Lido di Venezia

The Lido of Venice (also known simply Lido) is a thin long and narrow island that stretches for about 11 km between the Venice lagoon and the Adriatic Sea, bordered by the ports of San Nicolò and Malamocco, connected to the city and the mainland only through Vaporetti and motozattere to transport vehicles (ferry-boat).

venice from lido It is one of the few islands of the lagoon where there are road and is also a small touristic airport.

With the neighboring island of Pellestrina is a municipality in the municipality of Venice.
The name Lido refers, specifically, the main town, is distinct from other localities of the island and Malamocco Alberoni.

As well as being so close to Venice, the island of Lido has always proved a fundamental link in the long chain of inlands dividing the sea from the lagoon: being a narrow strip of land squeezed between two different water systems with their temperature differences means that Lido's air is never still, but constantly moving in a light breeze -making the island excellent as a salubrious place to stay.

There is a wealth of plant life and greenery on Lido which, despite urban encroachments in recent decades, still clearly prevails over the concrete and asphalt. One can see why it became a favourite resort for those intent on reinvigorating body and mind. During his sojourns in Venice in the 1820s, lepanto Lord Byron would come to the Lido as often as possible: in the day he would take a horse and ride the length of the isle, to then while away the evening at San Nicoletto. moved by the sun setting over the lagoon - just as many other poets and writers have done over the centuries.