page_title: Seaside resort
section_title: Italy
hierarchical_section_title: Seaside resort / Around the world / Italy
caption_attribution_description: Italiano: Positano, Campania, ItaliaItalian color
context_page_description: A seaside resort is a resort town or resort village, or resort hotel, located on the coast. Sometimes it is also an officially accredited title, that is only awarded
  to a town when the requirements are met. Where a beach is the primary focus for tourists, it may be called a beach resort.
context_section_description: Italy is known for its seaside resorts, visited both by Italian and North European tourists. Many of these resorts have a history of tourism which dates back to the 19th century.
  Resorts include (among many others):
  Agropoli
  Amalfi
  Anzio
  Bari
  Bibione
  Castellabate
  Castellamare di Stabia
  Cattolica
  Caorle
  Cefalù
  Cervia
  Cesenatico
  Crotone
  Follonica
  Fregenae
  Genoa
  Gaeta
  Gallipoli, Apulia
  Grottammare
  Jesolo
  Lignano Sabbiadoro
  Livorno
  Maratea
  Manfredonia
  Minturno
  Nettuno
  Orbetello
  Ostia (Rome)
  Ostuni
  Pescara
  Policoro
  Positano
  Riccione
  Rimini
  Sabaudia
  San Benedetto del Tronto
  San Vito Lo Capo
  Santa Maria di Leuca
  Silvi
  Sorrento
  Sperlonga
  Stintino
  Taormina
  Taranto
  Termoli
  Terracina
  Tropea
  Vieste
caption: Positano and its sea
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