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The stabilimento balneare is a concession on a stretch of shore with loungers, cabins and service. It is a product in its own right, with a price and a season, and it is rarely owned by a hotel. Levels are cited from the published guide, never restated as a score of ours.

Beach clubCityRegionSeaSeasonLevelDay rateHotel
Purobeach PortopiccoloPortopiccoloFriuli-Venezia GiuliaAdriatic SeaMay–SeptemberThree gold umbrellas—not checked
Eco del MareLericiLiguriaLigurian SeaMay–OctoberThree gold umbrellas—not checked
Langosteria Bagni FioreParaggiLiguriaLigurian SeaMay–SeptemberThree gold umbrellas—not checked
AlpemareForte dei MarmiToscanaTyrrhenian SeaApril–October, peak Jul–AugThree gold umbrellas—standalone
Bagno PieroForte dei MarmiToscanaTyrrhenian SeaApril–October, peak Jul–AugThree gold umbrellas€80
two loungers and umbrella, per day
estimate		not checked
TwigaMarina di PietrasantaToscanaTyrrhenian SeaApril–October, peak Jul–AugThree gold umbrellasfrom €1 000
per day, configuration not stated
not checked
La ScoglieraPositanoCampaniaTyrrhenian SeaApril–October, peak Jul–AugThree gold umbrellasfrom €1 000
per day, configuration not stated
not checked
Lido VilleggiaturaTaorminaSiciliaIonian SeaApril–October, peak Jul–AugThree gold umbrellas—Villa Sant'Andrea, A Belmond Hotel
Nuova Spiaggia ParadisoLetojanniSiciliaIonian SeaMay–SeptemberThree gold umbrellas—not checked
Tao BeachTaorminaSiciliaIonian SeaApril–October, peak Jul–AugThree gold umbrellas€80–150
two loungers and umbrella, per day
not checked
Nikki BeachArzachenaSardegnaTyrrhenian SeaMay–SeptemberThree gold umbrellas—not checked
Phi BeachBaja SardiniaSardegnaTyrrhenian SeaMay–SeptemberThree gold umbrellas—not checked
Romazzino BeachPorto CervoSardegnaTyrrhenian SeaMay–OctoberThree gold umbrellas—Romazzino, A Belmond Hotel, Costa Smeralda

Levels are cited from 300 venues reviewed in the guide across 15 regions, 2025 edition, each visited in person. The guide scores six criteria — location, service, design, food, beverage and mood — and we do not restate those scores as our own.

This section lists the 13 venues the guide places at its top level, not every beach club in Italy. 4 carry a confirmed day rate; the rest show a dash, which means not recorded rather than not disclosed. A dash is never an estimate.

Dossiers

Three gold umbrellas