Grado: Beaches, Basilicas and Cycle Paths
Accommodation in Grado
Grado is particularly interesting if you do not want to limit your stay to a single theme. Beaches, sacred culture, Roman traces, cycling, seawater treatments and a bookable tour offer provide different ways of experiencing the town.
Beaches and Coast
The beaches of Grado stretch for approximately eight kilometres and face south. The shallow waters off Grado make the coast particularly suitable for families. Spiaggia Lido di Fido beach is located in the vicinity of Grado. This gives your travel planning a clear coastal focus, without having to equate the surrounding area with the actual beach area.
Basilicas and Roman Traces
A cultural visit to Grado includes specific buildings and archaeological traces. The Basilica di Sant’Eufemia has floor mosaics covering an area of approximately 700 m². The Basilica di Santa Maria delle Grazie is part of the early Christian route through Grado. Roman remains at Piazza Biagio Marin are accessible outdoors and can be viewed during a walk through the lanes of the old town.
The Museo Civico del Tesoro di Grado permanently displays old liturgical furnishings, reliquaries, liturgical vestments and sacred objects from Grado’s ecclesiastical heritage. Together with the basilicas and Roman remains, this creates a cultural programme that combines religious art, sacred objects and visible traces from different periods.
A distinctive event in the annual calendar is the Perdòn di Barbana: it is celebrated in the Grado Lagoon on the first Sunday of every July. As a single date in the annual calendar, this celebration is of interest to visitors who wish to arrange their stay around a specified Sunday in July.
Cycle Paths and the Ciclovia Alpe Adria
Grado has a network of cycle paths within the town. In addition, the Ciclovia Alpe Adria ends in Grado and is 425 km long in total. For your planning, routes within the town and the Ciclovia Alpe Adria, with its destination in Grado, therefore represent different scales side by side.
Seawater and Special Offers
For wellness and health interests, the Terme Marine di Grado offers medical thalassotherapy treatments using heated seawater. If you are interested in a culinary and craft-focused experience, the Wine&Craft Tour offer organised by Consorzio Grado Turismo is also relevant; it can be booked.
Grado for Your Travel Planning
If you are looking for a hotel in Grado, you can decide on the focus of your trip in advance: shallow coast and family travel, sacred culture, Roman traces, cycling, thalassotherapy or the Wine&Craft Tour offer. This allows the destination to be viewed according to your interests rather than as a single programme; you can choose your accommodation based on your personal travel plan and the desired length of your stay.
For further orientation, you can also visit Grado Pineta and Fossalon Di Grado.
Further Destinations
Other places within the same destination:
To the higher-level travel overview: Gorizia.
