Milano Marittima: What has always been missing in Milan? The sea of course. And it was missing even in the early ‘900 when in Italy and throughout Europe began to spread the idea of tourism that we know today. Great hotels on lakes and beaches, spas, impeccable services, a standard of excellence for those who could afford long trips to discover Europe.
Or a trip to Italy in the footsteps of the adventurous one described by Goethe almost two centuries earlier.
It is in this context that the Maffei family, important Milanese mining industrialists, thought to give the sea to Milan and its industrial and commercial bourgeoisie. He decided to build in Cervia, Emilia Romagna, Milano Marittima. A seaside town with luxury villas and gardens.
Today Milano Marittima is one of the most famous places of the Romagna Riviera, with large tree-lined avenues where you can walk shopping, beaches full of services, a trendy nightlife, which includes some of the most famous local deli of Italy and the pine forest that still offers its silence and the relief of the breeze to who wants to enjoy it in the hot summer afternoons.
Let’s see now how to get there and what to do in Milano Marittima.
Milano Marittima is a famous seaside resort located in the municipality of Cervia in Emilia Romagna, 20 kilometers away from Ravenna and 37 from Rimini.
It is within the pine forest of Cervia with which it borders to the north while to the south there is the resort Lido di Savio that is part of the municipality of Ravenna. The towns of Milano Marittima and Cervia are divided by the Madonna del Pino canal.
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The origin of Milano Marittima: this is why it is called so?
As we have seen, Milano Marittima was founded in the early 1900s with the aim of giving the Milanese bourgeoisie its holiday resort for the summer.
In 1907 the first agreement was concluded with the Municipality to obtain the land. Then took over the then famous painter and poster art nouveau Giuseppe Palanti who cultivated the utopia of a garden city by the sea. The project of Palanti saw Milano Marittima as the natural extension of the pine forest of Cervia, but was implemented only in part for the war. With the outbreak of the First World War, in fact, the development of Milano Marittima underwent a pause and then resumed in the 1920s when it became one of the favorite destinations of upper-middle class families.
In 1927 Cervia was recognized by a ministerial decree as a health resort and tourism thanks to Milano Marittima. After the construction of the villas were also built the first hotels, restaurants and colonies. After the Second World War there was a further increase in urban planning that definitively consecrated Milano Marittima as one of the most famous seaside resorts in Italy.
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Milano Marittima : here’s what to do
Milano Marittima is today a very popular tourist destination that attracts every summer visitors from all over the world. The entertainment offer is vast both during the day and at night. This area has many clubs and discos where you can have fun during the hot summer evenings.
It offers natural beauty such as beaches and the famous pine forest that stretches for 210 hectares and has a varied ecosystem in which various plant species proliferate. A part of the pine forest is dedicated to the Natural Park of Milano Marittima that houses several animals such as donkeys, horses, rabbits, sheep, deer and deer. Returning to the town can not miss a walk in one of the main streets of Milano Marittima, or the Viale degli artisti. This street is particularly characteristic and during the summer comes alive with markets of local handicrafts.
Milano Marittima is also home to a spa that takes advantage of the beneficial properties of the historic salt works of Cervia. Finally, Cervia is definitely worth a visit, the adjacent town of Romagna, with its ancient part, founded in the fifth century, and the salt pans. The Town Hall and the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta are also worth a visit.
And the artistic treasures of Ravenna are half an hour’s drive from the pine forest.
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