Venice Lido, beaches for sustainable tourism
Following acquisition of the Excelsior, Des Bains and Quattro Fontane bathing establishments in 2009 by the company Est Capital and the award of the ''Blue Flag'' to the Venice Lido beaches, the newly founded SAB - Stabilimenti Attività Balneari has decided to manage its beaches undertaking to develop ''social sustainability'', guaranteeing accessibility and integration for people with disabilities.
Accessible tourism represents cultural growth, an attitude and a way of being, a new philosophy of hospitality. This new concept is embraced fully by SAB - Stabilimenti Attività Balneari, with care and attention to the needs and freedom of each individual.
There are many elements that contribute to defining a beach accessible. The parameters that objectively allows a bathing establishment to be defined as accessible are indicated in the ''Manifesto per l'accessibilità di stabilimenti balneari e spiagge'' (Manifesto for accessibility of bathing establishments and beaches), recently produced by the ''Laboratorio Nazionale Turismo Accessibile'' (National Laboratory for Accessible Tourism) and approved by FISH (Federazione Italiana per il Superamento dell'Handicap – Italian Federation for Overcoming Disabilities), which is taking action to create a National Census of Accessible Bathing Establishments.
Sustainable tourism must be capable of positively combining the protection of natural heritage and valorisation of the territory with the sustainable development of economic activities. This is the goal of SAB - Stabilimenti Attività Balneari, emphasizing not only how tourism plays a crucial role in achieving important social-economic results, but also how it can be a driving force in valorising the identities of both person and territory, while at the same time allowing a reduction in environmental impacts.
Giulio Polegato
Beach Operation Manager, SAB - Stabilimenti Attività Balneari
Manifesto Accessibilità
Accessible Venice
Reaching the beach by car
SAB – Stabilimenti Attività Balneari, a beach for all
Venice Lido, beaches for sustainable tourism
Accessible Venice
Accessible Venice is a service through which Venice City Council offers its citizens, residents or visitors useful information on how to make the best use of services provided for people with disabilities and aimed at making people aware of these facilities and of the works carried out to improve Venice's urban accessibility. Read more...
Reaching the beach by car
For all those wishing to reach the beaches managed by SAB – Stabilimenti Attività Balneari by car, a list of reserved parking areas in the vicinity of the entrances to the bathing establishments is provided below.
| Beach | Reserved parking areas |
| Excelsior Beach Sporting Entrance (Lungomare Marconi – in front of Via Andrea Calmo) |
Via Andrea Calmo - Via Angelo Emo Piazzale Casinò |
| Des Bains Beach Main entrance (Lungomare Marconi – in front of the Hotel Des Bains) |
Gran Viale Lungomare Gabriele d’Annunzio |
| Quattro Fontane Beach Main entrance (Lungomare Marconi – in front of Via Lorenzo Marcello) |
Piazzale Casinò Via Lorenzo Marcello |
SAB – Stabilimenti Attività Balneari, a beach for all
Following the road that leads to total accessibility of the bathing establishments, many of the measures that allow 360° accessibility to all services have been adopted within our beaches, offering people with disabilities adequate assurances and aids for bathing activities. We have chosen to offer quality, where beach and sea are synonymous with environmentally-sustainable and accessible tourism.
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Following acquisition of the Excelsior, Des Bains and Quattro Fontane bathing establishments in 2009 by the company Est Capital and the award of the ''Blue Flag'' to the Venice Lido beaches, the newly founded SAB - Stabilimenti Attività Balneari has decided to manage its beaches undertaking to develop ''social sustainability'', guaranteeing accessibility and integration for people with disabilities.
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