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Extract from the Grado Travel Guides:
Some 11km south of Aquileia, isolated among lagoons at the end of a causeway, is the ancient island-town of
GRADO
, through which Aquileia once traded with Syria, Cyprus, Arabia and Asia Minor. But Grado is no miniature Venice, despite its parallel history and situation, the tiny historic centre being all but lost among the concrete buildings of the large, modern resort.
For relaxing on the
beach
, however, this is one of the best places in the northern Adriatic, the resort extending eastwards along the length of the sandy island. The water is warm and safe as a bath, and almost as shallow - indeed,...
read the whole Grado Travel Guides...
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