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Towel scandal on the beach: vacationers in Italy face a fine of up to 3,000 euros

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Towel scandal on the beach: vacationers in Italy face a fine of up to 3,000 euros Created: 08/31/2022, 04:59 am By: Martina Lippl Italy is taking action against "reservation" on the beach. Vacationers face a fine of up to 3,000 euros (symbolic photo). © guardiacostiera.gov.it Italy doesn't take a joke anymore. Anyone who secures a place on the beach with a towel or parasol must expect drastic


Towel scandal on the beach: vacationers in Italy face a fine of up to 3,000 euros

Created: 08/31/2022, 04:59 am

By: Martina Lippl

Italy is taking action against "reservation" on the beach.

Vacationers face a fine of up to 3,000 euros (symbolic photo).

© guardiacostiera.gov.it

Italy doesn't take a joke anymore.

Anyone who secures a place on the beach with a towel or parasol must expect drastic penalties.

Rome – Many Italian beaches get wild in the early hours of the morning.

Vacationers quickly set up umbrellas or sun loungers and lay out towels to secure a spot on the public beaches.

The unscrupulous often secure their spot on the beach for days.

It is a well-known phenomenon - which tourists in other holiday countries also pursue with full-blown ambition.

On some Croatian beaches, this top dog behavior is becoming a massive problem.

Appeals to the common sense of bathers have little effect.

Italy: Towel scandal on the beach – holidaymakers face fines of up to 3,000 euros

In Italy, however, occupying a seat with a towel or something similar is no longer just considered bad behavior, but is prohibited by law.

Anyone who leaves a "placeholder" on a public beach or shore risks a fine of up to 3000 euros.

Italian media reports of merciless raids on the coast of Tuscany.

The Italian coast guard and the police are taking action against illegal parasols and sun loungers.

Holiday destination Italy: Coast guard raid on the beach of Elba against "place reservation" 

Dozens of towels, sun loungers and "placeholder" umbrellas were confiscated on Marina di Campo beach on the island of Elba at dawn Monday (22 August).

Heavy fines have also been levied.

In some cases, investigations to identify the owners of the bathing suits are still ongoing.

The local website

ElbaReport

has published a letter about the action, which strongly criticizes the confiscation on the beach.

"The Carabinieri confiscated all the beach umbrellas and sun loungers left on the beach by bathers before 8 a.m.," the letter reads.

In order to get the things back, the affected bathers would have to pay a fine of more than 2000 euros and criminal proceedings would be initiated.

Signs or warning signs about the new law on the beach were missing.

That's why nobody knew about the new rule that was introduced this year.

However, ElbaReport

does not accept these claims and makes it very clear that such a law has existed in Italy for years and is valid throughout the country.

On so-called free beaches ("spiagge libere") it is actually forbidden to leave objects such as mattresses, sun loungers and parasols for a long time.

Italy: limited space on the beach and on the coast

In Italy, space on the coasts and beaches is scarce.

Free access to the beach is actually stipulated by law.

But at Italy's bathing resorts, one bathing beach often follows the other.

For a parasol and a lounger there is a lot of money.

If you want to swim in the sea, you have to pay.

Business is booming in the summer season.

Italy awards lido concessions at a ridiculous price.

Beach baths have been passed down through generations.

Licenses automatically renewed.

But the permits would have to be advertised regularly – across Europe.

According to a decision by the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) in 2016, the Italian procurement practice is illegal.

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The lobby of the lido operators has so far successfully resisted a change, speaking of "Italian tradition".

In Italy, many are hardly aware that there is a right to free access to the sea.

Most have apparently resigned themselves to paying for a spot by the sea.

Especially since the lidos like to spread without permission.

On the public beaches, on the other hand, there has been a relentless “towel fight” for the best spots for years.

Italy: Italian Coast Guard controls the use of free beaches

The Coast Guard repeatedly takes action against reservations there.

According to media reports, the raids have intensified in recent weeks.

Apparently with success.

"One of the objectives of #GuardiaCostiera's #MareSicuro operation is to control the correct use of free beaches and stretches of sea for public use," the Italian Coast Guard tweeted in August.

And she also delivered her track record for the summer of 2022: "So far this summer, around 131,000 square meters of beaches and stretches of sea have been returned to the community."

Until now, towels in the first row at the pool in hotel complexes caused trouble.

Things can get pretty good here.

Only recently did a video of a towel scandal cause a stir.

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