Lido di Jesolo is a seaside resort town in the Metropolitan City of Venice, Italy and is on the Adriatic Sea. It has a 15 km long beach.
I first went there in 1964. We stayed for 2 weeks and did various tours, such as to Venice and the Dolomites. My next visit was a day trip in 1987 and my most recent visit was also a day trip, in 2020.
Nowadays the entire length of beach is totally lined with hotels. Each hotel surrounding the beach has its own private section of beach with tables, umbrellas and sun loungers for that hotel only. When I visited in mid Oct 2020, which was the year of the Covid-19 pandemic, all the hotels were closed, and the beach was free of tables and chairs. And there were only a couple of beach cafes open.
In 1964 we stayed at the Hotel Principe Palace. It was founded in 1947 and undergone major renovations over the years. On my visit in 2020 I went to look at the hotel.
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| Mum & I on the balcony 1964 |
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| Relaxing outside the hotel 1964 |
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| 2020 |
The beach is composed of yellow Dolomitic sand. The Dolomites are a mountain range located in northeastern Italy. They form part of the Southern Limestone Alps. They extend from the River Adige in the west to the Piave Valley in the east. The northern and southern borders are defined by the Puster Valley and the Sugana Valley. I saw the River Adige in Verona, it is the second longest river in Italy, after the Po. Map of the Dolomites and the River Adige in Verona -
And looking at the Dolomites from Venice in 2020 -
The beach at Lido di Jesolo -
Looking at the above 2 photos, there are trees and large gaps between hotels. Now, there are far more hotels with little space between them.
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| 1987 |
There is now a paved walkway between the beach and the hotels. The empty beach in Oct 2020 -
See my blog on Venice.
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