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The beach holiday in Lignano Pineta, not to early to plan it

The program of the Christmas events in Lignano Sabbiadoro had a great success, with thousands of visitors coming from nearby cities.

Not only the Sand Crib, but even the ice rink, the merry-go-round in San Giovanni Bosco park, the New Year’s Eve on the square in city centre and in Terrazza a Mare, the bonfire for the Epiphany on the beach and the many events linked with the different Christmas celebrations involved over 30.000 visitors.

In fact, very popular were concerts and gospel choirs of children and adults, but also the Christmas market organized by parents.

All different associations and also the municipality of Lignano Sabbiadoro are very happy with the results obtained during the entire period. Above all, they created such events to attract in the seaside town thousands of people, like a beginning of summer season.

Very important for the beach of Lignano is, in fact, extend the season over the 3 or 4 summer months through the offer of events and shows able to interest the people. In this case, Christmas has been very important and although it has not created a seasonal continuity, however it has proved a very appreciated moment by visitors. Now, from February, starts a series of crowd-pulling events, which are also intended to remind tourist of the beach of Lignano. With Ruotamania and Barcamania, the fish festival, the international dance trophy region Friuli Venezia Giulia, the walk of the sea and Lignano in Fiore starts the summer season 2012.

These events, besides give life to the city even in the cold months, create a continuous appeal of the city in the mind of the visitors, with more chance to book a beach holiday in Lignano.

Even the program of Christmas events executed this function, trying to have faithful visitors. Through the different events, visitors know better the city and see the beach and the hotels in Lignano as destination of its summer holidays.
With the success of the program of this winter, surely many people have foretasted the long-awaited holiday in Lignano.

In Lignano you breathe already the Christmas air.

Christmas lights are almost all in place, at the entrance of the city stands the Christmas tree with light blue lights, as well as in Piazza Fontana and along the streets there are the decorations with coloured lights. Even the open cafés, restaurants and shops offer nice decorations at the windows and Christmas tree, but it is in the city centre of Lignano Sabbiadoro that feverish preparations are under way.

The area in front of Terrazza a Mare is a small building site in the open air: workers and volunteers from different associations, in fact, are at work to offer everyone the Sand Crib and, novelty of this year, the ice rink. On the square, from Thursday 8th December you can ice skating on a wonderful ice rink, a short walk from the loved sand of Lignano. The opening of the ice rink is the 8th of December, day of the Immaculate Conception, perfect moment to present to all children this amusing novelty for their Christmas holidays. The rink is open 8th, 10th and 11th December and then from 17th December to 8th January every day, as the Sand Crib.

The latter is open from Saturday 17th December every day from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and it will present a beautiful Nativity under a large stand, 20×20 meter, directly on the sand of the beach of Lignano.

Also this year children can have fun with the workshops suggested by the different associations, where they can learn to make pastries, to weave wicker baskets and many other things. Experts of the different fields, but also mothers, fathers and grandparents will help the children in the workshops. All this to keep alive the family spirit of the Christmas.

Even parents will be busy this winter in Lignano with the Christmas market held at Terrazza a Mare.

And not forget the appointments with concerts and with the arrival of Santa Claus on the evening of December 24th, which will distribute gifts to all children of the city.

With so many events, it is obviously that Lignano Sabbiadoro is in ferment to prepare all the necessary so that everyone, residents and visitors, has the chance to enjoy this wonderful period of the year.

Christmas trees, lights, ice rink and sand crib, the kiosk with mulled wine and hot chocolate to get warm, Christmas markets, workshops and much more for the “Natale d’A…mare” 2011 in Lignano Sabbiadoro.

Do not miss the opportunity for a visit in Lignano during this month!

The summer 2011 is officially over and the different tour operators of the beaches like Lignano Sabbiadoro start to draw conclusions of their hard work.

Despite this year the economic crisis was stronger than last year, the beach of Lignano has not experienced the dreaded drop: the seaside resort in Friuli region has withstood very good, increasing also the number of arrival and room night.

Especially the hotels in Lignano Pineta and Sabbiadoro affirm to have had a growth as for the summer 2010, although for all, the kind of work and tourist has changed. For years, the average length of the holiday of people is less than a week and this year many tourists have spent 3-4 days of holiday, however, returning several times. Shorter holidays, but made several times.

The hotels in Lignano have seen the same guests several times; this means that people, despite the lower disposable income, want to spend the beach holiday. By now, it is a need that is difficult to give: the holiday at the sea is an important moment during the year because it is symbol of leisure, rest and removal from everyday stress. Guests that come several times in the same hotel, show the appreciation about the hotel for its qualities (near the beach, services for children, nice team, modern facility with adequate services) e do not want additional stress for the search of a new accommodation facility.

The positive performance of the summer 2011 in Lignano is also strengthened by the first data coming from the region Friulia Venezia Giulia.
According to data collect, from January to August, the region had a general increase of arrival and room nights and Lignano has increased the room night by 1,6%. Obviously these data are still incomplete, because there are not yet the number of September, a month that has been a nice surprise thanks the good weather conditions. During this month, the beach of Lignano still saw many tourist sunbathing and swimming. Thanks to the good weather, the summer season in Lignano Sabbiadoro has lengthened considerably in Lignano Sabbiadoro and even today there are some tourist walking in the city centre.

We must also consider the European Masters Games, that took place in Lignano from 10th to 20th September.
These Games brought in the seaside resort about 4000 athletes with friends, families, trainers and public. With this sporting event, the beach of Lignano and in general the entire region Friuli has been presented to thousands of sports fans and potential tourists from all over Europe.

Still on the subject of promotion, ended last Sunday the third Buy Friuli Venezia Giulia, an event to promote the entire region to tour operators from all over the world.
From 21st to 25th September, 130 tour operators and 20 journalists visited Friuli discovering the territory and meeting the regional tour operators. An important event to present all beauties and regional specialities to those who still do not know them and bring, in this way, new tourists.

Clearly among the promoted destinations could not be missing the beach of Lignano Sabbiadoro, a nice business card for those who live the sea and the sandy beach.

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.

After the success of last year, it is back this summer the event-tasting “Flavours of Riviera 2011” at the Kursaal congress centre in Lignano Riviera.

This event has started the 29th of June and includes 15 gastronomic evenings with guided tastings of products of Friuli Venezia Giulia. The tastings are every Wednesday, with the addition of Friday in the hottest periods of the summer, in a hall of Kursaal, convention centre and disco at the beginning of the area of Lignano Riviera. Direct on the beach, surrounded by pine wood, tourists can taste every Wednesday from 8 pm a different menu, with the specialities of typical places of Friuli.

This week, for example, there will as protagonists be the specialities of Carso: dishes and wines typical of that particular area near Trieste, where it is grown and is still produced according to tradition, with attention to quality and not to quantity.

Then comes the turn of spices and salts of the world served with wines of Bressan (area of Collio), of very good ham of Cormons with its excellent wines, of the oils and wines of Trieste, of Cividale with the red pied cow and red wines, of the home-made beer of Zago made in the area of Pordenone, of coffee and pastries from Palmanova, of the renowned San Daniele ham served with prosecco and, for the last evening, of the fish from Marano lagoon.

Every evening is a dive in a town of Friuli, which is characterized by certain gastronomical products, all of high quality. Chefs and sommeliers guide guests to tasting, explaining the type of product processing and the best way to savour it.

These evening are open to every tourist on holiday in Lignano, the price per person is 17,00 € and it is better to reserve by phone, because reserved places are up to 45 per tasting. In this way it is possible to offer a high quality each time.

It may be interesting for tourists take part in one of these evenings and try typical savours of a special area of Friuli, some of them, maybe, already sampled in the hotels in Lignano. Often, in fact, hotels in Lignano Sabbiadoro offer their guests typical dishes, especially fish dishes, and wines of the surroundings, in addition to the international menu. In this way, who want, can taste some local and regional dishes during the stay in hotel.

Flavours of Riviera 2011 suggests entire evenings with typical products in a wonderful setting: direct on the beach and surrounded by the pine wood, in a quiet romantic place, but a short walk from the city centre of Lignano Pineta. Until August 31st it is possible to take part in this event, where the best cuisine of Friuli overlooks the beach of Lignano.

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.

Aerial photo of Lignano Pineta beach

The 3 star Hotel Croce di Malta in Lignano Sabbiadoro is pleased to present to its guests the new website.

The new website is characterized by airy graphics with soft colours, that reflect the calm and the elegant and comfortable atmosphere offered by the hotel.

Thanks to a menu rich in information, the website’s surfing is very easy and fast: with only a click you can find all useful indications for your stay in the Hotel Croce di Malta. The website provides also a special page for the services to the children and to the parents with babies. For the families it is very important to know that their children can have fun in an area with stuffed animals, toys and books and that they can use beds for children with bunks and bicycles with child seats free.

The new website provides also two useful tools to spend the beach holidays in this Lignano hotel: the costs estimate and the on-line booking. The on-line estimate allows to calculate in an easy and very quick way the costs of your holidays in the Hotel Croce di Malta, instead with the on-line booking it is possible to book direct the rooms paying with the credit cards.
In addition to this, there are the directions and the Google Maps. In this way it will be easier reach the hotel in Lignano Pineta and also know the seaside resort and its surroundings.

The new website, in addition to the tools to plan your beach holidays, provides a lot of space for the beautiful photos of the hotel and its services. The several pictures in each page will make you appreciate even more the quality of our 3-star hotel in Lignano Pineta.

All you have to do is visit the new website of the Hotel Croce di Malta and have a good holiday in Lignano Sabbiadoro!