My Native Town: Grado

Grado is a town in the north-eastern Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located on an island of the Adriatic Sea between Venice and Trieste. Once mainly a fishing center, today it is a popular tourist destination, known commonly as L'Isola del Sole ("The Sunny Island"). Together with Marano Lagunare, it is the center of the Marano-Grado Lagoon, which is famous for its uncontaminated nature. Grado is the birthplace of Biagio Marin, a poet who sang about the island in the local Venetian dialect. More information can be found at Wikipedia(English), Wikipedia(Italiano) .

Born in Monfalcone (a town nearby), I grow up in Grado up to the age of 11 years old. My childhood memories are among the sweetest I have, and nowadays I go there for the summer holidays. If you want to spend a relaxing vacation, you should definitely consider this sea town. Grado is specially suited for families with children: I tried it myself as a child ... and now I go there with my own children!

Myself and my parents in Grado in 1985.

Touristic information can be found here:

- Friuli Venezia Giulia region: official webpage about Grado

- Grado municipality: official tourism webpage

Grado is a 20 minutes drive by bus/car/taxi from the Trieste airport , and a 90-150 minutes drive by car/taxi from the Venice airport.

A couple of videos about my beloved Grado:

Flying over Grado lagoon: simply amazing!

A beautiful video about my native region: Friuli Venezia Giulia (Italy)

(in order of appereance: Castello di Udine, Lago di Bordaglia, Cascate di Kot, Palmanova, Cascata di Taipana, Cascatella di Premariacco, Natisone forre e fiume, Castelmonte, Campo di Bonis, Isola di Barbana(Grado), Scogliera di Duino, Castello Miramare, Isola delle Conchiglie, litorale di Lignano, Villa Coren, Castello di Gorizia, Castello di Villalta, Castello D'Arcano, Rocca Bernarda, Castello di Fagagna, Castello di Faedis, Grotta di S.Giovanni D'antro e Lago di Cornino)

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