Pescara: the beach that inspired D'Annunzio

The Birthplace of Gabriele D'Annunzio, where the poet was born in 1863, preserves furniture and personal objects of his family in a small museum in the heart of the old city.

Descending toward the river, you cross the Bridge of the Sea, inaugurated in 2009 and among Italy's longest cable-stayed pedestrian and bicycle bridges, with views over the mouth of the river and the Adriatic Sea.

Continuing toward the coast, you walk through the Pineta Dannunziana, a park of maritime pines that provides shade just steps from the beach, crossed by pathways and cycling trails.

Toward evening, the long beach of Pescara, among the most expansive on the central Adriatic coast, concludes the day with a swim before dinner.

D'Annunzio left Pescara very young to study in Rome, but the Abruzzo coastal landscape of his childhood returned many times in his works, even decades later.

The Ponte del Mare connects the two banks of the Pescara River right near the mouth, allowing passage from the nightlife district to the residential area in just a few minutes on foot.