GRADO-AQUILEIA

The golden island(Grado) and the second Rome(Aquileia) are less than an hour far from Lignano

The Golden Island and the Second Rome

Grado, the 'GoldenIsland', stands in a picturesque lagoon amidst a maize of small islands and is a natural beauty spot with two nature reserves. It used to be the port for Aquileia, the 'Second Rome', situated nearby to the north.

Venetian charm

Grado, joined to the mainland by a narrow strip of land, has a graceful Venetian style historic town centre where you can wander through the alleyways and squares flanked by picturesquely cluttered fishermen's houses. Definitely to be seen are the Paleochristian Cathedral and the very old octagonal baptistery

Roman beauty
Aquileia was a major city in the Roman Empire and is now a Unesco World Heritage site with an archaeological area of great importance. In the patriarchal basilica there is one of the most extraordinary existing sets of mosaics in the world

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