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Beach town in Italy issues dress rules and threatens fines – Mayor: “Against decency”

2022-07-12T03:01:47.608Z


Beach town in Italy issues dress rules and threatens fines – Mayor: “Against decency” Created: 07/12/2022, 04:52 By: Richard Strobl The port of Sorrento. (Archive image) © IMAGO / Panthermedia The Italian beach town of Sorrento has enacted a bikini ban. Vacationers are now threatened with a hefty fine. And men should also bring extra clothing. Sorrento - Italy is being hit by a heat wave. As


Beach town in Italy issues dress rules and threatens fines – Mayor: “Against decency”

Created: 07/12/2022, 04:52

By: Richard Strobl

The port of Sorrento.

(Archive image) © IMAGO / Panthermedia

The Italian beach town of Sorrento has enacted a bikini ban.

Vacationers are now threatened with a hefty fine.

And men should also bring extra clothing.

Sorrento - Italy is being hit by a heat wave.

As many cases as possible often fall, especially near the beach.

But the beach town of Sorrento near Naples, which is popular with tourists, now wants to put an end to this behavior.

In Sorrento, a bikini ban now applies in the streets of the town.

If the rule is broken, tourists now face fines of up to 500 euros.

This is reported, among other things, by the English

Times

.

But it's not just bikini fans who have to bring extra clothing with them in Sorrento: the penalties also apply to visitors who walk through the city topless.

Bikini ban in Italy: coastal city even imposes a fine

You don't have to worry at the beach, however, or if you are at a pool.

But if you want to quickly get a panini or a gelato in one of the alleys of the picturesque town, you should quickly put something on.

But how do you get the new rule in Sorrento?

According to Mayor Massimo Coppola, scantily clad vacationers would cause "discomfort and uneasiness" among locals.

For the majority of his voters, going for a walk in a bikini or topless "would violate the decency that characterizes civilized coexistence," the

Times

Coppola further quoted as saying.

He also fears that his city's reputation could be damaged by too much bare skin.

That's why the police are now checking the new dress code.

Dress code in Italy's cities: Bikinis are also not allowed elsewhere

And: Sorrento is not alone with its rules.

In Praia a Mare in Calabria, for example, wearing inappropriate clothing and walking barefoot is prohibited.

In Rapallo in Liguria, street signs point out to tourists the dress code there, as reported by the

dailymail

, among others .

Vacationers should also be careful when it comes to driving: Here is an overview of the prohibitions and obligations for driving in Italy.

(rjs)

Source: merkur

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