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