We’re in the middle of summer and I’ve not written about Pineto yet! That makes no sense at all. What’s really odd is I may have left it until summer was well and truly over before I wrote about one of my favourite Abruzzo beaches. Maybe sometimes you need a prompt, and in this case mine came from a question on the Abruzzo forum on Tripadvisor.
So where is Pineto? It’s here, in the Teramo province of Abruzzo, about 30 minutes by car from Pescara. If you’re based inland near Penne, like the person who posed the question in Tripadvisor, it is about 50 minutes away.
What’s the beach like? Well I’m going to let a few photographs I took last year help answer this question.
The beach is long and sandy, and in an Abruzzo summer, the water is very inviting. One end of the beach is marked by the Torre di Cerrano and 2km of pine-wood separate the beach from the town.
It may look from the photos that every available spot is taken up by sun chairs, this is not the case. I found there was plenty of space on the beach, and if that is not enough there is the very welcome cool area amongst the pines, an ideal spot for a picnic.
There’s no shortage of restaurants. And they’ll happily will rent you sun chairs for the day, and all sorts of inflatable animals!
Pineto is overlooked by Atri, and one reference I came across indicated that The Pineto area served as a port for the Roman town of Adria (now Atri).
I’ve written about Atri before, and it’s well worth a visit. In fact, a morning at the beach, followed by an exploration of Atri sounds like a good plan to me. Atri is about 10km, 15 minutes by car, from Pineto.
This site that gives some details about the facilities in the area. I love the Pineto, and I think you’d be hard pressed not to enjoy yourself there.
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