4 October - from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. shore at Piazzale Zenith Info: [email protected]

10 May BIBIONE HALF MARATHON Competitive road race over the classic distance of 21 km and 97 m. Info: www.bibionehalfmarathon.it

16 17 18 Info: a.m. -5.00 Lighthouse Bibione voice. and piano harp, cello, violin, for A concert Carosone. and Carrà Oxa, Battisti, Morandi, by Modugno, Pieces stage. centre take records singles and songwriters Italian LIVE DAWN MUSIC FAI MI “TU GIRAR” CONCERT 21 August p.m. –9.30 Zenith -Piazzale Monella and Bella Radio and Birikkina Radio with collaboration in –organised scene music Italian the on singers new with concert Live FESTIVAL SHOW 6 August Info: a.m. - 5.00 Lighthouse Bibione voice. and piano harp, cello, violin, for Aconcert up. broke they after years 50 Beatles, the to A tribute LIVE DAWN MUSIC IT BE” “LET CONCERT July 23 p.m. –9.30 Zenith Piazzale trend. dance popular most latest, the to hop of hip amix and 90s of the music dance best the with date Your summer 2020 DEEJAY TIME SUMMER TIME 18 July p.m. –9.15 Church Parish the to – next Vega -Via Donatore del Parco Arena Kingdom. United the and Ljubljana from guests international with concerts Gospel INTERNATIONALBIBIONE GOSPEL HUB 17-21 July p.m. –9.00 Fontana –Piazza Russolo G. Conductor of Portogruaro. Ponte" Da "Lorenzo orchestra and choir soloists, for concert operatic An opera. foreign and Italian in arias beautiful most The SQUARE THE IN OPERA 9 July Antares. -via Assunta” Maria of “Santa Church Parish the in p.m. 9.15 at held be will concerts The musicians. by top performances see Vena, will Andrea by Don organised Competition, the edition, eighth its in Now BENEDET" 8TH NATIONAL "RINO COMPETITION ORGAN April24-26 - 9June - 2June May - 29 of Municipal doors the the Stadium opens Bibione you miss: can't to just 3concerts BIBIONEMUSICBEACH www.gruppocaronte.info www.gruppocaronte.info

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ULTIMO congregation of saints, the the of saints, congregation of the prefect Becciu, Angelo of Cardinal presence the in door holy of the opening the with 16 2to (from August) Bibione of Pardon 5July), to the June 26 (from Pietralcina da Pio of Saint relics of the ostension Bibione: in events main other The Year of the 2015. Person Time Kinvi, Bernard at 9.00 p.m. to welcome the relics. relics. the welcome to p.m. 9.00 at celebrated be will Mass Holy Petralcina. da Pio of St. relics the host will 5July, to Bibione June 26 -From heart II's Paul John to dear very always was music and theatre Art, festival. international an with gospels, to chorales to organ the from range will this music: Lastly, canonisation. for cause II’s Paul of John postulator Oder, former Slawomir Monsignor Day with the music group Elikya. group music the with Day with director Marco Tarquinio; on on Tarquinio; Marco director with - Parco Comunale at Bibione Pineda – viale dei Ginepri – Tuesday and Thursday and –Tuesday Ginepri dei – viale Pineda Bibione at Comunale - Parco Wednesday and –Monday Sole del Lido at Chiesa - Parco Wednesday and –Monday Colonie delle viale area -park area Baths - Thermal Thursday and –Tuesday walk Terra via of -end Pini dei - Lido sites: Film of cartoons. world the from characters magical of some company the in hours wonderful two spend will who children, your for cinema open-air the with date traditional your miss Don't Cinema with stars the Open-air the under NIGHTS MAGICAL p.m. 9.00 at Thursday to Monday from evening every 31 to August, June 22 From BIBIONEFORCHILDREN MUSICAL FIREWORKS DISPLAY FIREWORKS MUSICAL 10 September FIREWORKS DISPLAY August 27 FIREWORKS DISPLAY 15 August FIREWORKS DISPLAY 19 July FIREWORKS DISPLAY 7 June BIBIONEFIREWORKS BEACH 1 July On Francescut. Alberto journalist by the led and champion swimming Paralympic world Fantin, Antonio with June 1st on sport with start will It viewpoints. numerous from analysed be will Pope Holy Polish of the figure The August. and July June, between climax its reach and April in commence will Future] the to looks [Bibione all’Avvenire” guarda of “Bibione edition 14th The Porcia. Vena from Andrea of Don guidance the under church parish by the organised birth, of his centenary the in II Paul John on focus will event of 2020 cultural summer The BIBIONEABEACH OFPRAYER DEDICATED TO JOHNPAUL II Tagle (prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples); on on of Peoples); Evangelisation the for Congregation of the Tagle (prefect lecturer at the Cattolica University in Milan. Milan. in University Cattolica the at lecturer day. following the procession Christi Corpus the lead will and Eucharist the and II Paul John about first-hand speak will Pope, the for ceremonies Monsignor Dario Viganò; Wednesday Osservatore Romano, Gianfranco Svidercoschi; lastly on on lastly Svidercoschi; Gianfranco Romano, Osservatore , John Paul II and culture, with Samek Lodovici Giacomo, on on Giacomo, Lodovici Samek with culture, and II Paul , John ostension of the relics of John Paul II from 16 July to 16 to August 16 July from II Paul John of relics the of ostension Wednesday - shore opposite Piazzale Zenith - 11.00 p.m. -11.00 Zenith Piazzale opposite -shore p.m. -11.00 Zenith Piazzale opposite -shore p.m. -11.00 Zenith Piazzale opposite -shore p.m. -10.30 Zenith Piazzale opposite -shore 23 , peace, together with the Luigi Padovese Award, with Cardinal Luis Antonio Goklm Goklm Antonio Luis Cardinal Award, with Padovese Luigi the with together , peace, 5 August

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June June will celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the Rome World Youth World Rome of the anniversary twentieth the celebrate will June John Paul II the Great: witness, the former vice-director of the paper paper of the vice-director former the witness, Great: the II Paul John will be the turn of John Paul II and the family, with Domenico Simeone, Simeone, Domenico family, with the and II Paul of John turn the be will 26 August 26 14 , service and dialogue: speaking will be Father Father be will speaking dialogue: and , service the media, with the festival of the paper Avvenire Avvenire paper of the festival the with media, the 10

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EN PALAZZO VESCOVILE WELCOMES «The family collection we began over 40 years ago has found a Until 28 June 2020 Palazzo Vescovile THE home in Portogruaro, via Seminario 19, Portogruaro a Venetian city, a city of spectacular CAVALLINI arcades and home to Opening hours: a major archeological from Tuesday to Friday SGARBI museum.» 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.; Vittorio Sgarbi Saturday and Sunday 10:00 a.m. -7:00 p.m. Monday CLOSED COLLECTION EN

Information and ticket office: Vincenza Crimi • tel. 0421.761161 • [email protected] • www.palazzovescovile.it

OVER 60 works from the transform them into a single-family “Cavallini Sgarbi Collection. concept. Because – in the words of Masterpieces that tell the story of a Vittorio Sgarbi - art collections are lifetime” are on display at Palazzo like a biography, a tale where every Vescovile until 20 June. painting, every sculpture, every work some absolute masterpieces. «A truly beautiful setting, reflects the soul of the person who «Collecting is something of a mystery, transformed momentarily into a created it and the person who a hunt without rules or milestones, an museum, where the elegant rooms purchased it.» endless pursuit of beauty and rarity. interact with the works on display. An emotional, four century-long Walking into the rooms of this This Palace takes on a new life with a journey which, from the second half exhibition - Vittorio Sgarbi explains - collection of works, which began when of the 15th to the 19th century, has is like walking into the rooms of our my mother and I joined forces to brought together paintings and home in Ro Ferrarese, where these sculptures. The exhibition emanates works always return, content to be that intimate atmosphere generated back and to continue their nonstop by art collections, the result of the dialogue with our parents.» impassioned search by Vittorio Sgarbi The exhibition has been organised by in tandem with his mother, Rina the East Venice Tourist District in Cavallini, who purchased the works at collaboration with the Cavallini Sgarbi numerous auctions in all corners of Foundation, the Elisabetta Sgarbi the world. The exhibition in Foundation and with the artistic Portogruaro pays tribute to the direction of Contemplazioni, collector genius, Vittorio Sgarbi who, and is sponsored by the Regional in little more than forty years, has Government of Veneto and the collected, studied and discovered Town of Portogruaro.

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WEEKLY MARKET Portogruaro is about 30 km from Town hall. historic town centre, every Bibione and the journey takes B. V. Thursday about 30 minutes under normal traffic conditions. ANTIQUE AND MODERN COLLECTABLES MARKET CAR PARKS historic town centre, second Saturday in the month To the southeast of the town centre: THE TOUR • Ospedale Vecchio, piazza San GUIDED TOURS Tommaso dei Battuti, 125 spaces, For information historic town centre www.veneziaorientaletours.it Alternatively: CONTINUES Booking Centre 0431 430092 • via Castion and via Camucina, about 90 metres from the

town centre; EN WITH THE • via Mercalli about 350 metres Mills. from the centre. To the north-west of the town DISCOVERY centre, in the bus station area (with a pleasant walk through the park): Wooden Renaissance • piazza Castello, via Stadio and via OF “LITTLE oratory. palace. Arma di Cavalleria. MAINLAND A short, two-hour walk to take a large monumental complex dating VENICE” in the main back to the 11th century. From 1704, it became the diocesan seminary, monuments of where some very famous people, PORTOGRUARO is an reflect a history closely linked to the time.Palaces and long arcades, where Portogruaro. such as Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749- elegant town, less than Serenissima Republic of Venice. they used to barter, do deals, buy and 1838), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's 30km from the beach of Bibione, In fact, in 1350, Portogruaro began to sell all types of goods coming directly librettist, once taught. Continue over where you can spend a pleasant day strike up its initial trade agreements from the river port, the town's true We suggest you take the following buildings for the spectacular effect of the crossroads along the arcades in walking beneath the arcades of old with Venice. However, it was only after wealth: the River Lemene flowing into short tour. Park your car and begin its arcaded loggia on the second floor. Via Cavour as far as the old town Venetian and Renaissance palaces, 1420 that it passed under the latter's the . your walk along Corso dei Martiri della If you continue along via Roma, you gate and Torre di Sant’Agnese: one of go shopping in the elegant stores in dominion to become a true The bed of this river used to be Libertà. Stop in central Piazza della will find the National Concordiese the oldest buildings in mediaeval the town centre or among the stalls of crossroads for goods, money and navigable and the boats - the Repubblica overlooked by Palazzo del Museum, which, since the end of the Portogruaro, which became the Civic a centuries-old market, stop for lunch culture. Years in which the rich traditional, Venetian, flat-bottomed Municipio (14th century town hall), with nineteenth century, has housed Museum in 1999. From Porta di along the banks of the river and Venetian merchants moved there “squeri” - departing from Caorle were its original Ghibelline “swallowtail” collections of some extraordinary Sant’Agnes, turn left into Via del admire the frescoes hidden in old with their families and built their able to reach the town centre to battlement. Then, walk as far as the archeological finds from the Rastrello until you get to Borgo San churches. To discover their beauty, homes in the same architectural style unload the goods and deliver them Loggia on the river bank, which excavations of the nearby former, Giovanni, where the first warehouse you'll have to walk with your nose in as Venice, but with just one to the Districts. houses the 17th century, wooden Roman colony of Concordia (13th century) for the salt trade used the air. This is the only way to admire difference: the houses did not Those very same districts are today oratory dedicated to the Madonna. Sagittaria. Further along on the same to stand in Portogruaro. the façades of the ancient palaces in overlook or have entrances directly on called Borgo San Nicolò and Borgo When you come to the marvellous side is the start of the typical, long This is a short tour, but it will allow you all their splendour: their different to the river. Instead, they looked on to San Gottardo to the north and Borgo bridge amongst the mills continue arcade supported by Doric columns, to admire the numerous artistic sights architectural styles, ranging from the roads to avoid the taxes collected Sant’Agnese and Borgo San Giovanni towards Villa Comunale (1543-1550), at the end of which stands the of this tiny-big “Mainland Venice” in Romanesque to Gothic and Venetian, by the Patriarchate of Venice at the to the south. which stands out among all the town entrance to the Collegio Marconi, just a few hours.

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work, which the artist was asked to VENICE identify in the early 70s by his collector friends, Jean and Dominique UNTIL 10 JANUARY 2021 de Menil. EXHIBITION HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON: UNTIL 13 DECEMBER 2020 LE GRAND JEU EXHIBITION Where: Palazzo Grassi UNTITLED, 2020 Address: Campo San Samuele 3231 Where: Punta della Dogana Official website: www.palazzograssi.it Address: Dorsoduro 2

Organised with the Bibliothèque Official website: www.palazzograssi.it EN Nationale de France in collaboration Created especially for the spaces with the Fondation Henri Cartier- of Punta della Dogana, the collective Bresson, this exhibition focuses the exhibition “Untitled, 2020” is divided dialogue between emotional, of which she purchased some critical eye of five curators on the into themed rooms, where the works sensorial, visual and tactile examples. 35 works of art are

ART EXHIBITIONS IN VENETO work of the French photographer, of over 60 artists from the Pinault connections via various media, from displayed in groups, which favour such an amazing pioneer of Collection and from international sculpture to videos, from painting to their original contexts or, alternatively, photojournalism as to be awarded museums and private collections are photography. which dialogue with some of the the nickname of “eye of the century”. on display, with quotes, inspirations masterpieces of the European It concentrates especially on the and references among the works, UNTIL 14 JUNE 2020 avant-garde in the Collection. "Master Collection", a selection of 385 dating from the twentieth century EXHIBITION The house-museum also has two photos, as the most significant of his until today. The display is based on a MIGRATING OBJECTS. ART monographic exhibitions on display dedicated to Lygia Clark - from 27 FROM AFRICA, OCEANIA June to 28 September, and to 2020 looks like being a year full of unmissable AND THE AMERICAS IN THE Edmondo Bacci – from 17 October opportunities for art lovers and exhibition PEGGY GUGGENHEIM to 11 January 2021. COLLECTION aficionados. Events not to be missed in Where: Palazzo Venier dei Leoni - UNTIL 12 JUNE 2020 towns of artistic interest you can easily Peggy Guggenheim Collection EXHIBITION Address: Dorsoduro 701 THE INVENTION OF reach from Bibione. Tickets: full price EUR 15, concessions (including over 65s) EUR 13, free entry HAPPINESS. A for children up to the age of 10 Retrospective Exhibition of Official website: www.guggenheim- the photographer Jacques venice.it Henri Lartigue Peggy Guggenheim is renowned Where: Casa dei tre Oci V. C. for her avant-garde collection of Address: Giudecca - Fondamenta European and American modern art. Zitelle 43 Migrating Objects draws attention to Opening hours: from 10.00 a.m. to a lesser known, yet significant episode 7.00 p.m. – closed on Tuesday in her migrations when, during the Official website: www.treoci.org 50s and 60s, she began to look at art 120 photos, 55 of which are from Africa, Oceania and the unpublished, all from the indigenous cultures of the Americas, photographic albums compiled

24 25 Chagall. About 70 paintings on canvas and paper, plus 2 extraordinary series of engravings and etchings published in the early years of his absence from Russia, reveal the influence of Russian folk culture on Chagall's work. Flying by the French photographer. It also donkeys, odd musicians and includes archive material, period emotional, boundless landscapes books and magazines to give the bear witness to an imaginary world, EN most inclusive retrospective exhibition where you can expect anything to ever organised in Italy for the French happen, taking inspiration from photographer, Jacques Henri Russia's visionary, cultural tradition, Lartigue (1894-1986): documents full of images and legends. that follow his entire career from his debut in the early twentieth century the exhibition “Visions from Hell”, an extraordinary opportunity to get to voyages along the Nile in the early to the 80s and reconstruct his where his 33 cantos are told and know and experience Egypt. From the nineteenth century, the exhibition is an discovery as a photographer. ROVIGO PADUA brought back to life by the illustrations very start of the exhibition tour, Egypt attempt to tell the story of a “mould- “Lartigue’s "part of the world”, writes UNTIL 28 JUNE 2020 of 3 great international artists: UNTIL 28 JUNE 2020 begins to take shape before our eyes: breaking” life, a courageous, audacious Denis Curti in the exhibition catalogue Gustave Doré’s nineteenth century we get the feeling of what it was like to life which, in other epochs, was a “is the rich, middle class world of Paris EXHIBITION EXHIBITION hell, Robert Rauschenberg’s twentieth penetrate underground passageways source of inspiration for George Lucas at the beginning of the century. Even DANTE'S OAK BELZONI’S EGYPT. century hell and Brigitte Brand's built thousands of years ago, to make to create the character of Indiana when Europe was torn apart by the Where: Palazzo Roncale modern infernal regions. A GIANT IN THE LAND our way in the dark, to camp down Jones for the film Raiders of the Lost horrors of the two world wars, Address: Piazza Vittorio Emanuele 25 OF THE PYRAMIDS inside tombs and struggle with sand in Ark. The exhibition spaces reconstruct Lartigue continued to maintain the Opening hours: from Monday to UNTIL 5 JULY 2020 Where: Centro Culturale Altinate San our eyes in suffocating temperatures, the surroundings to scale, using special purity of his photographic microcosm Friday from 9.00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m.: Gaetano so that Belzoni's Egypt becomes a effects and digital technologies. and catch on film only what he EXHIBITION Saturday, Sunday and public holidays Address: via Altinate 71 realistic adventure. Organised to On display are many ancient objects wanted to remember and preserve. from 9.00 a.m. to 8.00 p.m. MARC CHAGALL Opening hours: from Monday to commemorate the bicentenary of the from various Italian and foreign To halt time, and save the moment of Official website: www. MY RUSSIA WILL Thursday 9.00 a.m.-7.00 p.m.; Friday archaeologist, Giovanni Battista museums, some of which are on show its inevitable passage. Photography palazzoroverella.com LOVE ME TOO and Saturday 9.00 a.m.-12.00 a.m.; Belzoni's return to Padua after three to the public for the first time. for Lartigue was the means to This exhibition inaugurates the Place: Palazzo Roverella Sunday and public holidays 9.00 unearth life, to relive moments of initiatives to celebrate the 700 Address: via Giuseppe Laurenti 8/10 a.m.-8.00 p.m. happiness, again and again.” hundred year centenary of Dante Opening hours: from Monday to Tickets: full price EUR 16, concessions Alighieri’s death, commencing with an Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m.; EUR 14, free entry for children up to entirely Polesine-based story, that of Saturday, Sunday and public holidays the age of 5 the Oak tree, to which the poet linked from 9.00 a.m. to 8.00 p.m. Official website: www.legittodibelzoni.it his name. The story goes that when Official website: www. Designed to follow in the steps of Dante became lost in the labyrinth of palazzoroverella.com the explorer and experience the the Po Delta, he climbed a mighty oak The exhibition takes us on a emotions inside untouched tombs, tree in order to find his way out. That fascinating, surreal journey of dreams temples and in the darkness of the giant tree, known from then onwards and wonder in the original poetic pyramids, to understand the effort and as “Dante’s Oak”, survived until 2013. language of one of the most loved above all the enthusiasm of discovery. Once again, Palazzo Rocale will house artists of the 20th century, Marc The exhibition spaces offer the visitor

26 27 Cities brimming with history. A true cultural bed, where art is found not only in museums, but also in churches, historic palaces, religious buildings, theatres and piazzas. In addition to which there is a considerable culinary tradition, topped with World Heritage wines. Five cities of the arts in five Grand Tours, all Made in Veneto. EN

VENICE THE CALL OF CITIES OF THE SERENISSIMA

THE ARTS: IS there anything new to see? It’s your choice. Everything, in write about the most talked our opinion. Because the entire city is about city in the world? We'll have a a masterpiece, a globally unique HISTORY, go, beginning with its numbers: Venice masterpiece, which has gradually stands on 118 islands, interconnected evolved over centuries of history. by 416 bridges and divided into 177 From its churches to its bridges, from MONUMENTS large and small canals. Instead of its museum to its palaces, from the quarters, the city has 6 districts, Jewish ghetto to shops that reveal known as sestrieri: 3 on each side of creative, local crafts, from the islands AND GOOD the Grand Canal, spanned by 4 in the lagoon to the modern and bridges. The most famous is the Rialto contemporary art galleries, from its bridge, supported by 12,000 elm large or minuscule gardens - there piles, 6,000 on each side of the Canal. are about 500 of them - to places FOOD Venice is a record holder: Palazzo which are the symbol of different Ducale houses the largest canvas in religions. Just remember that Venice the world, Tintoretto’s “Il Paradiso”, is to be experienced on foot. Forget measuring 7 by 22 metres and your map and directions and focus on depicting approximately 500 discovering even the most secret characters. What should you go and treasures.

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THE city is enclosed within its sixteenth century walls and has no symbolic monument. However, it attracts visitors for its atmosphere, its coloured buildings, the elegant Palazzi, narrow alleyways and for the peaceful and beautifully with Fiumicelli’s extraordinary clear, slow flowing waters of its river, frescoes, including the churches of the River Sile. Treviso is the sound San Francesco and San Nicolò, the EN of a woman walking slowly past the Cathedral and the Baptistery, the sparkling city centre shop windows or Loggia dei Cavalieri and the many over the cobblestones worn down by enchanting glimpses given by the time and history. Yet it is also a place bridges that span the different canals to meet up and sit down in an inn to on the River Sile. Art lovers will also taste unique, timeless flavours. want to visit the Carrarresi House, You need to walk slowly without any which has recently become home to hurry, beneath the arcades, along the some prestigious exhibitions. The streets and the piazzas. Piazza dei province of Treviso is famous for its Signori is actually the city's elegant wine growing and wine production: PADUA salon, overlooked by Palazzo dei from Conegliano to Valdobbiadene in Trecento and Palazzo del Podestà search of hills embroidered with ONE OF ITALY'S with the Civic Tower. This is the ideal vineyards and nominated in the spot to start a tour of Monte di Pietà Unesco World Heritage List last year. OLDEST CITIES

PADUA is one of Italy's and the Cathedral Baptistery. Signori, Piazza delle Erbe and Piazza oldest cities. This is why it If you love science, Padua's ancient della Frutta, you'll discover the offers different itineraries, which university tradition offers a route architecture of the buildings along the reflect its many souls. You can choose through the historic university arcaded streets, such as Palazzo della the tour which will take you to places buildings, such as Palazzo del Bo, Ragione, the Torre dell'Orologio and of worship linked to St. Anthony of which holds the Teatro Anatomico the Loggia della Gran Guardia. Padua and to the main religious [Anatomical Theatre]. buildings in the city, such as the The tour includes the university Cathedral with its Romanesque museums, the Specola and the Baptistery, Santa Giustina, San Nicolò Botanic Garden, founded in 1545 by and Santa Sofia. Or you may prefer the Faculty of Medicine to grow the sacred art of the Cappella degli medicinal herbs, and now on the Scorvegni with its precious cycle of Unesco Heritage list. Last but not early 16th century frescoes, believed least, imagine Padua of the piazzas, to be one of the masterpieces of starting with Prato della Valle, a western art, the Chiesa degli marvellous piazza embraced by 78 Eremitani [Church of the Hermits] statues. Moving on to Piazza dei

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A stroll through the historic Palazzo della Ragione. The Cathedral town centre of Verona is a with its famous altar piece by Tiziano journey through the different most certainly deserves a visit, VICENZA historical epochs it has experienced: and a few steps away you’ll find the from the Roman settlement, to the Basilica di Sant’Anastasia and the era of the communes, to the period of Roman Theatre. Don’t miss a tour of PALLADIO'S CITY the Signoria degli Scaligeri up until its the Basilica di San Zeno, a truly domination by the Venetians and fascinating example of Romanesque Hapsburgs. The majestic Arena rises architecture, and Castelvecchio, the

in the central Piazza Bra. This Roman old 14th century manor, which EN RED roof tiles contrast with This is the ideal stage to act as a 1994, together with other Palladian amphitheatre has held the prestigious currently houses the Civic Museum. shining white palaces. backdrop to three other works of the works. At the gates of Vicenza, we summer opera season and many Every corner is decorated with architect: Palazzo Chiericati, today find one of his best known concerts for decades. magnificent architecture which the seat of the Civic Museum and Art architectural symbols, the splendid Nearby is Juliet's House where, every brings to mind just one name: Gallery, Palazzo Barbaran da Porto, Villa Almerico-Capra, known as year, the famous balcony welcomes Andrea Palladio. Here the great home to the Museo Palladiano and La Rotonda. Famous for its unusual thousands of visitors, fascinated by architect’s art left the most obvious Palazzo Valmarana. design of the central layout, it is Shakespeare's story of the two lovers. impact, in the shape of his The pinnacle of the artist’s harmoniously cradled within the Piazza delle Erbe is full of life and a unmistakeably elegant buildings. creativeness is the Teatro Olimpico, natural frame of the Berici Hills, which walk in the colourful town market is a Of them all, the Loggia del which was inaugurated with a also embrace the Basilica di Monte sheer delight. To take a leap into the Capitaniato and the Basilica performance of Sophocles’ Oedipus Berico, guardian of the canvas “Cena past to the time of greatest splendour Palladiana, where you can enjoy a the King. It is the oldest covered di San Gregorio Magno” by Paolo of the Signoria Scaligera, just go to breathtaking view from the top floor theatre in the world and was granted Veronese. Piazza dei Signori and admire the of the three squares below. Unesco World Heritage status in majestic palaces, the Loggia and

32 33 A date not to be missed. A unique chance to discover new technologies, to get to know the progress made by science, to meet illustrious exponents, such as the Swiss astronomer, Didier Queloz, 2019 Nobel prize for physics and the Scottish biochemist Iain Mattaj, director of the Human Technopole in Milan. The stage for this major

European gala will be the most iconic, EN sensational places in the city: museums, theatres, palaces, congress centres and exhibition spaces overlooking the sea, all called on to host the Science in the City Festival - from 27 June to 11 July - and the From 5 to 10 July 2020, the city will host Euroscience Open Forum - from 5 to 9 the EuroScience Open Forum, the major July - which will be open to a public of all ages with meetings, debates and European biennial event focused on the seminars on the latest topics in comparison and debate between science, research and development. technology, society and politics. First held in 2004, the Euroscience Open Forum aims to encourage technological innovation and IN 2020 stimulate discussions on the environmental, social and ethical impact of science in Europe. Trieste TRIESTE will see debates on climate change, energy sources, physics, precision medicine and social and gender BECOMES inequality in science. EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF SCIENCE

34 35 To discover the daytime and evening events, opening hours and places, just go to the website: www.scienceinthecity2020.eu

The programme includes over 150 events, ranging from exhibitions to shows, from workshops to literary cafes and theatre, with conferences, guided tours, workshops and concerts along the way. A review that will give visitors the chance to discover the excellent level of the network of academic and research hubs. A top level,

international scientific "hub" thanks to EN over 30 research centres in the area: the Institute of Oceanography and Geophysics, dating back to the time of Maria Teresa of Austria, the Elettra Sincrotone, an international research centre specialised in generating Salam, with the objective of synchrotron light, founded by the encouraging studies and research in Italian Nobel prize winner, Carlo physics, to name but a few. Rubbia, the international Centre for But that's not all. Join this science Genetics Engineering and festival and admire how ancient and Biotechnologies, an international modern live side by side, and discover organisation operating in the field of why the description of Trieste as molecular genetics and “Sissi with piercings” chosen by the DIARY: EXTRA DETAILS TO GET TO of Radio3 Scienza. This book tells the expeditions from Trieste by sea to biotechnologies, founded in 1987 as writer from Trieste, Mauro Covacich, TRIESTE SUPER PREPARED stories of how the major Italian and explore the forests of Brazil. part of a United Nations project, the is truly appropriate to describe this foreign scientists have passed through A long list of people, which could not International Centre of Theoretical fascinating, cosmopolitan city. In the 19th century, Trieste became a city or created an intellectual, life-long link forget Franco Basaglia, Franco Panizon, Physics, founded in 1964 by the capable of attracting first class scientists, with Trieste. Margherita Hack, Dennis Sciama, Pakistani Nobel prize winner, Abdus such as Humphry Davy, the British A detailed discussion of famous people, Rita Levi Montalcini, Pietro Valdoni, chemist, also mentioned by Mary such as Sigmund Freud, who spent an the leading light of Italian surgery, Shelley in her novel Frankenstein, who important part of his life in Trieste, Gaetano Kanizsa, one of the greatest completed his research on “animal Erwin Schrödinger, who came into Italian, experimental psychologists and electricity” there. Davy's story is just contact with Einstein's theories on the Mario Tosi, the father of Condensed one of 70 collected by journalists and Karst Plateau, Edoardo Weiss and Vanda Matter Physics in Italy. A book to read scientific communicators from Trieste, Shrenger, the couple who brought not just to understand the past, but also Davide Ludovisi and Federica Sgorbissa psychoanalysis to Italy, the brilliant to discover the most recent, scientific in their book “Trieste e la scienza. Triestine mathematicians, Bruno de and technological frontiers being Storie e Personaggi”, edited by MGS Finetti and Pierpaolo Luzzatto Fegiz, explored today in Trieste. Press in 2018, with a preface by Pietro and Massimiliano d’Asburgo, who Greco, scientific journalist and presenter organised one of the greatest naturalistic

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BIBIONE is the ideal place part of what is on offer, free of to spend a family holiday. charge, to entertain our young guests We're not the only ones to say so. on the beach in Veneto. The Italian Association of All-round entertainment, and not Paediatricians once again awarded forgetting the numerous sports us the Green Flag this year for our opportunities thanks to the swimming, blue flag beach, the surrounding sailing, windsurfing, SUP, tennis, nature, and the extremely long, kayaking, canoeing and horse riding regulatory cycleways, leading to the schools in Bibione. The Family card of discovery of a hinterland full of history the Family Product Club is promoted and traditions. But that's not all. by the Association of Hoteliers and Like the beach, the hotels also guarantees family fun. Get your card welcome children with top quality, at your hotel reception and show it at tailor-made entertainment, run by the entrance to the fun parks that professionals to provide exciting, have signed up to the scheme to get a fun-filled days. discount: for each paying adult, a I ’ M PLAYING, A FIRST PRIZE FUN FAIR! the market area) and features a large, Mini and Baby clubs, organised child between the ages of 3 to 11 goes When you will see the first evening free parking area and refreshment directly on the beach and in the free. Discover all the other benefits at I’M LEARNING lights, you won’t be able to resist to the points and stands. The entrance is free. hotels, provide approved, inclusive shops that have also signed up. AND I’ M call of the LUNA PARK ADRIATICO games on the shore, creative which has been maintaining the THE CALL BACK TO workshops, bike excursions, cartoons ENJOYING atmosphere which has enchanted whole NATURE generations with its sounds, glimmering shown in special corners of the resort, The PARCO ZOO PUNTA VERDE is an MYSELF! lights and the sweet smell of cotton games and bookshops in different enchanting green oasis hosting more candy up to now. The new attractions, languages, all of which is just a small than 1.000 animals belonging to more THEME PARKS rushing over the visitors’ heads, make than 150 different species in a specially children feel as Pinocchio in Pleasure FOR THE for their needs created habitat. Land: the Bibione Fun Fair is known as For more than thirty years this park has ENTIRE one of the most important fun fairs in been one of the most important places Italy thanks to its more than 65 merry-go FAMILY. to visit for tourists who do not want to rounds on a 12 thousand square meter lose the opportunity of visiting an area. The Luna Park (Fun Fair) in Bibione ecosystem where animals live in perfect is located in Via Orsa Maggiore (nearby

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JUNIOR PARK, A FAMILY PARCO CARIBE, THE NO. 1 ARIIS’S AQUARIUM. FUN FORMAT! WATER THEME PARK A TRIP OUT OF TOWN Dedicated to children of all ages, the IN ITALY THAT OFFERS A park offers various attractions such as An 80,000 square metre oasis of fun, the DiscoBoat, the Mixtreme path, the THOUSAND SURPRISES which combines relaxation, joy, extreme Ariis' Aquarium is a real gallery of fresh Jumping, the inflatable Polpetta, the sports and attractions for every age Adventure 5 D, a cinema with a high- waters and hosts the fish species of the group. It offers 8 themed areas, Friuli Venezia Giulia river ecosystem. A definition screen where films are including Shark Bay, the only swimming projected in 5 dimensions with images, modern structure that houses several pool in the world with artificial waves tanks that reproduce the course of a sounds and special effects. and sand, 26 water and non-water The Junior Park also offers a snack bar, river from the source to the mouth and attractions, including the slide and the the different fish species that live in it. fast food, sweet kiosk and free Wi-Fi tallest bungee jumping tower in Europe, connection. Admission to the park is Also worth a visit is the nature trail 7 exciting shows, animation activities outside the aquarium that, created free: the various games can be accessed among palm trees and thousands of with tokens that can be purchased at the within a bend of the river, houses large species of plants and flowers. pools partly covered by reeds, water

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individual lessons for all levels (starters, Bibione Pineda: on the stretch of beach For parents who are SCHOOLS beginners, intermediate, and advanced), opposite the Capalonga Campsite, the looking for quality AND with instructors from the Italian Wind Water World School organises Swimming Federation and experienced, windsurf and kitesurf courses. Tourists entertainment for COURSES qualified lifeguards. Lessons are held can also use the latest Hawaiian SUP their children with FOR SPORT directly on the beach at Terme 1 in via boards or hire catamarans, canoes and ideas and activities Ariete (Thermal baths area), by sailing boats. that will teach them AFICIONADOS appointment at Corso del Sole (Area of For info: call Alberto + 39 338 4451036 something new and Piazzale Zenith) and at Pineda B in via have fun at the same Passeggiata al Mare, in Bibione Pineda Bibione stretch of shore opposite Lido time, here are a few – from 5.00 to 7.00 p.m. dei Pini and via Lira: Windsurfschool For info: call Veronica Tornado organises windsurf and sailing suggestions to + 39 339 3723236 courses, SUP board, canoe and experience even [email protected] catamaran hire. outside our region. For Info: call Carlo + 39 328 4321284

SAILING: the Bibione sailing club www.windsurfschooltornado.it LEARNING EN (Circolo velico) is located in the wet dock in Porto Baseleghe. It not only HORSE RIDING: two equestrian NEW organises courses for young children centres where adults and children can THINGS BY and adults, it also proposes regattas hack out and take lessons. HAVING FUN! throughout the season. Papeete Prince – via Isola d’Istria – for For info: Orvieto + 39 340 5510815 picturesque hacks and a swim in the sea Marina + 39 348 4118490 – For info: call Giulia 345 462 1874 - CANOEING: the Tornado Surf Center www.circolovelicobibione.com and the Centro Ippico Valgrande just offers courses and trips organised on outside Bibione. weekdays on the stretch of shore WINDSURFING: there are 4 schools For info: call + 39 0431 43500 opposite Piazzale Zenith and Piazza along Bibione beach, which organise Fontana. courses for all ages and levels, including TENNIS: the amateur Sports Association For info: call Andrea + 39 347 2780500 taster courses. You can also hire canoes Tennis Club Bibione organises courses and Carlo + 39 328 4321284 and catamarans. and individual or group lessons with FIT VENICE qualified instructors from May to TREVISO KAYAKING: whether you want to try Lido del sole: Boscocanoro Windsurf September. The Talking Peggy Guggenheim your hand at this sport or improve your School. Not just windsurfing and SUP Address: via Capricorno, 2, Bibione. Museum technique, the specialised centre boards, but also canoe hire. For info and to enrol: call Jury Trees Park "Bibione Kayak" organises courses, For info: call Flaviano and Verena +39 334 9317773 KIDS DAY: free workshops are held at the museum every exciting excursions and guided tours to + 39 348 9018068 The Talking Trees Park is an extraordinary, multimedia space immersed in the green park of Villa Margherita, a naturalist, Sunday for children between 4 and 10 years old. The project discover the natural beauty of the area. It www.boscocanorowindsurf.com Tennis courts, individual courses, makes modern and contemporary art accessible and also offers the chance to hire single or lessons for adults and children with FIT historic and architectural building of great beauty in Treviso. The large park is open to the public and is divided into absorbing for its young visitors and gives them the double kayaks. Porto Baseleghe, via Lido dei Pini: open to all, beginners registered instructors, also at: different spaces: the old cedraia [orangery] is the heart of the opportunity to learn and experiment different artistic della Laguna, No. 12 at Bibione Pineda. and experts of all ages, the Windsurf - Beverly Hills Center Talking Trees Park, with a visitor information office to explain techniques and themes. They are taught to analyse a painting, For info: www.vivibione.com School also gives you the opportunity Lido dei Pini - Tel. + 39 0431 43268 the activities: a puppet theatre on the ground floor houses the study it and then reproduce it using brushes and paints. just to hire the equipment, as well as SUP - Kokeshy set of the TV series “Eppur si muove-Galileo”, which is now The workshops are run mainly in Italian. However, other SWIMMING: the swimming school courses. via Passeggiata dei Pini part of a scientific exhibit to discover the 4 elements; the languages are available depending on the nationality of the "Centro Nuoto Europa" has been For info: call Gigi + 39 328 3717763 Bibione Pineda outdoor exhibits “Dragons, Dinosaurs and Extinct Species” children taking part. Advance reservations are required. organising swimming courses in the sea Tel. Antonello + 39 344 2830784 and “Leonardo’s machines”. Please call 041 24.05.444/401 from 9.30 a.m. on the Friday and upon request, in the pool from June - Seven before the workshop. to September since 1995. It offers via della Laguna - Bibione Pineda Villa Margherita - viale Fellisent 56 - Treviso www.guggenheim-venice.it/education/kids-day.html courses for small children, older Tel. + 39 347 8876850 www.alcuni.it children and adults with group and

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• Permanently connected to the Wireless network Bibione Spiaggia WiFi is our free wireless network for all our guests. Browsing a few steps from the sea will be a pleasure you'll want to share on all your social media pages. • Sport Village A BEACH PACKED We focus on sport and those who love sports activities. We have set aside • Pluto‘s Beach several areas equipped for sports, such as beach tennis/volleyball and soccer, WITH AVANT-GARDE Your four-legged friends are our as well as bowls, keep-fit, wellbeing and much more. These areas are completely friends too. And to prove it, we have free of charge for you and your friends to go and play or make new friends. reserved a special beach just for FACILITIES them and for you. Sunshades with dog sunbeds, dog lead stakes, water bowls, special dog showers, agility

• A completely safe beach for you to enjoy courses, sand sanitised with vet- EN You'll find 29 lifeguard stations on the beach with designated lifeguards to approved detergents and a first aid NO ROOM assist bathers, all qualified in BLS (Basic Life Support) and BLSD (Basic Life service if your dog is unwell. Support Defibrillation). In addition to the six first aid stations, we also have a All your dog needs is to have a lead, FOR BORED medical motorbike service to get doctors swiftly in between the sunshades be micro-chipped and come with an on the beach. up-to-date vaccination book. Pluto's KIDS! beach is at the eastern end of the • Beach facility stations • A Dermatologist on the beach shore and is accessed from via A series of initiatives for people of all ages take centre stage every day on the 12 beach facility stations with One afternoon a week in July and August, a professional dermatologist will be Procione – Lido dei Pini. beach in Bibione: young and older children and adults can choose between disabled access, ticket office, available to give tourists free information on sun protection for children and For information and reservations, lots of fun-filled activities free of charge, run by qualified staff, morning, information office, cabins, showers, adults and to medicate any sun-rash or sunburn. call Franca: + 39 371 3931992. afternoon and evening. We lay out the red carpet for our young guests at our toilets and first aid stations with mini club (6/12 years) and baby club (3/5 years), with themed days, creative Defibrillator Unit and nursing staff workshops, sports weeks and much more. In the meantime, parents can keep for immediate assistance. fit by choosing between sports activities, such as Zumba, Pilates, spinning, step and Aqua-gym. For those of you looking for a challenge, there are beach • Baby-changing rooms volleyball, beach tennis and five-a-side soccer tournaments inside the Sport reserved for Mums Village. Bike rides offer a splendid, unusual opportunity to discover Bibione's There are 12 baby-changing rooms - natural beauty. comfortable spaces equipped with changing tables and hot water - THE BEACH IS A SMOKE FREE For detailed information on the entertainment activities, simply contact the reserved in the beach facility stations • For assistance just ZONE BECAUSE WE HAVE YOUR entertainment ticket offices or in Via Regolo, Piazzale Zenith, Via send an SMS HEALTH AT HEART! Info Points on the beach: Taigete, Via Firmamento, Via Leone, • Accessible beaches to Customer Service Via Ariete, opposite Bibione Thermal for the disabled We are the first seaside resort to "Breathe the Sea" is the initiative Info Point in Via Regolo, sectors Delfino- Regolo - Zenith Baths, Via delle Colonie c/o Un Posto Bibione beach is definitely all- offer a service giving every kind of banning smoking all along the Info Point in Viale Della Luna, sectors Maja and Auriga al sole, Piazzale Adriatico, Via Vivaldi inclusive. Disabled tourists have easy information and to ask for assistance beach in Bibione in order to protect Info Point in Via Orsa Minore, sectors Firmamento - Maja next to Piazzale Adriatico, Bosco access to the beach with special under your sunshade by simply everyone's health and the Info Point in Via Acquario, sectors Acquario and Sagittario Canoro with entrance from Via ramps or additional walkways, sending an SMS to the number: environment, by not leaving Info Point in Via Ariete, sectors Terme - Ariete Mascagni and Bibione Pineda with play areas without barriers, + 39 366 9236115. Give the name of cigarette stubs on the sand. Info Point in Piazzale Adriatico / Via Vivaldi, sectors Adriatico - Vivaldi entrance from Via Passeggiata. dedicated facilities, free reserved the beach sector, the letter of the There are 40 smoking areas Info Point in Passeggiata a Mare, sector Pineda. They offer a comfortable, practical parking, and JOB wheelchairs to go area and number of your sunshade to available along the shore. For further information, please visit our website: www.bibionespiaggia.com service, free of charge, where Mums in the water. Professional assistance request assistance and for one of our can change and freshen up their tots services are also on-site to help Customer Service staff to reach you in peace and quiet. you and your family. extremely quickly.

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For further information on times and treatments, please visit the website of the Thermal Bath Centre: WELL… the time has finally www.bibioneterme.it come. After sunbathing on the beach, after winning a game of beach volleyball, after your children have enjoyed themselves building sandcastles at the water's edge, every day is the right day to pamper even more unique. The natural yourself with some wellbeing at the benefits of balneotherapy, mud renowned thermal baths in Bibione. therapy and inhalation treatment, An oasis of health where you can not backed by a medical diagnosis service, MAKE only wipe out stress and tension, but together with physiotherapy and also use the thermal water to feel rehabilitation, Turkish baths, herbal

completely reborn. Helpful staff, top and salt baths, emotional showers, EN WAY FOR quality services, modern technologies the polarium, saunas, hydromassage and qualified professionals, all and salt room: all the possible combine to create a programme treatments offered by this essential WELLBEING packed with personalised health element to cleanse toxins, invigorate therapies and treatments to respond your body and relax your mind. to the needs of those looking to relax. Bibione Thermae offers you wellbeing FOR THE You'll be welcomed in a specialised, to experience all year round. expert centre, synonymous with Treatments at Bibione Thermae are wellness, where you can let yourself subsidised by the National Health be cradled by the waters in the indoor Service, and EU citizens also have the WHOLE and outdoor pools and cleanse your opportunity for medical expenses to body in the warm, healthy universe of be reimbursed according to the saunas and Turkish baths; a place to European Directive 24/2011. FAMILY indulge in Spa beauty treatments, massages, suntan and beauty services and Junior Spa specialities. Surrounded by attentive, professional staff, you'll discover new concepts of beauty and aesthetics. All the Specialities on the SPA Menu introduce new, innovative ideas into routine cosmetics, not just for your body, but also for your eyes, hands, feet and head. All this is thanks to the thermal water flowing from the spring in the town's hinterland, which is naturally heated underground up to a temperature of over 50°C, and has therapeutic properties acknowledged by the Ministry of Health. Water to restore a healthy body and special treatments for children, all make the thermal baths of Bibione Thermae

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treatment: the young patients are At the Baths monitored at the start and end of the therapy using eardrum techniques to with your check the effectiveness of the treatment. The department and medical staff are children available morning and afternoon to allow families to organise their day between the beach, entertainment and You don't need to give up the idea relaxation without having to stick to a of relaxing and enjoying yourselves. The strict timetable. Baths also care for children suffering from respiratory diseases and allergies. The paediatric department has areas

designed and furnished specially for the EN centre's young guests. It uses modern, sophisticated technologies and nose and throat and pneumology specialists who, after an initial appointment, will prescribe the most suitable therapy for your child. The treatments are SKIN DEEP: BEAUTY THAT Formulas packed with phyto-extracts Man Line. A special product line customised: in addition to aerosols and COMES FROM WATER. and functional active ingredients of plant devoted to men's skin. Highly inhalations, there are also nebulisations, origin. Exclusive fragrance with green concentrated, advanced, effective, which are particularly suitable for The range of Bibione Thermae notes giving a breath of the practical and functional formulas. younger children, as they don't have to thermal cosmetics gives you the Mediterranean.Tecnic Exclusive fragrance with notes of oak stay still and sit in front of an inhalator opportunity to take a piece of this moss and a hint of guaiac wood. and tolerate them better. Children over invigorating oasis away with you. Tecnica (Technical) Line. A line of the age of three can also receive A precious, authentic range of cosmetics: intensive products and treatments to Junior Line. A special product line regenerate, revitalise and tone. devoted to young and older children's Acqua (Water) Line. A line of intensive, Formulas using the latest generation of demanding skin. Safe formulas to ensure moisturising, remineralising and bio-technological active ingredients. delicate, sensitive, natural balance of oxygenating products and treatments. Exclusive fragrance with a hint of their skin. Exclusive fragrance with Formulas using thermal and marine- "metallic" notes. notes of Madagascar vanilla and a hint based active ingredients. of talcum powder Exclusive fragrance with fresh sea notes Sole (Sun) Line. A line of products to and a hint of salt. guarantee a healthy skin under the sun: to protect, tan and restore. Ideal Natura (Nature) Line. A line of formulas for different protection levels. intensive products and treatments to Exclusive fragrance with a hint of water nourish, restore, soothe and rebalance. and citrus notes.

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Marking the border with the sea, the VITALITY FOR EVERYONE shore is a natural stage where the passions for the waves, the wind and Beach volley, beach tennis and beach soccer lovers do not need to worry about the seabed come into play. From surf finding free courts. Nets and posts for a game are set up and available for free to sailing, from kayaking to canoeing at numerous points along the beach. A 6-lane bowls centre is set up in the and the sup, from kitesurfing to water stretch of beach in front of Via Regolo, in the Lido dei Pini area. Surf-casting is skiing and the parafly, without BEACH, SEA, dedicated to lovers of shore angling. forgetting scuba diving, around the rocky agglomerations called “tégnue”. NATURE

MAMMAFIT TO REGAIN YOUR FITNESS EN AND «THIS YEAR I want an active holiday» Today's ever- It is a training dedicated to new mothers who can carry out physical activities increasing trend appears to be with their children. Toning exercises, muscle lengthening and abdominal spending time dedicated to our recovery: all to be carried out with the help of prams and baby carriers. SPORT SAYS favourite sport or discovering new sports during the holidays. Slow down, forget your mobile phone and IT ALL! tablet, live outdoors and rediscover NATURAL ENERGY (lighthouse) or in the shadowed paths the joy of training far from city smog. of the Valgrande. These are all the ingredients you need If however you want to stay with your to transform your holiday into an feet on the ground, nothing better FITNESS GYMS ideal moment to regain energy. In than jogging, Nordic walking and OVERLOOKING Bibione you're spoilt for choice: barefooting on the beach of Bibione swimming, kayak excursions on the that, with its 8 km, can also satisfy THE SEA lagoon, beach or clay surface tennis, lovers of long distances. At least once, sailing, Nordic walking, horse rides, it would be worth to try the There are many hotels golf, water-skiing, diving, SUP, sport fascinating horseback riding tours in Bibione that offer gyms and fishing and much more. So you have along the bend of the Tagliamento equipped spaces, both indoor loads of opportunities to play your river, in the naturalistic area of ​​Faro and outdoor, to keep in shape. sport in contact with nature, immersed in unique scenery and landscapes or in qualified, well- CYCLE ROUTES FOR FAMILIES AND SPORT ENTHUSIASTS TENNIS: FROM GOLDEN equipped structures to fulfil your every need. Whether you stroll along SAND TO RED CLAY Bibione’s cycle paths are all up to date and safe, because: the beach, sail over the waves of the > They are separated from sea, pedal along the cycleways or There are many tennis courts where to motor traffic train in the hotel fitness gym, the play a simple game or take basic or > They allow transit with a trailer cart (children 0-4 years) important thing is to get moving. advanced lessons. In addition to the > They are equipped with regulated road crossings Municipal Tennis Centre, open from Thanks to the Bibione bike touring guides and maps with bike paths, you can May to September, there are several choose to ride with family or friends for a more or less intensive workout. facilities where you can enrol in basic Ask for information at your hotel reception desk. or advanced courses with instructors from the Italian Tennis Federation (FIT).

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experienced, qualified lifeguards run but also holds regattas throughout the GOLF Bibione Pineda and along the trail group and individual lessons for all season. the Lignano Golf Club is considered one created within the wood, Bosco della levels (starters, beginners, intermediate, Info: Orvieto + 39 340 5510815 of the top-rated courses on the Italian Lecceta. and advanced). Lessons are held Marina + 39 348 4118490 golfing scene for its natural beauty and For info on excursions: directly on the beach at Terme 1 in via [email protected] technical challenges. Margherita Del Piero: Ariete (Thermal baths area), by This 18-hole (par 72) green, surrounded + 39 328 6981349 appointment at Corso del Sole (Area of WINDSURFING: there are 4 schools by parkland, stretches over 7,000 metres www.margheritadlp.it Piazzale Zenith) and at Pineda B in via along Bibione beach, which organise and has a large practice facility with Passeggiata al Mare, in Bibione Pineda courses for all ages and levels, including nine covered bays. TENNIS – from 5.00 to 7.00 p.m. taster courses. You can also hire canoes Once you have finished your round the amateur Bibione Sports Association WATER Fior info: Veronica + 39 339 3723236 and catamarans. of golf, the Club House offers a Tennis Club organises courses and SPORTS [email protected] restaurant, bar, reading room and individual or group lessons with PTR Lido del sole: Boscocanoro Windsurf AND MUCH a panoramic terrace. qualified instructors from May to SPORT FISHING: the Sea Sporting School. Not just windsurfing and SUP The Golf Club lies a short drive away September. Address: via Capricorno, 2, CANOEING: the Tornado Surf Center Fishing Association in Porto Baseleghe boards, but also canoe hire. MORE... from Bibione, in Via della Bonifica, Bibione. offers courses and trips organised on organises sport fishing courses and For info: Flaviano and Verena No. 3 in Lignano Riviera. For info and to enrol: EN weekdays. Stretch of shore opposite competitions. + 39 348 9018068 For info: Juri Basilone +39 334 9317773 Piazzale Zenith and Piazza Fontana. For info: www.vivibibione.com www.boscocanorowindsurf.com Tel. + 39 0431 428025 Info: Carlo + 39 328 4321284 Tel. +39 0431 43686 CROSSFIT Tennis courts, individual courses, Lido dei Pini: open to all, beginners the Laguna Crossfit is the first official JOGGING lessons for adults and children also at: DIVING: the Sports Association PARASAILING/INFLATABLE and experts of all ages, the Windsurf box on the shores of Veneto 100 metres you can jog anywhere along the • Beverly Hill Sporting Center SFERASUB offers not only beginners and TRAILING/WATERSKIING/ School also gives you the opportunity from the beach. You'll find it in viale seashore or the splendid promenade via Capricorno est 2 - Lido dei Pini diver training courses, but also guided TAXI SERVICE: just to hire the equipment in addition to della Laguna 14. running alongside Bibione beach, with Tel. + 39 348.0319904 excursions to discover the marine you can book a basic or advanced SUP courses. For more info: asphalted stretches alternating with • Holidays Tennis Club environment off the coast of Bibione, course at the Water Sports Center, Info: Carlo + 39 328 4321284 www.lagunacrossfit.it paths winding through the dunes and via Vivaldi 8 - Lido del Sole where you'll be taught to respect and directly on the stretch of shore opposite Guido + 39 349 1682170 pine forest. Tel. Antonello + 39 347 2402024 safeguard our sea. via Sagittario between sectors Bibione Pineda: on the stretch of beach • Kokeshy Info: Mr Elios + 39 338 3587269 22 and 23. opposite the Capalonga Campsite, the HORSE RIDING WALKING via Passeggiata dei Pini 22 Info: Renato Blasigh + 39 335 5459897 Wind Water World school offers tourists There are two riding schools: on the two circular walks are the 9-kilometre Bibione Pineda KAYAKING: whether you want to take windsurfing boards, kayaks and SUP outskirts of the town, the Centro Ippico Bosco Canoro trail and the 18-kilometre Tel. Antonello + 39 344 2830784 your first steps in this sport or improve SURF CASTING: this is a type of beach boards. Valgrande offers lessons for children Lighthouse route, both of which start and • Seven your technique, the specialised centre fishing, where you use your rod to cast Info: Alberto + 39 338 4451036 and adults. end at the Silvia bar in via Maja 72, via della Laguna - Bibione Pineda "Bibione Kayak" organises courses, your bait and lead a considerable For info: This year's 43rd edition of the traditional Tel. + 39 347 8876850 exciting excursions and guided tours to distance from the water's edge. It takes Bibione Piazzale Zenith and stretch of Tel. + 39 0431 43500 footrace event, “A piedi per Bibione” discover the natural beauty of the area. It place mainly in the area of Pasotto di beach opposite via Pegaso: [On foot around Bibione], organised by also offers the chance to hire single or Lido dei Pini. The Martin Pescatore Windsurfschool Tornado organises FITNESS the local group of track walkers, will be double kayaks. The centre is in Porto Association organises not only windsurf courses, SUP board and canoe Fitness Bibione Capalonga (viale della held in the resort centre the first Baseleghe, via della Laguna, No. 12 at competitions and courses, even for hire. It organises pre-booked tours with Laguna 14) is a gym open to the public; weekend in May. To download the Bibione Pineda. beginners, but also fishing in the waters canoes and SUPs. in addition to the weight-lifting room, various permanent trails, go to. Info: www.vivibione.com of the interior. Info: Carlo + 39 328 4321284 you can also take part in numerous For info: Info: Vinicio Ormenese www.windsurfschooltornado.it activities: spinning, tai box, macumba, www.apiediperbibione.it SWIMMING: the swimming school + 39 346 2718030 body line, Pilates, aerobics. Hotel "Centro Nuoto Europa" has been customers are entitled to discounts. NORDIC WALKING organising swimming courses in the sea SAILING: the Bibione sailing club Calling all fitness fans. Don't miss your this sport is suitable for all ages and and, upon request, in the pool from June (Circolo velico) is located at the date with Bibione Beach Fitness, from 18 allows you to move up to 90% of your to September since 1995. It offers moorings in Porto Baseleghe. to 20 September 2020. muscles with the help of poles. courses for very young and older Recognised by the Italian Sailing For info: You can keep fit with Nordic walking children and adults. Instructors from the Federation, it not only organises courses Guido + 39 349 1682170 along the promenade from Piazzale Italian Swimming Federation and for young would-be sailors and adults, www.fitnessbibione.com Zenith towards the lighthouse or towards

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THE idea of “slow” travel to the area, it is also linked via 29 Bike Hotels, where tailor-made drink in and appreciate long cycleways winding along about 400 hospitality is guaranteed: hearty ALLA SCOPERTA distances and the slow passage of km as far as Cavallino-Treporti, breakfasts and sports menus, special time has encouraged more and more passing Caorle, Jesolo and facilities for your bikes, with tools and tourists to jump on a bike. The Portogruaro on the way. This is why instruments for small repairs, themed DELLA GRANDE pleasure of observing the landscape Bibione is fast becoming the ideal guidebooks giving cycleways and without any hurry, of stopping on the destination for all cycling aficionados, routes through the towns and the seashore to admire the sunset over where you'll thoroughly enjoy hinterland. VOCAZIONE the calm waters of the lagoon, of pedalling through the countryside If you haven't got a bike, don't worry: riding along Litoranea Veneta towards towns of artistic interest and just ask at your hotel reception to use waterway, that wonderful stretch of ancient villages. the bicycles they have available for CICLOTURISTICA water that continues to link Venice When you come to the end of your their customers. Or hire one at the and Trieste. It keeps you fit, raises ride and need to recharge your numerous shops throughout Bibione. your spirits and helps the batteries, there's nothing better than DI BIBIONE environment. Bibione not only offers enjoying the many biker-friendly you different itineraries to discover hotels belonging to the Club Bibione EN

GUIDES AND SUPPORTS – with maps, times and levels of REGARDING ROUTES AND TRACKS difficulty. Available free of charge at reception in your hotel. 1. Guida Cicloturistica V.O.D.C.E. – Venezia e lagune Bike – to discover the 3. Venezia Orientale in bicicletta: A biker’s passion for cycling 29 cycle tracks which connect the published by Ediciclo Editore srl; it is a never takes a break. lighthouse in Bibione with the one in very detailed guide showing all cycle Cavallino-Treporti, with routes of various tracks between Bibione and Caorle. In fact, a holiday is just what’s levels of difficulty and length. Available On sale in bookshops and from the needed to pursue it. 3, 2, 1... free of charge at reception Associazione Albergatori di Bibione. Also we’re off. Whether your bike in your hotel, or online from available in German. www.veneziaelagunebike.it is a traditional or a racing bike, 4. www.altoadriatico.is: it is a portal an e-bike or a mountain bike. 2. Bibione Guida Cicloturistica: where you can find information – always Just pedal. We’ve taken published by Consorzio Live Bibione; it up to date – on cycle tracks includes a detailed description of all and routes from Bibione to the Po care of everything else. cycle tracks – ideal for families, cycling delta area. enthusiasts, amateurs or professionals

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6 ITINERARIES GIRA TAGLIAMENTO LITORANEA VENETA TO DISCOVER [AROUND THE TAGLIAMENTO] [VENETO COASTLINE] AND THE “CASONI” OF PRATI NOVI THE 5 “AQUAE” “Gira Tagliamento” is the cycle route OF BIBIONE from the Lighthouse of Bibione to San Facing west from the Bibione bridge, a Michele al Tagliamento and on as far as cycle route runs along the waterway of the village of Alvisopoli. Here you are the Litoranea Veneta and the lagoon immersed in pure nature, amidst green habitat of Valgrande and Vallesina on fields and dirt tracks rising up to the one side; on the other side are the banks of the Tagliamento river. plantations and the rice fields of Terzo The vegetation is a blend of the Bacino, with its long history of rural CYCLING continental and the Mediterranean culture. The route goes through open TOURS climate, with alders, ferns, and white countryside, sprinkled with farmhouses, willows. Amidst the river duckweed where visitors can enjoy absolute peace FOR ALL and reeds, you can watch different throughout the year. It is suitable for 5

types of birds, such as the moorhen either non-professional riders or expert EN TASTES and the mallard. cyclists with mountain bikes. BRUSSA AND VALLEVECCHIA This path is suitable for experienced Be sure to avoid the central hours of the cyclists on mountain bikes. In summer, day in summer. In the locality of Prati Nuovi, along the however, you should avoid the central Towards Prati Novi, follow the dirt track Taglio canal that marks the boundary hours of the day. It is open all year and is to visit the typical “Casoni” - fishermen's between Bibione and Caorle, a cycle an excellent opportunity to discover the huts - and you will reach the bridge has been created that connects countryside surrounding Bibione. embankment that divides the mainland the lagoon of Bibione with the Brussa 1 from the lagoon. and the ValleVecchia. It is a real PASSEGGIATA ADRIATICO immersion in the peace of the [ADRIATIC WALK] Length: 36 Km countryside and in the wonders of spring sees the flowers burst into colour Duration: approximately 4 hours Length: 23 Km nature. ValleVecchia, also described by Whether you prefer to walk, run or cycle between March and May. You may catch Difficulty: average – suitable for Duration: 3 hours according to pace the American writer Ernest Hemingway along the sea front and on the beach, Length: 7 + 7 Km a glimpse of some of the local wildlife, mountain bikes Difficulty: low in the book “Across the river and into the breathing in sea air mixed with the scent Duration: approximately 1 hour such as birds, lizards and rare tortoises. trees”, is an island, whose sandy of Mediterranean flora, then the Difficulty: very easy, suitable for any The Lighthouse area is accessible either coastline still retains most of its natural “Passeggiata Adriatico” will suit you type of bike via an easy, shaded bike trail that integrity, thanks to the presence of one best. This cycle and pedestrian route crosses a rural area, or via a trail that of the largest coastal dune systems. runs along the beach from Piazzale stretches between the beach and the The naturalistic importance of Zenith, and now reaches as far as pine forest on the dune included in the ValleVecchia consists in the fact that it Bibione Pineda thanks to the addition of 2 Consorzio; starting from via Procione, features the widest stretch of non- a further two kilometres on the route you can cycle as far as the lighthouse, urbanised beach of the Nothern where the beach alternates with the lush THE LIGHTHOUSE admiring the sea and the distant horizon Adriatic; therefore it is one of the few Mediterranean greenery. AND THE MOUTH OF THE up to the eastern tip of the beach in places where it is still possible to Open all year and suitable for all ages, TAGLIAMENTO RIVER Bibione closed in by the mouth of observe the typical fauna of sandy the gentle ups and downs of the Tagliamento. coastal areas, in addition to many “Passeggiata Adriatico” provide A circular ride in the pine forest east of endemisms due to the particular excitement and fun. With easy access to Bibione unveils a natural green oasis; geographical position, which makes it a the beach, it is the simplest way to enjoy especially suitable for experienced Length: 12 Km kind of “Middle Earth” between east and the wonderful sight of the sea at dawn or cyclists with mountain bikes. The route Duration: approximately 1 hour, west. Suffice it to say that ornithologists sunset. With no cars in this area, it is runs through the fossil dunes, next to the according to pace have counted over 150 species of birds: truly child friendly; just be careful about sea and near the river banks, covered Difficulty: suitable for mountain bikes a sort of open air bird and botanical the pedestrians crossing to the beach with natural vegetation and winds on sandy and dirt tracks sanctuary, where it is easy to identify through the thick pine forest, where swans, herons and hawks, knights of

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For information on routes, opening PEDAL your way into the hours and extraordinary oasis of reservations: Valgrande, ride along the Veneto www.bikeezy.com seashore to discover the casoni fishing valley, with forests of black pines can start from Via Brenta and follow two (fishermen's huts) and the world of and holm oaks, beautiful flowers such as different routes to reach Follow your the lagoon, and cycle as far as the the bird’s-eye primrose and marsh Via delle Nazioni. River Tagliamento estuary. gentians, and rare animal species such You will cross wooden bridges and guide to Expert guides with a wealth of discover local products to tease your as the Hermann tortoise. Within the admire maritime pines, oaks, holm oaks, knowledge will accompany you and taste buds. Tourists staying at one of valley are the remains of an ancient primroses, wild asparagus, heather and discover tell you all about the extraordinary the Bike Product Club hotels will be Roman house, with fragments a typical pond. There are numerous territory, featuring sites of community given a special discount. The initiative of mosaic floor. The route, on dirt and species of orchids, such as the green- Bibione’s importance and special protected is sponsored by the Bibione Hotelier sandy tracks, is suitable for experienced winged orchid, the three-toothed orchid areas for bird watching. Association in collaboration with Italy and several species of ducks. cyclists on mountain bikes or trekking and the common Twayblade. This area is natural beauty All interspersed with pit stops to Associazione Bizeeky in Bibione. Along the route it is possible to taste bikes. Valgrande is private property and also important for the presence of a

local food and wine specialties in the visitors must enrol with a guided tour. unique plant, EN pleasant inns, taverns and trattorias For information contact: the Fairy Flax, with its feathery, silver- between the Brussa and ValleVecchia. ABA Travel - + 39 0431 430101 coloured stem, found only on sandy soils. and it takes about ten minutes to cycleways radiate out to explore an FROM ONE cross over to the Darsena Marina Uno unpolluted lagoon environment. 3. A trail for uncovering the fertile RIVERBANK jetty in Lignano Sabbiadoro. You can These facilities make Bibione the ideal Length: round trip about 50 Km Length: 18 Km countryside of Bibione also take the boat to Brussa, the ideal place to begin your bike ride along the Difficulty: mountain bikes and some Duration: approximately 4 hours Almost ten farms are in this area, known TO ANOTHER. starting point for a tour of network of cycleways and paths, training are recommended Difficulty: medium due to the dirt and as the “area of the Istrian people”. FROM BIBIONE Vallevecchia by bike: board from the which enable you to reach Venice, on Duration: about one day sandy tracks, suitable for mountain You can find greenhouses, and fields of pier at the PortoBaseleghe jetty in the one hand, and the Alpe Adria bikes or trekking bikes fruit and vegetables, which are also on TO LIGNANO Bibione Pineda and disembark at the cycleway on the other, which connects sale at the “Cooperativa Agricola di new pier near the Environmental Grado to Salzburg in Austria. Bibione”, just outside the town. SABBIADORO AND Museum, from where the different 6 Length: 7 km FROM BIBIONE TO Duration: approximately 1 h VALGRANDE 3 CITY ROUTES Difficulty: low, dirt and VALLEVECCHIA THE V.O.D.C.E. - VENEZIA the scent of the sea breeze, a sunset paved roads ORIENTALE DESTINAZIONE tingeing the lagoon waters, the old An unforgettable journey for 1. A town or inland CICLOTURISTICA bread road where thousand-year-old mills testify to ancient traditions, discovering the lagoon of Bibione, in a Cycle route: it runs along a town cycle D’ECCELLENZA [EASTERN natural environment, far from mass lane, in a ring from east to west, covering historic-artistic remains document the VENICE CYCLE-TOURISM splendour of the Serenissima Republic tourism. As its name implies, it is a large the whole town. THE boat crossing over the of Venice, to help you forget stress and Length: 13 Km River Tagliamento is called DESTINATION PAR discover a genuine contact with nature. Difficulty: easy, suitable for any bike X River. It links the tourist resorts of EXCELLENCE] All this astride your bike to choose the Bibione and Lignano Sabbiadoro and PRODUCT CLUB routes that will reveal the coast or the 2. Discovering a wood in the carries a special cycle rack on board. hinterland with over 400 km of heart of Bibione. The Bosco The boat runs every day from 9.00 29 routes, 400 km of cycleways to cycleways connecting the Bibione della Lecceta offers a.m. to 1.00 p.m. and from 3.00 to reveal genuine panoramas and lighthouse with the lighthouse in A fascinating route across an 6.00 p.m. until the end of September, scenery. Let's start from Bibione Cavallino-Treporti and passing Caorle, uncontaminated forest you can enjoy unless the weather is bad. In Bibione, lighthouse and go as far as the Jesolo and Portogruaro on the way. both on foot or by bicycle. you can easily cycle to the Cavallino-Treporti lighthouse. 29 new cycleways for you to discover The dirt tracks are very easy, suitable magnificent lighthouse and board with the help of maps collected in a for any bike, for experienced cyclists from the pier, roughly one hundred Immagine the silence and lush guidebook, also published in English and for families. It covers a surprising, metres away. The Tagliamento is a vegetation of the vineyards, the and German, which you can find at natural corner on the Venetian coast. You unique example of an Italian, alpine fragrance of the vegetable gardens in a reception in the hotels belonging to the river with a thousand biodiversities countryside embroidered with orchards, V.O.D.C.E. Product Club.

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Built in 1661, it is a typical villa of the stop there you can still hear the small the year 2000 and, thanks to the Veneto region, surrounded by an waterfall which powered its blades construction of a wooden walkway 11-hectare park and crossed by the and look at the swans who swim, over the river, you can once again see river Lemene which, in the past, unperturbed, across this small the blades and the old gears, as well powered an ancient milling complex. corner of paradise. as visit them inside – only during the The park can be visited on foot, every After having rested in the shady park summer – where there is machinery day - except Sundays - from 10 am to of Boldara, you start again towards dating to the 1920s. Finally, you take 12 pm and from 2 pm to 6 pm. the Mulini di Stalis (Stalis Mills), which the cycle path along the dirt road On your bicycle again, follow the were used for centuries by monks in towards Cordovado, where you can directions of the GiraLemene cycle the nearby abbey of Sesto to process visit the literary park of the ON YOUR route, with fields of corn along grains and hammer linen fibres. Venchiaredo fountain, a site secondary roads leading to the Already mentioned in several celebrated by Ippolito Nievo in his Parco di Boldara: this area is a natural documents dating to the fifteenth novel “Confessions of an Italian”. reserve characterised by a maze of century, these mills were renovated in

BIKE EN footpaths, woods, small lakes and meadows. Its 140 hectares of T O greenery include Boldara mill, dating to the early twentieth century, where grains were milled, fabrics hammered, and there was also a sawmill. DISCOVER EXPLORE THE LITORANEA discover mutually beneficial It remained in operation until the 1970s, cannot be visited, but if you VENETA WATERWAY. landscapes, brightly coloured sheets of A RIDE FOR EVERYONE. water, stories and traditions, such as the NEW STORIES paddy fields where they continue to For more information The Litoranea Veneta waterway is a 150 cultivate Carnaroli rice, that precious www.veneziaelagunebike.it km network of waterways linking Venice white grain used to create delicious fish YOU leave Bibione and cycle the western plains of Friuli, and - and Trieste. A long route that winds its risotto, or the casoni fishermen's huts, From Bibione to along the banks of the river after flowing through several towns way between canals, rivers and lagoons, the only sign of human presence on the Portogruaro, cycling Tagliamento to the hamlet of San including Gruaro, Portovecchio, along the coastline of the upper Adriatic lagoon. We recommend you follow the along the ancient Filippo. From there, on a provincial Portogruaro, Concordia Sagittaria where, in ancient times, goods travelled cycleways to discover a route where road, you reach the village of and the Caorle lagoon, flows into by boat to ports in the nearby towns of each place reveals a different chapter in bread route, with Lugugnana. At the roundabout, in the Adriatic Sea. Caorle, Portogruaro, Marano, as far as a multifaceted story. A marvellous story ancient mills steeped follow directions to Portogruaro on a A slow flowing of vital waters, with Trieste under the Hapsburg Monarchy. of rivers and lagoons, of nature and tiny in the countryside secondary road which, after real mills, associated with ancient The lagoon always stands out as the fishing villages to explore on your bike. approximately 10 km of countryside, traditions related to a farming activity setting for the Grand Ladies of the Exhilarating, unique experiences that quiet which inspired will lead you to Portogruaro. which has characterised this part of lagoon, such as Murano, Burano, will change your mood. The V.O.D.C.E. poets and writers. It is exactly from its old town that the the region for centuries. Torcello, Sant’Erasmo, Sant’Elena, Lido Product Club guidebook is there to help fascinating route, also known as The Mulini di Sant’Andrea di Venezia, Grado and many other you create your own personal ride. “La via del pane” [“The Bread Route”] (Sant’Andrea Mills), dating to the 12rh islands. The cycleways will lead you to begins, leading to the discovery of century and currently hosting the ancient mills, revealing the close Galleria Comunale d’Arte connection between the area around Contemporanea, are probably the Portogruaro and the water streams most charming part of the town; there. This union with water is due to following the village cycle trach the river Lemene and its tributaries, through the borough of San Nicolò called Reghena and Loncon. and continuing towards Portovecchio, Almost totally fed by resurgent you reach the small village which waters, the river Lemene originates in includes Villa Bombarda.

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Don’t leave Bibione without seeing Valgrande, which can be visited only by booking a guided tour. For more information on guided excursions: ABA VIAGGI Corso del Sole 2 IT’S EASY +39 0431 430101 TO CALL IT

NATURE... Surrounded by 5 waters, Bibione is a real “treasure island” from the naturalistic point

of view, to be explored with slow and EN environmentally friendly means of transport: on foot, by bike, on horseback, by canoe or by boat, in harmony with the modern philosophy of a slow, intelligent and eco-sustainable tourism.

BIBIONE is synonymous with can admire rare species of orchids ancient holm oaks and the ruins of a wonderful natural heritage, which grow wild in the Tagliamento Roman patrician villa where you can to be experienced through the River Natural Park (an EU site of still see fragments of the mosaic floor. numerous cycling and walking paths interest) which is also home to the An incredible oasis, where you can which take visitors on a voyage to Bibione Lighthouse, an ancient admire flocks of pink flamingos during discover breath-taking guardian of the sea which never migration periods. This world unto Mediterranean vegetation, ceases to amaze thanks to its recent itself is also used for organic fish characteristic Alpine flora, and the restoration. In addition, Bibione is also farming, thereby protecting the fauna typical of a lagoon and river synonymous with two distinct lagoon natural habitat and following the mouth. The different habitats environments which create an entirely natural rhythm of the seasons, enclosed in this extraordinary patch natural setting. leaving the fish to feed only on what is of land are places which attract a The ValGrande and the Vallesina in the canals. Pristine nature stands variety of animal species. Pine lagoons together cover 475 hectares, alongside green parks, footpaths in forests, river waters, countryside, 320 of which are water. The the centre and gardens tended marshes, sea ponds and sand dunes Valgrande wetland is the bigger of according to organic cultivation are home to amphibians, reptiles, the two: nearly 360 hectares of pure methods. Holidays in Bibione are also mammals and birds of many different splendour and awe for the eyes. synonymous with the Venetian kinds which come here to nest, making Protected by a large fossil dune Lagoon, including its islands of it a true paradise for birdwatching created by the wind and sea, unrivalled beauty, captivating enthusiasts. Bibione is also a great characterised by a maze of canals landscapes and thrilling scenes just open-air greenhouse, where visitors and rushes, it includes a forest of one hour away by car or train.

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habitat while remaining on the mainland: A BIRD- the Mediterranean Garden. It is an WATCHER’S oasis of colours and scents on the PARADISE TO LEARN MORE seaside, where you can admire coloured flowerbeds, orchids and fauna, such as the STORIES OF AN gentians sprouting between holm oaks, Hermann tortoise. black pines and a thick undergrowth. It is also an area where ENVIRONMENT THAT Lovers of birdwatching can meet and numerous species of photograph turtledoves, blackcaps, migratory birds rest and breed – HAS ALWAYS BEEN nightingales and, already from twelfth in the list of Italian wetlands September, flocks ofmigratory birds for the number of aquatic birds LOVED AND PROTECTED. traveling South. A treasure that you can recorded in winter - which is why it is comfortably discover on your own, considered essential for our national BIBIONE IS WORKING ON THE BIBIONE OFFERS SITES OF helped by boards along the way, ecosystem. brochures and digital publications. FRONT LINE TO PROTECT THE COMMUNITY INTEREST AND NATURE’ S EN ENVIRONMENT. SPECIAL PROTECTION AREAS And it has been doing so for over 18 Bibione also includes a place that is IN BIBIONE THE SAND IS DOC MAGIC A visit to the fish years with territorial policies to protect really out of the ordinary, where sea, The sand of Bibione is at 100% local farming areas will its extraordinary natural heritage. river, forest, dunes, beach and sky form and natural, because it is still produced TOUCH WITH enable you to admire In 2002, everyone in Bibione became a harmonious, unpredictable and by the river Tagliamento and therefore THE “CASONI” the casoni, old huts responsible for helping the town to be unexpected whole. completely in harmony with the MAN’S HELP (FISHERMEN'S used by the fishermen the first tourist resort in Europe to It is the green area that surrounds environment and its biodiversity. HUTS), when achieve the EMAS Environmental the Lighthouse, the eastern edge Being devoid of artificial additions from ROMANTIC their work took them Certification. What does it mean to of the beach bordering the mouth other areas, it is defined a“DOC Sand” GETAWAYS away from home for spend your holiday in a certified of the Tagliamento River. and as such, to be protected and days on end. seaside resort from an environmental An area that for the importance of its respected like water, air and other The construction viewpoint? It means better seawater environmental features is protected as a precious vital elements that make Valgrande is scientifically The Lagoon: that natural space lying techniques remained the quality thanks to careful management of site of community interest and SPA, up the ecosystem of the resort. described as a fish farming area: between land, water and the sky. same over the centuries. They were the water purification plant, special care special protection area as well as a river A soft sand that creates a wide, almost it is actually a world apart, inhabited That space you can already glimpse built with a rectangular floor plan, a for guests' health, a smoke-free beach mouth area. It can be discovered on foot infinite beach, to be experienced in by thousands of bird species, hundred- to your right as it gradually appears pyramid-shaped roof and central without cigarette stubs left on the soft or by bicycle through paths that wind up well-equipped beach stations - with year old, autochthonous holm oaks and in all its glory from behind dense fireplace, using wooden piles, reeds, sand, better beach facilities, efficient, to the border with the beach or inside state-of-the-art amenities also for our Austrian pines, where you can admire shrubs on the way in to Bibione. straw and wicker. The casoni continue waste collection and recycling, even on shady woods. With a little attention, four-legged friends - as well as in the the remains of a Roman villa. to dot the tiny islands in the lagoon. the seashore, and the construction of it is easy to see flocks of birds and free zones, where a wilder nature allows You have to take a guided tour, but Camouflaged between the reed beds, new safe cycleways to enable you to rare tortoises. you to create a corner of peace and once through the gate, you'll find Valgrande stretches over 360 they appear to be almost silent discover the natural beauty of the town tranquillity for yourself between the yourself in an extraordinary world: hectares and has been private guardians of an impressive, unique and its hinterland. Above all, it means BIBIONE HAS ITS OWN dunes and green bushes typical of the the view opens up before you and the property for centuries. It is also home environment. we can guarantee a high quality MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN Mediterranean scrubland. space widens out to to flora of important botanical For information standard of life not only for those Along the beach of Bibione, where the reveal the lagoon in interest, such as the Primula Farinosa on guided tours, please contact: of you who choose Bibione for your water of the Adriatic Sea blends with all its majestic (Bird's eye primrose) and the Marsh Aba Viaggi – Corso del Sole, 2 holidays, but also for those who live here that of the Canal of the Lovi and the beauty. Gentian, as well as rare species of Tel. 0431 430101 all year round. lagoons, towards Porto Baseleghe, you can immerse yourself into an unspoiled VALGRANDE: A WORLD APART

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WHY YOU CAN JUDGE A GOOD all well-stocked with local products and HOLIDAY BY THE FOOD. well-known labels of regional and If you're a foodie, you'll find a wide range national wines, and enjoy a warm of local food in Bibione, which also welcome from your hosts. makes it the ideal place for gourmets. You'll be really surprised at how well Bibione's cuisine is always able to count you can eat at a reasonable price along on fresh, top quality, natural products, the beach in Veneto. Lastly, if you're thanks to its favourable geographical looking for breakfast, a quick snack, position and mild climate, and it is an aperitif with live music in the surprisingly innovative in adapting background, a little after-dinner and.... traditional recipes from the Veneto even a late-night something, you'll never region. Book a table at any of the be at a loss to find everything you need sophisticated restaurants or numerous for a date in Bibione, whether it’s a bar,

family-run trattorias and pizzerias, a night club or a disco. EN

BREAKFAST, FOOD & DRINK A DATE IN TOWN AFTER a day on the beach, shops selling glasses, shoes, toys and of the many perfumeries, or a glass FOR AN an invigorating massage at articles for your hobbies. decoration to take home for your the thermal baths or a game of The bookshops and newsagents all bookshelf or lounge coffee table, tennis, you're ready to take a stroll stock the latest book or something you'll be spoilt for choice. We won't APERITIF AND through the traffic-free town centre. about Bibione to help you get to know list them all - just take a look around Bibione's shops will be there to the place better. Clothes shops are a while you sip your aperitif or eat welcome you and turn your evening big attraction: find that perfect look an ice-cream. stroll into an exciting experience! for any time of day or night. Whether A SHOPPING The offer is enormous: jewellers it's a perfume, an after-sun cream SPREE where you can find renowned brands, or the handbag of the moment in one

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1. Concordia Sagittaria. EN Two steps into antiquity.

Only 2 km from Portogruaro lies Concordia Sagittaria, the ancient Roman colony of Iulia Concordia Sagittaria, dating back to the 1st century BC. Itineraries in search The excavations dug in the second half of the nineteenth century revealed the of places to absorb essential lines of the layout of the ancient city to show the location of the Forum, the history, theatre, stretches of the town walls and a few parts of the arms factory. In 1873, the necropolis for the troups stationed in Concordia towards the art, traditions end of the Empire also came to light to the left of the River Lemene. and excellent wines. The most important relics are held in the museum in Portogruaro. Not to be missed: the 10th century Romanesque Cathedral, which rises in the town centre, the late 11th century, Byzantine style Baptistery with a ground plan in the form of a Greek cross, the Renaissance style Town Hall dating back to 1523 on the banks of the River Lemene and the Venetian style Palazzo Vescovile, now used as a vicarage, next to which stands a small building with ancient archeological 10 PLACES finds set in its walls. TO SEE IN A DAY

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2. 4. The Abbey of Sesto al Reghena: Gruaro, magic for the eyes the town of the and for the spirit. miracle of the Precisely six miles from Concordia Sagittaria on the road that links it to Lison Austria, we come to Sesto al Reghena, an ancient village, where a Benedictine altar cloth. monastery was founded in the second half of the 8th century AD, embraced by calm rivers and green woods. Following the devastation at the hands of the The charming, brightly coloured Hungarians, work began to rebuild the Benedictine Abbey of Santa Maria in landscape of Gruaro is criss-crossed by Sylvis as a mediaeval castle, complete with a defence system of towers and an infinite mesh of water, trees and moats to increase its religious and civil importance. Walk across the bridge and country lanes embracing churches, past the only remaining, robust watchtower of the seven that defended the capitals and mills, all linked by ancient EN walls to where the square not only extends its arms to the Abbey, but also holds paths, such as the Romea Strata, but the bell tower, the ancient abbey chancellery and the abbots' residence, today also by modern roads, such as the the town hall. After your tour, follow the Reghena canal as far as the Prati Giralemene and the Doc Wine Road. Burovich connected by a bridge spanning the River Lemene to the old mill, Our tour crosses the entire municipality Mulino di Stalis. Continue towards Cordovado until you reach the seat of in the footsteps of the ancient road of literature par excellence in Friuli: the Fontana di Venchiaredo, which inspired the Romei pilgrims. We begin from the Ippolito Nievo and Pier Paolo Pasolini. church of San Giusto, a sacred building raised on top of the remains of a very old parish church dating back to at least 1186. Then, in 1294, it witnessed the "miracle of the altar cloth": the story 3. 5. goes that a fragment of host made the sacred linen altar cloth bleed in the On to Cordovado to discover the The wine road for a sip hands of the washerwoman in the water of the nearby irrigation ditch places that inspired Ippolito Nievo. of tradition and history. Versiola. Today, the cloth is kept in the Cathedral of the Santissimo Listed as one of the "Most beautiful villages of Italy", Cordovado is an The Lison-Pramaggiore D.O.C. Wine Road features ancient history with a Sacramento in Valvasone. From ancient mediaeval village. The places chosen by Ippolito Nievo for the setting of never-ending labyrinth of vineyards and splendid landscapes, witnesses of a Gruaro, we move on to the nearby the love stories of Leopardo and Doretta, Lucilio and Clara or the more fictional spirituality, which you can breathe in rich abbeys and intimate little churches. hamlet of Bagnara to see the frescoed stories of Spaccafumo and Bruto Provedoni include the magnificently Taking centre stage in the hinterland clutched between the Rivers Livenza and walls with cycles by the late 15th preserved castle, built on the ancient remains of a Roman castrum to guard Lemene and the lagoon of Bibione and Caorle is the wine, the variety and quality century, Veneto-Friuli school of the via Augusta, the old Cathedral, the Prati della Madonna, the area of the old of which are guaranteed by the consortium Consorzio Vini Venezia. Since 1986, painters in the church of San parish church of Sant'Andrea and the seventeenth century Sanctuary of the Association “Strada dei Vini D.O.C. Lison Pramaggiore” promotes fascinating Tommaso, one of the most beautiful, Madonna della Grazie, the convent of the Dominican fathers, the Fontana di oenological and cultural tours amidst villages, vineyards, wine cellars and fifteenth century churches in the entire Venchiaredo, and the Mulini di Stalis. It is no mere chance that Cordovado hosts uncontaminated landscapes. Starting from the nearby Concordia Sagittaria, we diocese. From Gruaro in the direction of the "Literary Park" devoted to the writer, author of the Confessions of an Italian, come to Summaga and its Benedictine Abbey, Cordovado, Sesto al Reghena Bagnarola, we come to the mills, the a fundamental work of the Italian Risorgimento, marking the passage from and then on to the “triangle” of Belfiore, Loncon and Pradipozzo, the beating Mulini di Stalis dating back at least as the historical novel to the social novel. You can still admire the exterior of the heart of the Wine Road. Each leg of the journey will allow you to visit some far as 1432. For food and wine castle with its moat, brick access bridges, two characteristic towers and the prestigious cellars, where you can taste excellent wines awarded the label of aficionados, we recommend the town walls, which continue to enclose splendid, historic homes dating back Protected Designated Area of Origin Guaranteed: awards that place it among traditional festival of "Sagra della to the 13th and 14th century. The village hosts the small, recently restored, the best Italian wines. Alternative routes can be found on the website: rassa", which is held in Gruaro at the mediaeval church with a fresco attributed to the school of Giotto. www.marcadoc.com/strada-del-vino-doc-lison-pramaggiore end of August, beginning of September.

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6. 8. Palmanova, the invisible city Villa Manin, the final residence on the horizon. The fascination of the Doge of Venice.

and history of a Unesco site. Defined by Carlo Goldoni as "a palace fit for a king", the Villa takes its name from the Florentine family of bankers Manini, who moved to Friuli in 1300 A ground plan in the form of a nine-point star, three rings of walls, three following the struggles between the Guelfs and Ghibellines. With its large stone gates, three roads leading to an immense, six-sided square, characteristic horseshoe shape, Villa Manin has a three-storey, central nucleus, eighteen roads radiating outwards, of which six are main roads. This series of once the home of lords, from which two barchesse [wings] open out with airy number "3"s and their multipliers should suffice to describe Palmanova's arcades on to a lawn, bordered by two fish ponds: beyond them, two additional perfect town planning, built under the dominion of the Republic of Venice to arcades form an exedra, which frames a vast garden, where every 2nd Sunday protect the territories from Austria and the Ottoman incursions. In July 2017, in the month, the antiquities market of the Doge is held Not to be missed is the the fortress city, originally named "Palma" after the symbol of victory, became noble Chapel of Sant'Andrea, the façade of which recalls the typical, the 53rd World Heritage site in Italy. All the main buildings overlook Piazza unmistakeable, Palladian style of the Villas in Veneto. Adjoining the house is a Grande: the Cathedral, Palazzo del Provveditore Generale, the Loggia della splendid, 18-hectare park inspired by the design of the gardens of Versailles, EN Grande Guardia which hosted the military troups, the Loggia dei Mercanti which is home to over a hundred plant species. As you stroll along the peaceful where the monument to the Fallen now stands, and Palazzo del Governatore paths, you can admire examples of White Californian Cedar, the Weeping Pine alle Armi currently home to some of the rooms of the Historic Military Museum of the Himalayas , the Evergreen Sequoia and the Caucasian Pine. at Monte di Pietà. Not far from the square, in Borgo Udine, Palazzo Trevisan A stone's throw from Villa Manin in the tiny hamlet of San Martino di Codroipo, houses the Civic Historic Museum, which preserves documents, maps, arms, we find the Carriage Museum, where you can see a host of 44 carriages from coins and relics. Beneath Palmanova run kilometres of underground passages the 19th and 20th centuries, various travel accessories and tacks for the different from the Venetian and Napoleonic epoch. During the weekend, some stretches types of harnesses. The building also houses a small museum of period toys: are open the public. Contact 0432 924815 to book a guided tour. a wealth of 350 examples from a Venetian collection. For information, go to: www.comune.codroipo.ud.it / www.provincia.udine.it/musei 7. Village of Strassoldo and its Castles The Borough of Strassoldo and its Castles.

Strassoldo is a rare example of an ancient, beautifully preserved, medieval village, for centuries the seat of the feudal family of the same name. Enclosed by effluent streams and centuries-old plants, built around the year 1000 to defend the road which led from Aquileia to Carinthia, it was renovated in the eighteenth century, and today is divided into Castello di Sopra and Castello di Sotto. At the centre of the village is the church of San Nicolò, where a cross dating to the Lombard period is preserved, showing how ancient this site is. It is a magical place, where the wedding between Marshal Radetzki and Francesca Romana von Strassoldo-Gräfenberg was celebrated, with guests including Gabriele d’Annunzio who, during that period, was writing Ofelia. Outside the building complex, you can still admire an ancient, 12th-century mill, which worked for over seven hundred years, and the old rice pileria, where for centuries the crop for the Hapsburg Empire was also processed. Visit the village in the spring and autumn, during the Castelli Aperti event, or by booking via e-mail to [email protected], or via WhatsApp to 388 9255212 (Gabriella Williams di Strassoldo).

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10. It is said that while the poet Rilke In Rilke’s footsteps was walking along the path leading to discover from the castle of Duino to the bay of Sistiana, he was inspired by an inner the ancient castle voice telling him to write some of the verses of his famous elegies: of Duino. «Who, if I cried out, would hear me among the angels' hierarchies?» It's difficult to say when is the best time

to go. It could be a balmy spring day, EN 9. or a summer's day when the intense light runs across the slopes to plunge The wonderful village of Ariis into an infinite sea and the scents of the plants fill the salty air with a where the story of Romeo thousand fragrances. All you need to do is choose the subtle touches that and Juliet began. work best for you to walk approximately 2 km suspended There are places where history, legends, the intrigues of power and the between the sky and the water, where voices of the people mix and intertwine to such an extent that it is difficult to geological formations alternate, and trace a clear line. The story goes that the heartbreaking love story between with literary charms and memories of Romeo and Juliet began in the tiny village of Ariis, that Juliet was Lucina war. Your amazement will continue if Savorgnan, daughter of Count Antonio and that Romeo was Luigi Da Porto, you decide to visit the castle of Duino a soldier and poet from Friuli. Their yearnings began as they looked out over after your walk. Built in the fourteenth the clear waters of the River Stella, lapping the foot of Ariis castle. century on the ruins of a Roman What we do know for certain is that the rural village of Ariis is a tiny, splendid military outpost, the castle of the pearl, home to historic and naturalistic examples of rare beauty, with the River Torre and the Tasso families became Stella and its effluent streams, the park of Villa Ottelio, the old windmill and the an important cultural and humanistic historic little church dedicated to San Giacomo. The best way is to start your trip centre in the eighteenth century. from the old brick-red villa: Villa Ottelio was built as a castle in 1257 and for Numerous well-known guests centuries was the centre of power games between the local nobles and for the continued to visit over time, including salt trade. Although the villa is currently undergoing restoration work, take a Elizabeth of Austria (Sissi), the stroll through its park, which has become a Site of Community Importance, Archduke Francesco Ferdinando of thanks to its springs, damp, stable meadows and centuries-old trees in a Austria, the Counts of Chambord, the naturalistic context, embellished by the River Stella. Close to the villa you'll find composers Johann Strauss and Franz the "Paolo Solimbergo" Aquarium, a modern building housing various tanks Liszt, the poet, playwright and depicting the river flowing from the spring to the estuary and the different librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal, species of fish living in it. Also of interest is the naturalistic path created outside Gabriele d’Annunzio, the French poet the aquarium where the river bends, which reveals large tanks, partly covered Paul Valery, in addition to the with reeds and water lilies, surrounded by oak trees and weeping willows. illustrious bohemian poet Rainer For further information, go to www.entetutelapesca.it Maria Rilke, who declared “It's wonderful to be here”.

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