| Last days of feverish work for the opening of | | | | American writer Ernest Hemingway, who called |
| the 22nd Lignano in Fiore, festival for and | | | | Lignano "The Florida of Italy". |
| of the children of all Friulian seaside | | | | |
| resort. The longevity of this festival shows | | | | Shows of city sports clubs, concerts, |
| the affection of all inhabitants to events | | | | animation, puppet theatre for children, but |
| that have children as protagonist. | | | | also a lot of opportunities for domestic |
| | | | animal lovers. Every year the Lignano in |
| For two weekends, from the 25th of April to | | | | Fiore organization dedicates a day to the |
| the 4th of May, the green lung of Lignano, | | | | four-legged friends with dog agility |
| the Hemingway Park will be invaded by | | | | demonstrations and competitions, walks and |
| tourists and residents that want to enjoy | | | | shows of dogs with their masters. Often they |
| days in the open air, surrounded by a lot of | | | | are children that seize the opportunity to |
| happiness and by the opportunity to help the | | | | play with their pets in a big park. |
| present charitable associations. | | | | |
| | | | The attention for animals has every year more |
| As the name suggests, the main features of | | | | and more important role: a lot of people have |
| this festival are flowers and plants and the | | | | a domestic animal and they are in difficulty |
| joy that they bring. Colours and scents | | | | when they must go on holiday. The bigger |
| spread all over the park, giving the | | | | difficulty is to find an accessible |
| sensation of being in a magic atmosphere, | | | | accommodation also to their four-legged |
| where children and their smiles are the | | | | friend. Particularly the seaside resorts feel |
| centre of the festival. This event draws | | | | about this problem, so the local government |
| every year more and more visitors, that take | | | | of Lignano decided to reserve a stretch of |
| advantage of these weekends to spend the | | | | beach to dogs and their masters in Riviera, |
| first days in the seaside resort on the upper | | | | the western end of the city, near the mouth |
| Adriatic Sea, walking on the beach and | | | | of the Tagliamento river. |
| warming themselves in the hotter and hotter | | | | |
| sun. For this reason, besides the ferment for | | | | In the same wake are moving several travel |
| the imminent opening of the coloured Festa | | | | and tourist agencies in Lignano, like the |
| dei Fiori (Flowers Festival), many hotels and | | | | Eureka, that works from years in letting |
| apartments in Lignano make the finishing | | | | holiday flats in the seaside resort. The |
| touches to give the opportunity to tourists | | | | agency owners offer to their guests that come |
| to stay in the city during these long | | | | on holiday with a dog or a cat about ten |
| weekends. | | | | apartments in Lignano where the domestic |
| | | | animals are allowed. These apartments are |
| Pineta and Sabbiadoro are the most requested | | | | located in peaceful areas in Sabbiadoro, the |
| districts by guests: the first is | | | | city centre, and are equipped with garden and |
| characterized by the ancient, green, fresh | | | | all modern services: air conditioning, |
| and peaceful pine wood, where the Hemingway | | | | modern furnishing, TV or TV-SAT, dishwasher, |
| Park is immersed. The second zone is the | | | | safe, car place and beach material included |
| historic centre of Lignano and the centre of | | | | in the price. So tourists can spend a |
| the seaside resort's life, near the golden | | | | comfortable holiday with their pets in an |
| beach. | | | | apartment in Lignano Sabbiadoro, near the |
| | | | beach and few minutes from the Hemingway |
| During the weekends of the 25th of April and | | | | Park. |
| of the 1st of May tourists can take relaxing | | | | |
| walks on the beach with the amusing and | | | | A park where dogs can run and play, a private |
| coloured afternoon in the park. Lignano in | | | | beach and accommodation in modern apartments |
| Fiore offers tourists in the seaside resort a | | | | in Lignano: the seaside resort is the right |
| full programme of events in the open air, | | | | place for people that don't want let the |
| under the characteristic pagoda in the centre | | | | four-legged friend at home. |
| of the park, that is dedicated to the famous | | | | |