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Beach and sea in Lignano, even at end August

Even if Ferragosto with its parties, events and fireworks passed and the month of August is almost over, summer has not yet left the beach of Lignano.

On the contrary, it is giving its best with very hot and sunny days, ideal to lie down under a beach umbrella and to refresh itself in the sea.

The grip of hot, that for more than a week tightens all Italy, is for Lignano Sabbiadoro a chance not to be missed. After a very slowly start of the summer because of the weather, now there are the high temperatures. Thanks to this weather, the beach on the upper Adriatic Sea has not suddenly emptied as often happens, instead it has a high number of guests, which take advantage of this hot weather for their last days of holiday.

Hotels in Lignano, like Croce di Malta, still record sold out and hope that this weather goes on, perhaps until mid-September. Those who stay in Lignano in this period find many events and activities, besides of course all active services in the city.

Among the event scheduled this week, we remind the last but one meeting with “Incontri con l’autore e con il vino” (Meeting with writer and wine) with the writer Tullio Avoledo in PalaPineta inside the Sea Park from 6.30 p.m. Thursday, 25th; the appointment with the open-air theatre Pupi & Pini for children with the show “Arie” in Piazzetta del Sole always in Lignano Pineta, music meetings with the show “Lignano per…la musica” (Lignano for music) in Sala Darsena and with the band of Lignano in Parco San Giovanni Bosco in Sabbiadoro, art exhibitions in different points of the seaside resort, sailing trophies in the seas of Lignano and the 3rd World Championships Beach Ultimate, a spectacular competition of Frisbee in teams.

A lot of events in the entire city, reachable by foot, bike or with the city buses during all day until late evening.

A very rich week, blessed with an exceptional hot sun of late August and that enables all guests of hotels in Lignano to take advantage of cheaper rates, but with the presence of all services as during the period of Ferragosto.

At Croce di Malta, 3 star hotel in Lignano Pineta, guests find an helpful, kind and ready to satisfy every request staff, a kitchen full of delicious dishes, very good equipped game areas for the fun of children, the private beach, the pool with whirlpool area in the garden-solarium and much more. In short, the services of the hotel continue to proceed at full speed and to be available for all guests until the end of summer.

All this to offer guests the opportunity to spend a holiday in Lignano Sabbiadoro really exceptional, in a beautiful period with a hot sun and many events in the city.

In Lignano Pineta the fantastic "Incendio del Mare"

Also this year Lignano Pineta is preparing for the event of August 16th with fireworks. After the pyrotechnics of Ferragosto in Lignano Sabbiadoro, has become tradition that the next night is the time of the beach of Lignano Pineta with its spectacular “Incendio del Mare” (Sea fire).

A name chosen not a random: besides the beautiful fireworks in the sky, every year special fireworks are shot from the boat Aussa, moored 300 m from the beach, and from pier of Pagoda in Lignano Pineta. Fireworks bouncing on the water and light waterfalls that colour the sea with the colours of the fire, to simulating the burning sea. From this feature, organizers have decided to call their fireworks “Incendio del Mare” (Sea fire).

Every year in August 16th the beach of Lignano Pineta welcomes thousands people that wait with trepidation for the beginning of the show. Last summer was registered the record: 50.000 people, both tourists accommodate in hotels of Lignano and commuters come expressly for the show, followed the event on the beach, on the overhead walkway of Pineta and on the terraces of the beach-bars. Great charme and appeal have exercised “the souls of fires”, white and red lights that fell down slowly on the sea thanks to very small parachutes, novelty of 2009.

Who knows what novelties and spectacular choreographies of colours and shapes reserves the 16th year of “Incendio del Mare”. There is a lot of curiosity and certainly also this year there will be new special lights and colours, to repeat the huge success of the last summer.

The beginning of the fireworks is at 11.30 p.m., a time chosen to allow to have dinner quietly both in restaurants and in the hotels of Lignano and then to go to the beach. The fame attained in the years by this event is so great that now it is one of the greatest and most acclaimed fireworks of the Region Friuli Venezia Giulia. This is demonstrated also by the many spectators that come the same evening in Lignano from neighbouring towns, in addition to all tourists that spend their holiday during these days in the hotels of Lignano Pineta. Most part of them goes on foot or by bicycle to the beach, without moving the car in a busy evening and taking the opportunity for a stroll in the centre of Pineta.

At 11.30 p.m. people overflow into the beach and the terraces of the bars, trying to bag a good place to watch the show. But the party for the Incendio del Mare starts already at 9 p.m. with the concert “Aspettando i fuochi” (Waiting for the fireworks), on the square of Piazza D’Olivo. Also this year has been confirmed the team Pellizzari-Giulia-Ballaben, known band that will accompany with its music all tourists until the beginning of fireworks.

And surely there will be a lot of applauses, the best way to thank the organizers of the “Incendio del Mare” and all businesses that contribute to the excellent success of the evening: associations, dealers and hotels of Lignano Pineta. Thanks to their economic and organizational effort, allow the physically creation of the evening.

See you at August 16th from 9.00 p.m. in Lignano Pineta for the 16th “Incendio del Mare”.

Every Thrusday a book and a wine presented in Lignano Pineta

Also this year has started the famous season “Incontri con l’autore e il vino” (Meetings with author and wine) in Lignano Pineta at “Tenda Bar” near Viale a Mare.

Throughout the summer every Thursday at 6.30 p.m. tourists can freely participate in the meeting, in which are presented every time a different book by the writer and a different wine from the many excellent DOC wineries of region Friuli Venezia Giulia.

These meetings meets every year more and more success of public, most of which is composed by tourists who spend the holiday in the apartments and hotels of Lignano Pineta. According to organizers, the success of this event lies in the format that combines the desire of culture with the discover of local flavours. All this contained in the beautiful setting of the beach and sea of Lignano Sabbiadoro. Last year about 6000 people attended the meetings and the organizers aim for the same success also this year.

Besides the presentation of book and wine, meetings are also moments of comparison and account of personal experiences: during the meetings are often established a constructive interaction between the author presenting his book and the public that poses direct questions, building in this way a real event that can involve all participants. After the presentation of the book, public and writer have the opportunity to taste every Thursday a wine from a different DOC wineries of Friuli Venezia Giulia presented by expert sommelier and oenologists and by the owner of the winery.

For 12 years the series of meetings in Lignano Pineta offer the opportunity to tourists to get close to very famous writers, loved both by critics and public. Writers are very happy to present their last book in a sunny place rich in cheerfulness like the beach of Lignano on the upper Adriatic Sea. From Tenda Bar they enjoy a beautiful view on the beach and the seas and the constant sea breeze cools the area also during the hottest days. In addition the square is near the street rich in shops and the hotels of Lignano Pineta, so tourists can easily reach it and then drink an aperitif or dinner in one of the several restaurants and pizzerias of the area.

After tasting the Friulano wine, public can purchase the book, take photos, ask for dedications and autographs, but above all it can participate at the dinner with the author and the owner of winery in restaurants located in the marinas of Lignano Sabbiadoro.

Tourists that wish more information about author in the 12th Meetings with author and wine can ask the staff of their hotel in Lignano or watch the website of the association Lignano nel Terzo Millennio.

Lignano Pineta: 10th Symposium of Sculpture in Parco del Mare

In the beautiful and green Lignano Pineta, in front of the sea and near the famous “train” of shops, restaurants and ice-cream parlours, it is located the Parco del Mare (Park of the Sea). Parco del Mare allows all tourists of Lignano to use better the pine woods, because it was built inside the green lounge of the seaside resort and it offers an environment suitable for adults and children to play, walk and play sport.

Its size and location offer to all guests in holiday in Lignano the chance to stroll along paths in the shadow of the pines enjoying the coolness, and to have a rest on the benches in the park, few walk steps from the beach and from the hotels of Lignano Pineta. So, if the sun on the beach is too hot, you can refresh yourself in the drinking fountains of the park and lying on the green meadows, under the pines and surrounded by modern sculptures.

Parco del Mare is famous also for the presence of works of art of Italian and international sculptors, that show their skill during the International Symposium of Sculpture in Aurisina Stone. This international meeting has reached the tenth year and it takes place during the first half of May directly in the Parco del Mare. This year from Sunday the 9th to Sunday the 23th of May, all tourists in holiday in Lignano can watch the 3 sculptors, which will work on this particular stone in an open air workshop. During these two weeks, guests of the seaside resort can watch the artists, discover the art, the technique and the secrets to work the Aurisina stone. But not only. Sure enough tourists, public and authorities can take part in the realization of the sculptures on the occasion of “Hammer blow Day”. During this day, everyone can hammer and chisel the blocks of stone and contribute in this way to the creation of the work of art.

Peculiarity of the Symposium in Lignano Pineta is that the works will remain where they were carved, that is, under the pines in the Parco del Mare. Artists are so asked to choose the best location to create the sculpture. Thanks to this feature, the park is enriched year after year of valuable works of art of great interest and it turns into an open-air cultural resource for Lignano Sabbiadoro, in addition to beautiful park where relax and do some sport.

Parco del Mare offers also a fitness-trail for sportsmen and also two tennis courts with teachers. In addition the park disposes of bicycle racks, parking places, entrances on all sides of the park and lighting to enable quiet and romantic evening walks before returning to the 3 star hotel in Lignano Pineta. All this, surrounded by flowerbeds and sculptures.

Parco del mare of Lignano Pineta offers to all guests very special relaxing moments, because it allows to “go out” by the lights and vitality of the near city centre and by the buzz of the beach, to “enter” in a world of colours and sounds typical of a pine woods. A real oasis of peace for all tourists in holiday in Lignano.