With over 7000 palm trees and nearly as many children playing under their waving fronds, San Benedetto (san beh-neh-DEHT-toh; pop. 50,000) draws summering Italian families and over 200,000 tourists. Don’t come expecting cultural enrichment—the only castelli you’ll find are made of sand.
The train station is at Vle. Gramsci 20/A. Ticket counter open daily 6:40am-8:35pm. (AmEx/MC/V.) Trains run to Ancona (1hr., 27 per day 12:25am-9:26pm, €4.50), Ascoli Piceno (30min., 14 per day 7 ...more
Buses #4 and #5 follow Vle. dello Sport, which traverses the heart of the city. Viale Trieste, the lungomare (promenade), undergoes various name changes. Via Trento, which becomes Via Volta, runs parallel ...more
Hotel Le Soleil, V. A. Volta, 119 (☎ 0735 81 768; www.lesoleil.it). Proximity to the beach and San Benedetto’s porto turistico. Slightly narrow rooms come with a fridge, TV, bathroom, parking, ...more
When hunger strikes, head to one of the beachside food spots that turn into discoteche by night . There’s an open-air market on V. Montebello (Tu and F mornings). Tigre supermarkets are everywhere ...more
San Benedetto’s palm-lined beaches and lungomare cover a lot of distance, starting with Beach #1 near the train station and continuing through Beach #114, which is actually in Porto d’Ascoli ...more
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