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Jesolo

Province: Venice · Region: Veneto · Population: 24,479 · Postal code: 30016

Fifteen kilometres of unbroken sand make Jesolo one of Europe's bathing capitals: the hospitality machine — hundreds of hotels, beach clubs, a seafront that becomes a summer "mile" of events and sand sculptures — has run with Venetian efficiency for seventy years. Piazza Milano and Via Bafile compose Italy's longest evening promenade.

For families, aquariums and water parks; for night owls, a storied club tradition. And Venice is an hour away by bus and vaporetto from Punta Sabbioni: beach by day, St Mark's at sunset.

🎉 Festivals and feasts in Jesolo 1

Patron saint festival In 253 days

Saint John the Baptist, patron who gave Jesolo its medieval name

📅 Every year, in June, with the Palio Remiero delle Contrade

Jesolo celebrates Saint John the Baptist with the Palio Remiero delle Contrade and fireworks over the Sile; in 1211 the town changed its name to «San Giovanni» precisely because of a monastery dedicated to the Baptist, whose devotion dates back many centuries.

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