The beach of Lignano Sabbiadoro opens the summer season 2010 already at the beginning of March with different successful events, that draw a large public from the surroundings.

The first big event, that is a tradition in the seaside resort, is the Festa delle Cape (Molluscs Festival), that takes place in Lignano Pineta in the wide Piazza Marcello D’Olivo. Born in 1984 by a group of professional fishermen, this festival records every year a crowd of people lover of the fish products and of the good food. During the two week ends, the big kiosk of the Festa delle Cape is always crowded and a lot of volunteers work to help the people in line that want to taste the specialities of the Lignano sea: clams, long molluscs, grilled or breaded sardines, baked sardines with onions and squids. Thanks to this event, tourists have the chance to know also the tastiness offered by the sea of Lignano. In addition, the Festa delle Cape plays an important role in solidarity, because the money raised are donated to charity institutions.

After the Festa delle Cape, piazza Marcello D’Olivo and the entire commercial area of Lignano Pineta are ready for the 3rd Barcamania, exhibition-market of small boats. This year it has been chosen the area of Pineta because it offers more room compared to Sabbiadoro and this allows to easier transfer the boats. Another change concerns the period: mid-March instead mid-February to enjoy a more mild climate. Sure this changes will help the exhibition-market to have a more large public, both of fans and of curios tourists. As matter of fact in this period the holiday apartments of Lignano will be ready to welcome the early tourists, because at the beginning of April there is Easter. For the entire seaside resort, the Eastertide is the first test of the summer season and so all facilities, especially hotels and agencies of Lignano, are open and ready to welcome guest that wish to enjoy the early warm rays of sunshine.

In March there is also place for the sports fans. Two important competitions take place in Lignano: the 28th International Dance Trophy of Friuli Venezia Giulia and the 9th Walk of the Sea.

The Trophy is a competition at the highest level with the best dancers of Europe of all ages. From children to winners of several international competitions, through the parents or senior groups that perform classical ballet choreographies for the amusement of children and public. This competition became an annual spectacle with thousands of athletes with sparkling clothes and with an high professionalism, who perform in various disciplines: classic, modern and contemporary dance, hip hop, belly dance, flamenco and much more.

The Walk of the Sea is a walking race for amateurs, in which every person of any age can participate with their speed. In this way a lot of inhabitants of Lignano and also some tourists take the chance to stroll in the beautiful landscape of Lignano Pineta and Riviera. Along the 3 courses, 6, 9 or 14 km, walkers can eat and drink something in the refreshment stalls. A very good way to breath deeply the air of Lignano and to spend a spring morning.

Thanks to these events, the summer season starts already in March: tourists find the apartments in Lignano of the Arena Agency open, but especially they find a lot of events and activities to spend pleasant spring days on the beach, waiting the arrival of hot summer.

The new exhibition in Lignano Sabbiadoro

Are you interested in bicycles, motorbikes or cars? The beach of Lignano Sabbiadoro offers two weekends exclusively to the world of wheels and accessories with the new event Ruotamania.

From Saturday, October the 17th, to Sunday, October the 25th, the pedestrian zone of Sabbiadoro turns into an exhibition ground with more than 30 exhibitors. Here you can find the stand with vintage cars and motorcycles, the stand with the latest models, in addition to cycling, motorcycling and car associations and federations, ready to answer every question and curiosity. Ruotamania is not only  a show, but it is also a market: it is possible to arrange for the purchase of a car, a motorcycle, a bike or a quad.

During this two weekends, the main street of Lignano turns into an important showcase of wheels, where exhibitors and associations are available to give all requested information and to show their models. Also the beach of Lignano Sabbiadoro changes his face and it offers as racetrack with bends and dunes. The courses, near Terrazza a Mare, are open to all who wish to experience the thrill of driving a car or a quad on the sand and so live exciting test drive.

Those who prefer to cycle, can take part in the first Ruotamania trophy, cycle race on road for amateurs, Sunday, October 18th. The start is at 10.30 a.m. from Terrazza a Mare and the race stretches along different towns near Lignano, in an attractive course of 79 km through beautiful landscapes.

Not only engines and fascinating vintage and modern models, but also safety driving. Ruotamania offers also road safety education to all visitors, but especially to young people of high school of Udine province. The Italian Motorcycle Federation and the Moto Club Sabbiadoro offer different courses of safety driving from Piazza Fontana to Terrazza a Mare to sensitize public about the importance of a careful driving. During two weekends, federations, associations and police are at disposal to offer useful information about road safety, the new road code, drive licence and much more.

From vintage car to quad, from fully equipped motorcycle to bicycle, from test drive to suggestions for a good maintenance of the vehicle. In Ruotamania there is also the solidarity. Profits of the event, organized by the association Onlus “A smile from a wave”, are directed to the children of the region in socio-economic difficult.

The event binds itself with the solidarity, but also with the revitalization of Lignano Sabbiadoro during low season periods with the organization of events and shows. In this way the association wants to deseasonalize the seaside resort through a collaboration with all strengths of the towns to reappraise Lignano also during the winter season.

For three years the first weekend of September in Lignano Sabbiadoro is characterized by the “Grape treading under the stars”. A special event to say good-bye to the summer in an amusing way and also to relive the ancient Italian tradition of treading grapes with the feet, but in open air, on the beach and under a starry night.

This year the “Grape treading under the stars” will take place Saturday, September the 5th, from 9.30 p.m. in the Beach Village in Lignano Sabbiadoro, located in beach office n° 4 on Lungomare Trieste. Here, on a special cart provided for the event, a lot of participants will dance barefoot on grapes in big wine vats.

A very special end-summer-party: it’s not every day to press the grapes on the beach and a short walk from Terrazza a Mare. And by tradition, grape treaders will be beautiful girls with coloured dresses.

This year “Grape treading under the stars” will have some news more: the dancers can choose to dance on stage or on grapes. It’s a real show complete with winner and election of Miss Grape Treading 2009. To win, the girls must show, in addition to the beauty, the ability in the grape treading.

“Grape treading under the stars” was a big success right from the start because spectators have a lot of fun watching the shows and the grape treading competition and at the same time they know this special tradition, from which come the world renowned Friulian wines.

A music, dance, beauty and grapes and wine scent party, just as in the agricultural world of the past.
This event attracts a lot of tourists also thanks to its wonderful location: the central and famous Beach Village, next to the Terrazza a Mare. All guests in the apartments of Lignano Sabbiadoro can easily reach it through the pedestrian zone, because it is located in front of Piazza Fontana, or with a romantic walk along the promenade.

Music, dance, beauty and the grapes scent: the mos beautiful party to say good-bye to the summer and to all tourists that spent their beach holidays in Lignano.

Basket&Beach in Lignano Sabbiadoro

After several summers in Udine, for the first year the association Digiemme brings the basketball on the beach of Lignano, more exactly in Piazza Marcello D’Olivo in Lignano Pineta. A wonderful square surrounded by the most famous cafés of the Movida in Lignano and with the blue sea and the golden beach in the background.

The plan of the association is to move to the beach the basketball and the fun of these tournaments with young athletes and fans coming from Friuli and other regions giving a very special shows to tourists in holiday in Lignano Sabbiadoro.

The first match took place July the 10th with the 12° Malagoli Memorial, that in Udine is considered a kind of festival. Also in Lignano it had a great success of spectators, with a lot of tourists and fans of basketball that thronged the steps on Sunday evening. The excellent organisation contributed to this success: very good players from different regions, music, the coloured truck of the region Friuli Venezia Giulia, free ice-cream and the chance to buy photos and t-shirts of the tournament.

For this reason there is a big expectation and agitation for the second match of Basket&Beach, with the 1° “Solo Sport Friuli tv” Trophy. From Friday, July 31st, to Sunday, August 2nd, Piazza Marcello D’Olivo in Lignano Pineta will change again into an outdoors basketball field with a Tartan floor and this time will be the ladies the protagonists of this meeting. Events not to miss are the contest of three-point shot on Saturday evening, the finals for the third place and the super finals for the first place on Sunday evening. Also for this week end, music, videos, ice-cream and stands will frame this big sporting event.

In a mix of basketball, tourism and a lot of fun, “Solo Sport Friuli tv” Trophy waits for all guests that throng the beach and the apartments of Lignano for a week end rich in sport.

Intuitive, simple, fast and at the same time complete and with relaxing and fresh graphics. These are the features of the new Arena agency website, that presents its apartments for rent and for sale in Lignano Sabbiadoro.

A simple and intuitive net surfing, without too much clicks to reach the goal, is the most important requirement of every website, especially for those that address the tourists. Pleasant graphics, with fresh and nice pictures and colors, complete the work.

The new website of the Arena agency follows these principles, offering right from the start its villas and apartments in Lignano with some information and with a big interactive map of the seaside resort. With an easy click on the information file it is possible to visualize a more detailed description of the services and of the house typology, the price list and the pictures of the building, all that on the same page and without additional clicks.

In the new Arena agency website, the usability expands thanks to a very useful tool for tourists that search the ideal accommodation for the beach holiday in Lignano Sabbiadoro. On each description is available the tool “Save” that allows to save and compare the more suitable villa or apartment. In this way it is easier and faster choose a perfect accommodation!

In addition to this innovation, the Arena agency suggests also an internal search engine for users that have already a clear head about their stay on the beach, where there’s the chance to enter the date of arrival, the weeks of stay and the typology of the accommodation. In few seconds the search engine provides the results of apartments and villas in Lignano that meet the standards of users.

The website offers also the on-line booking of the accommodation and of the beach umbrella in Lignano Sabbiadoro. Special offers, sales of villas and apartments in Lignano and the weather are present also in the new website. And if tourists have some question, they can contact the team of the agency through the request information form on the contact page.

Thanks to the new website of the Arena agency, it will be easier and faster book an apartment or a villa for the beach holiday in Lignano.