Giulianova Between the Beach and the City’s History

Giulianova combines the coast, a cycling route along the Lungomare, an old port and municipal collections. If you are looking for a hotel in Giulianova, you can first consider whether the coast and cycling or art, architecture and archaeology should be the focus of your trip.

Beach, Cycling Route and Port

Giulianova’s beaches have shallow water and fine sand. The town has also received the Bandiera Blu (Blue Flag) award. This is an international certification that recognizes the environmental quality of tourist coastal destinations.

The cycling route that runs for an extended stretch along the Lungomare is called the Pista ciclabile dei Tre Ponti and Bike to Coast. The Giulianova section of the Ciclovia Adriatica is considered one of the most distinctive sections of this well-known cycling route.

At the southern pier, Giulianova’s old port, you can take a stroll and see traditional wooden Caliscendi, used for small-scale fishing. From the port, the view extends to the Apennines’ highest peaks, the Adriatic Sea and the dome of the Duomo di San Flaviano, the town’s landmark. The port thus offers a panorama where the sea, mountains and one of Giulianova’s prominent buildings come together.

Buildings and Collections

The Duomo di San Flaviano was built entirely of terracotta between 1471 and 1525. It also forms the center of Giulia’s urban plan, an authentic ideal Renaissance city. The construction period, building material and central role in the town plan offer three different ways to explore the cathedral: its creation, its material execution and its place in the Renaissance plan.

A monumental Via Crucis runs along the steep and scenic Via Retta or Bertolino. The Via Crucis adds a religious dimension to the themes of buildings and collections.

Housed in the municipal museum complex of Giulianova, the Pinacoteca Vincenzo Bindi is a house museum containing more than three centuries of Neapolitan, southern Italian and Abruzzese painting. The Pinacoteca also includes a ceramics collection with majolica pieces dating from the 18th to the 20th century, from the Real Fabbrica di Capodimonte, Ginori di Doccia and Castelli d’Abruzzo. Painting and ceramics offer different perspectives on the collections: one through regional painting traditions and a long period, the other through the pieces’ materials, places of origin and dates.

Since 2001, the Torrione La Rocca has housed the archaeological section of the municipal museum complex of Giulianova. The archaeological museum preserves evidence of life in the Roman city of Castrum Novum Piceni. This includes decorated oil lamps made in Castrum, shipped from its port and sent to the farthest reaches of the Roman Empire. The Pinacoteca focuses on painting and majolica, while the Torrione focuses on archaeological evidence from the Roman city.

Arriving by Train

If you arrive by train, Giulianova station has a ticket machine, a pedestrian underpass with an exit on the seaside, a bar, a tobacconist and a bus station. The seaside exit and the bus station can be helpful for finding your way around the station. As individual services may change, it is best to check before you arrive which of the listed facilities will be available on your travel date.

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For the broader travel overview: Teramo.