Beach Life In Abruzzo

During the summer of 2021 we finally took the plunge đŸ™‚ and rented an Ombrellone and Lettini. (An umbrella and lounge chairs at a nearby Adraitic beach club. Another towards fully adopting the Italian lifestyle. We took a place on a very nice sandy beach called La Morge with a breakwater that stops the waves and leaves the swimming area very tranquil. The waters are shallow for a long way from the shore. You can walk out about 30 meters and it is still just up to your shoulders. Prices average around 400EU a month for the July and August months.

For the price you have a reserved spot with umbrella and two lounge chairs. The umbrella stand will have a small lockable compartment where you can put things when you are in the water. For an extra price, (about 100EU a month) you can also have a reserved parking spot in a nearby private lot. Usually the lots have shade coverings. I feel it worth the price, especially in August when finding any parking at all can be a challenge.

I have copied and pasted a translated version of this article from the local newspaper Il Centro.

The Adriatic coast beaches are one of the best reasons to choose Abruzzo as a place to live. They are kept quite clean, and the waters of the Adriatic like a warm salty bath. I think we have more “Punto Blu” (The highest rating for being clean and free of pollution) beaches than other region Much of it is private beaches where you rent the chairs and umbrellas, (Omebrellone) but by law, there are always public areas interspaced. Many of the towns along the coast have a Lido, which is just a developed area along their shore where you will find lots of restaurants, shops and bars. We sometimes go to the one in Fossacesia and go to the La Concheglia restaurant for lunch. You get the typical fixed price, fixed menu lunch. A little more expensive than the inland places because you are on the beach, but still, for 20Eu, it is very reasonable. Fixed price lunches typically include bottled water and liter’s of local red or white wine.  The specials of the day are typically seafood, but you have only to make the request if you do not care for seafood and a nice pasta with a tasty and lightly spiced red sauce will come your way.  The owners are very nice, and after a couple visits, they will remember you give you a warm welcome back reception.  After lunch it is extremely hard not to stop by the gelato case at the front. And honestly, why would you want to resist?

Italians LOVE the sea. Their idea of a perfect vacation is to spend two weeks baking on the seaside. The action keeps going long into the night when it seems every club and bar has music, and beach sports. The waters of the Adriatic are warm, and it is very easy to just float in the salty water. Some people rent an Ombrellone for an entire season. A perfect way to make sure you have a choice spot just for you and your family and friends. 

 
 

Abruzzo, 100 km of coast with sea and free beaches

From Martinsicuro to San Salvo, here is where the umbrella can be planted for free. But accesses are difficult to find

PESCARA. Free beach in free beach. In Abruzzo there are 145 kilometers of coastline, of which over 100 are reserved for free beaches, 30 occupied by bathing establishments and the remaining 3 percent by hotels and campsites.
Here Pescara-Montesilvano. Between Pescara Sud and Montesilvano there are 14 stretches of free beach managed by the Municipalities. The most equipped, eight beaches, bar kiosks, toilets and boat storage facilities, including the Sea Life Rescue service, are located on the Pescara coast. Insufficient, and in some cases absent, on the Montesilvano coast. The free areas managed by the municipality of Pescara are located from Portanuova: from the Ombretta shore to the Francavilla border; From Mareblu to 186 Beach in the Fosso Vallelunga area. After passing the Alcyone Village, Non-concession spaces are between Ippobeach at Aurora Lido; Between the Paolo Sesto Foundation and Lido Azzurro; 300 meters in the area of ​​Madonnina and trabocchi; 100 meters Cascella Shipyard, in the center; Between Neptune and Jambo and between Hawaii and Lampara, to the north

 

In Montesilvano, the free beaches, six, are between the Azzurra Conchiglia and Il Faro; Between Saturnia and Bigantino; From Bagni Bruno to Golden Sand; From Baths Luca to Copacabana; From the Rose of the Winds to the Riviera. For missing services, from the toilets to the bar and the restaurant, users can visit the bathing establishments.
Here Vasto. From the bay of Punta Penna, in the nature reserve of Punta Aderci, to the suggestive resorts of the coast. There is no embarrassment to the choice for those who do not like the seaside and are looking for free and wild beaches far from the noise of bathing establishments. The territory of Vasto boasts an infinity of coves suitable for all the needs of bathers, alternating with high cliffs, rocks, fine pebble and rock sand, with panoramic views of a unique beauty. Vignola, The beams, San Nicola, Casarza, Mottagrossa, Canale are resort towns with breathtaking landscapes, although in some cases difficult to reach because of the access to the sea in conditions not really optimal. It is therefore more suitable for young people than for families. One of the favorite destinations for those who love wildlife is Punta Penna Beach, within the Punta Aderci nature reserve. The sand present is a form of rare dunes with typical vegetation, water is crystal clear thanks to the play of currents, while the progressive descent is particularly suitable for children. A vote on the vast coast? Ten. Nature from these parts has been particularly prodigious. In some cases, difficult to reach because of access to the sea under conditions not very optimum. It is therefore more suitable for young people than for families. One of the favorite destinations for those who love wildlife is Punta Penna Beach, within the Punta Aderci nature reserve. The sand present is a form of rare dunes with typical vegetation, water is crystal clear thanks to the play of currents, while the progressive descent is particularly suitable for children. A vote on the vast coast? Ten. Nature from these parts has been particularly prodigious. In some cases, difficult to reach because of access to the sea under conditions not very optimum. It is therefore more suitable for young people than for families. One of the favorite destinations for those who love wildlife is Punta Penna Beach, within the Punta Aderci nature reserve. The sand present is a form of rare dunes with typical vegetation, water is crystal clear thanks to the play of currents, while the progressive descent is particularly suitable for children. A vote on the vast coast? Ten. Nature from these parts has been particularly prodigious. One of the favorite destinations for those who love wildlife is Punta Penna Beach, within the Punta Aderci nature reserve. The sand present is a form of rare dunes with typical vegetation, water is crystal clear thanks to the play of currents, while the progressive descent is particularly suitable for children. A vote on the vast coast? Ten. Nature from these parts has been particularly prodigious. One of the favorite destinations for those who love wildlife is Punta Penna Beach, within the Punta Aderci nature reserve. The sand present is a form of rare dunes with typical vegetation, water is crystal clear thanks to the play of currents, while the progressive descent is particularly suitable for children. A vote on the vast coast? Ten. Nature from these parts has been particularly prodigious.

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Here Lanciano. Long pebble beaches, but mostly coves set between trabocchi and rocks. Brulicano of small free beaches San Vito and Rocca San Giovanni while Fossacesia can count on much longer stretches as the 5 km of coastline 3 are free. At San Vito you start with Calata Beach Cintions with stones to the north of the harbor, you continue with the sandy sandy south beach. Then there is the “shabby” with a narrow gravel beach and rocks right in front of the shore. Rocco Mancini is one of the most well-known and fully equipped. Then there are the beautiful beaches of the Dannunzano promontory and lowered Turchino which, however, compared to the past has a very small space due to erosion. The beach of Valle Grotte is shared with the municipality of Rocca San Giovanni, bordering the border. At Rocca note is the Foce, the largest beach in the municipality, equipped with free parking spaces. The novelty is the beach of the pony two: 70 meters of sand obtained this year thanks to the cliffs. The first free beach of Fossacesia is the historic one of Fuggitella, framed in a rich and wild vegetation and for this reason with few amenities. From the former station all the free beaches are equipped with showers, baths. Close to the beachfront promenade there is a free space for the disabled. 
Here Teramo. Balance in the chiaroscuro for the Teramana Coast: less and less free, but reinforces the bastion of protected areas reserved for uncontaminated nature, between dunes, wildlife and spontaneous vegetation. In recent years, in fact, To the constant anthropization of the coast, the serious phenomenon of coastal erosion is strongly related, which is devouring meters of free and private beaches, especially in the vicinity of the streams of rivers. Wire and amplify the two phenomena has been the compensation provided by the regional regulations, which allows beach resort operators to recover part of the arenile and umbrellas lost with the advancement of the sea at the expense of the free beaches bordering on them. 
Particularly striking is the case of Alba Adriatica, where the narrow arenas of free arenas have almost disappeared among the dense settlements of the central and northern coast of the resort. Alba, however, is also worthy of note the small stretch of arenile dedicated to the nesting of the fratino and the growth of the sea lily. The site was in fact one of the first and most comprehensive answers to the Wwf call and the Cerrano Protected Area Operators, worried about the risk of disappearing the two species. 
This, however, is only the last manifestation of the growth and evolution of Teramana awareness of the importance of safeguarding the marine environment. Going back in time, meet the protected area of ​​the Martinsicuro biotope, identified and promoted for decades but definitively delimited in 2013, and the largest and most important areas of the Cerrano marine park (established in 2010 after a 13-year iteration ) Between Pineto and Silvi and the Borsacchio reserve (established in 2005) between Roseto and Giulianova.