Editing Tourism in Italy (section)

===Seaside tourism===
[[File:Alimini Otranto.jpg|thumb|Seaside in [[Otranto]], [[Apulia]]]]
[[File:Cruise Ship Costa Serena sailing in front of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice - September 2010.jpg|thumb|A cruise ship near [[Venice]]]]
{{further|List of beaches in Italy}}

Four different seas surround Italy in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] from three sides: the [[Adriatic Sea]] in the east,<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OFwkVgQNHlsC|title=Physical oceanography of the Adriatic Sea|first1=Benoit|last1=Cushman-Roisin|first2=Miroslav|last2=Gačić|first3=Pierre-Marie|last3=Poulain|isbn=978-1-4020-0225-0|year=2001|publisher=Springer |pages=1–2}}</ref> the [[Ionian Sea]] in the south,<ref>{{cite book |url=https://iho.int/uploads/user/pubs/standards/s-23/S-23_Ed3_1953_EN.pdf |title=Limits of Oceans and Seas |edition=3rd |year=1953 |publisher=[[Organisation hydrographique internationale]] |access-date=28 December 2020 |issue=28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008191433/http://www.iho.int/iho_pubs/standard/S-23/S-23_Ed3_1953_EN.pdf |archive-date=8 October 2011}}</ref> and the [[Ligurian Sea]] and the [[Tyrrhenian Sea]] in the west.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Tyrrhenian-Sea |title=Tyrrhenian Sea |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopedia Britannica]] |access-date=18 July 2017 |editor-last=Chisholm |editor-first=Hugh |editor-link=Hugh Chisholm |publisher=Cambridge University Press }}</ref> Including islands, Italy has a coastline of over {{Convert|8000|km|mi}}.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Piattaforma Tecnologica Nazionale Marittima|url=https://www.mit.gov.it/mit/mop_all.php?p_id=06441|access-date=28 May 2021|website=[[Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (Italy)]]|archive-date=17 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417025554/https://www.mit.gov.it/mit/mop_all.php?p_id=06441|url-status=dead}}</ref> There are numerous famous coastal stretches.<ref name="turismo">{{cite web|url=https://www.turismo.it/natura/multimedia/art/le-25-citt-costiere-pi-belle-ditalia-id-9203/|title=Le 25 città costiere più belle d'Italia|access-date=27 December 2021|language=it}}</ref>

The [[Italian Riviera]] includes nearly all of the coastline of [[Liguria]], extending from the border with France near [[Ventimiglia, Italy|Ventimiglia]] eastwards to Capo Corvo, which marks the eastern end of the Gulf of [[La Spezia]].<ref>{{Cite book|first=Rosa |last=Baughan |year=1880 |title=Winter havens in the sunny South, a complete handbook to the Riviera |location=London |publisher=The Bazaar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zg8IAAAAQAAJ}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|first=Charles B. |last=Black |year=1887 |title=The Riviera, Or The Coast from Marseilles to Leghorn, Including Carrara, Lucca, Pisa, Pistoja and Florence |edition=Third |location=Edinburgh |publisher=Adam and Charles Black |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KKsaAAAAYAAJ }}</ref>  Italian coasts also include the [[Amalfi Coast]], [[Cilentan Coast]], [[Cinque Terre]], [[Coast of the Gods]], [[Costa Verde (Sardinia)|Costa Verde]], [[Riviera delle Palme (Marche)|Riviera delle Palme]], [[Riviera del Brenta]], [[Costa Smeralda]], and [[Trabocchi Coast]], in addition to the bays [[Venetian Lagoon]], [[Augusta Bay (Sicily)|Augusta Bay]], [[Bay of Naples]] and [[Liscia di Vacca]].

Notable beaches includes [[Baia Domizia]] in [[Sessa Aurunca]] and [[Cellole]], [[Citara]] in [[Forio]], [[Cala Fuili]] in [[Cala Gonone]], [[Poetto]] in [[Cagliari]], [[Spiaggia del Bacan]] in [[Venice]], Cala Goloritze in [[Baunei]], Baia delle Zagare in [[Vieste]], Cavoli Beach in [[Elba]], La Sorgente Beach in [[Portoferraio]], Cala dei Gabbiani in [[Baunei]], Cala Cipolla beach in [[Chia (Sardinia)|Chia]], Cauco Beach in [[Maiori]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.europeanbestdestinations.com/best-beaches-in-europe-2022/|title=The 22 Most Beautiful Beaches in Europe for 2022|access-date=7 June 2022}}</ref>

Noteworthy seaside locations includes [[Taormina]], [[Alghero]], [[Positano]], [[Otranto]], [[Tropea]], [[Porto Santo Stefano]], [[Sirolo]], [[Vieste]], [[Sperlonga]], [[Cesenatico]], [[Sestri Levante]], [[Vasto]], [[Termoli]], [[Maratea]], [[Bibione]], [[Muggia]], [[Amalfi]], [[Atrani]], [[Camogli]], [[Isola di Capo Rizzuto|Capo Rizzuto]], [[Castiglioncello]], [[Cefalù]], [[Gallipoli, Apulia|Gallipoli]], [[Lerici]], [[Manarola]], [[Monterosso al Mare]], [[Pisciotta]], [[Polignano a Mare]], [[Portofino]], [[Praiano]], [[Ravello]], [[Sciacca]], [[Scilla, Calabria|Scilla]], [[Sorrento]], [[Vernazza]].<ref name="turismo"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ilturista.info/ch/vacanze_mare/italia/|title=Vacanze mare Italia|access-date=27 December 2021|language=it}}</ref>

Beaches and cliffs are dotted with various accommodation facilities, such as bathing establishments, hotels and restaurants, resorts, agritourism, night and day gathering centres, parks, piers and marinas, as well as numerous historic and artistic centres, which combine an interest in the bathing activities to those for leisure, nature and art.

The Italian seaports are docking points for cruise tourism.<ref name="lagenziadiviaggi">{{cite web|url=https://www.lagenziadiviaggi.it/crociere-cemar-88-milioni-di-passeggeri-nei-porti-italiani/|title=Crociere, Cemar: 8,8 milioni di passeggeri nei porti italiani|access-date=13 May 2022|language=it}}</ref> Italy is the leading cruise tourism destination in the Mediterranean Sea.<ref name="lagenziadiviaggi"/> Italian seaseaports most frequented by cruise passengers who sail the Mediterranean Sea are [[Civitavecchia]], [[Genoa]], [[Palermo]], [[Bari]], [[Naples]], [[Savona]], [[Trieste]], [[Monfalcone]], [[Taranto]] and [[La Spezia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shippingitaly.it/2021/10/21/crociere-nel-2021-litalia-con-27-milioni-di-passeggeri-tornera-leader-nel-mediterraneo/#:~:text=Stampa-,Secondo%20le%20proiezioni%20di%20Risposte%20Turismo%2C%20a%20fine%202021%20il,piena%20emergenza%20sanitaria%20Covid%2D19.|title=Crociere: nel 2021 l'Italia con 2,7 milioni di passeggeri torna leader nel Mediterraneo|access-date=27 May 2022|language=it}}</ref>