9 Best Things to Do in Milano Marittima

Papeete Beach is among the most popular bagni (serviced beach clubs) gracing Milano Marittima’s Adriatic coastline. It offers a wide beach with many orange umbrella-shaded sun loungers in neat rows. There’s an optional private section of the beach that you can book for a whole day for up to 10 people. For around €350, you get personalized services and a bottle of Papeete Brut. They usually throw summer beach parties on Sunday afternoons, with DJ sets that help draw in a festive crowd.

This butterfly park is set in a lush forested part of the town, around 6 minutes’ drive west from Primo Maggio. It offers an educational day out for the family, with guided tours that will show you nature’s artistry through exhibits detailing the stages in a butterfly’s life cycle. The park maintains its all-natural appeal, with almost every structure made from timber. There’s an onsite playground area, as well as a forest trail. Tickets are around €6 per person.

As one of the largest amusement parks in Italy, Mirabilandia offers thrill rides such as an inverted rollercoaster, which is also among the longest in Europe. The park has well over a dozen rides for different ages and adrenaline levels, as well as a waterpark for some sliding and splashing fun. Small kids can safely play at the Ottoland playground, families can join a rushing rapid ride in specially designed rafts on the Rio Bravo, while die-hard thrill-seekers can dare the Divertical – one of the world’s tallest “water coasters”. Tickets are around €36 for adults and €23 for kids under 140cm.

This treetop adventure park is set within the Parco Naturale di Cervia (Cervia Natural Park), right next to the Terme di Cervia spa and wellness center. There are around 9 courses where you can whiz through the pinewood canopies, equipped with essential safety gear such as helmets and harnesses. They include ziplines and cable bridges, as well as suspended squirrel tunnels and Tarzan swings. Tickets are around €20 for adults and half for kids (but they must be at least 120cm tall to enter).

Citta Giardino sits on the main roundabout of Primo Maggio, which connects most of Milano Marittima’s main streets. This spot is one of Milano Marittima few piazzas and serves as a great place to start exploring the town from. The garden is well-shaded by plenty of large trees, and some of its sections have flowerbeds and sculptures. There’s even a dancing fountain in the middle, colorfully illuminated at night. You can also check out the open-air riverside art gallery of Vialetto Degli Artisti, up north along Via Matteotti.

No other street represents the boutique shopping scene of Milano Marittima better than Viale Matteotti. It’s home to some of the town’s most notable shops, bearing the names of Italian and international fashion brands. Julian Fashion has been there quite a while, and you’ll find a huge variety of clothing and accessories there, ranging from Adidas and Burberry to Alexander McQueen. Another is Tezuk, near the Vialetto Degli Artisti art gallery, which specializes in sexy designer two-piece bikinis and ladies’ resort wear in signature floral motifs.

Milano Marittima may be a popular summer seaside resort, but if you come over the Christmas holidays and throughout winter, you should check out Mima On Ice in the town’s center. The Primo Maggio roundabout, with its charming Citta Giardino fountain and gardens, is closed off to regular traffic and transforms into a beautiful ice rink. You can slip into your winter jackets and ice skates and do some laps, or enjoy dreamy figure skating performances by professionals. Kids will also love the Christmas trees in the gardens as well as a Santa Claus workshop.

You can unwind with soothing spa treatments at Terme di Cervia, a modern spa and wellness facility that’s within a 10-minute drive west from the center of Milano Marittima. The treatments promote health using mixtures of special muds and saline water from the neighboring salt-farming town of Cervia. There are 2 mud bath versions: at room temperature (“cold”) and the more popular “hot” treatment (with the mud’s temperature at around 40°C). A bath in special mineral-rich waters ends the treatment. Mud baths with hydro-massage are around €32.

Pearly white interiors with crystalline chandeliers hang from its ceilings, reflecting colorfully projected lights in a dazzling array. The partying vibe gradually gains momentum as a young crowd gathers around the raised LED-lit bar. Dancers in glamorous costumes move to the beats played by the DJ in the booth below. This is the typical rave scene at Discoteca Pineta, one of the glitziest local nightclubs in Milano Marittima. Bookings are necessary for specific events, with cover charges at around €25 per person.