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Special lights for Terrazza a Mare in Lignano Sabbiadoro

The agency Arena offers most of its apartments in Lignano Sabbiadoro, the heart of the Friulian seaside resort.
The area of Sabbiadoro is the oldest, the core from which the city has evolved, street after street and house after house, in the seaside resort that many tourists now know. Really the growth and the change of Lignano is not finished and never will end, because both the local government and the private sectors want to offer to the guests a better city every year, with new services, new streets that make easier the internal road traffic, new entertainment for children and adults and new hotels and especially apartments in Lignano. In recent times, have sprung up in Sabbiadoro area several buildings with modern design, particular colours and shapes, which offer apartments tastefully  furnished with spacious balconies from which enjoy the panorama of Lignano.

Sabbiadoro has developed during the Fifties and Sixties together with the tourism boom, with the birth of the mass beach holiday, and consequently, the building boom. In addition to being populated by skyscrapers and apartments, Lignano Sabbiadoro offers to its guests the energy of a seaside resort. This area is the favourite by young people, because here the fun is twenty-four hours a day: the beach during the day, the stroll and shopping in the afternoon and evening, the nightclubs, bars and cafés with their parties on the pedestrian area and on the beach in the night.

Soft, fine and golden sand welcomes all guests of Lignano, equipped with beach umbrellas, sunbeds and deckchairs, in addition to showers with hot and cold water, restaurant-cafés and animation from morning until evening. Terrazza a Mare is the meeting-place of all young people during the beach holiday in Lignano Sabbiadoro: here it is possible to sip a cocktail on the terrace and to dance in the discotheque with sea view. And near the sign of the seaside resort, it is located the Beach Village, a free fun village open from June until September with games, dance and events, the VIP Area on the beach with gazeboes, curtains and Jacuzzis on the sand, and the Beach Arena with its international sporting events and free concerts.

Sabbiadoro is also the kingdom of shopping with its very long pedestrian street rich in shops of prestigious brands, but also souvenirs shops and bazaars. And between a dress and a pair of shoes there is time for a good ice cream. In the evening the pedestrian area changes its face thanks to the lighted shop windows and the street artists who entertain children and adults. From the evening the trendy cafés fill up with young people for the ritual of the aperitif, whereas immediately thereafter pizzerias and restaurants are ready to welcome tourists. After dinner, the cocktail-bars are the protagonists with music and theme evenings, but who wants to try something different, goes in the beach bars to dance barefoot on the sand under the stars until late at night.

Who wants to have all this close at hand, can choose the apartments in Lignano Sabbiadoro of agency Arena: along the pedestrian zone, in the more quiet but at the same time near the city centre and the beach side streets, or on the promenade. In this way it will be easier enjoy the beach holiday in Lignano Sabbiadoro.

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.