Location and how to reach
Bibione
An hour’s drive from Venice, Bibione is one the most visited tourist destinations in Italy. The wide beach is one of its main and most appreciated features. The beach stretches for over 7 kilometres and is so wide as to be the ideal site to host top level well-attended beach events, such as the AeQuilibrium Beach Volley Marathon®. Bibione is the first tourist destination in Europe to get the EMAS certificate and to follow sustainable development principles. It has always been one of the favourite destinations for national and international tourism. Bibione offers memorable beach vacations, naturalistic excursions, guided tours to the neighbouring historical towns and much more. A rich network of cycling paths – mapped on Google Maps – branches out from the centre of Bibion, riding along unique naturalistic itineraries up to Lignano Sabbiadoro and to Caorle Valle Vecchia, by means of two cycle and pedestrian ferries.
Bibione Thermae
Since its opening the Bibione spa establishment, close to the sporting area, has developed into a place where you can attain true wellness. In Bibione Thermae you will be able to rediscover the joy of feeling healthy and fit. In addition to spa treatments, there are: a state-of-the-art beauty farm, big indoor and outdoor thermal water swimming pools with whirlpools and pool cascades, saunas, Turkish baths, hay baths, a cooling room, a sunroom and refreshment services. Thermal water springs at 52°C from a spring situated 500 metres underground. According to the temperature of the water and its fixed residue, this water is classified as hyper-thermal, medium mineral and alkaline bicarbonate sodium fluoride. Thanks to its properties, the thermal water in Bibione Thermae has been recognized as therapeutic by the Italian Ministry of Health. Let yourself be enveloped in the exotic atmosphere of the Hamman, lying totally relaxed on heated marble beds immersed in warm scented steam. Participants to the sporting event, with their personal passes and/or QR code from the SPORTFELIX App, will get a discount on the entrance price to the thermal water swimming pools.
How to reach Bibione
Take the A4 motorway (Venice-Trieste), exit at Latisana; a 20 km highway connects Latisana to Lignano and to Bibione.
The nearest train station is the “Latisana-Lignano-Bibione” train station (on the Venice-Trieste line). A stone’s throw away from the train station there is a bus station (www.atvo.it) that links the station to Bibione in about 30 minutes. The closest bus stop to the sport event area is Bibione Thermae (about 100 metres). The Organising Office arranges a round trip transfer service from the Venice Mestre railway station to the destination.
The nearest airports are those of Venice, Treviso and Ronchi dei Legionari (Trieste). For those arriving in Bibione by train or by plane, the Organising Office arranges a round trip transfer service from the airport and Venice-Mestre train station to the destination.
By GT coach. Ask WeTheFun!
Thanks to the agreement with BusForFun (www.busforfun.com), participants to the sporting event can benefit from a round trip service by GT coach from the main Italian cities with numerous intermediate stop points along each route. For those arriving in Bibione by train or by plane, the organising office arranges a transfer service from the airports of Venice, Treviso and Ronchi dei Legionari and from Venice-Mestre train station to the destination.
Legs of the journey and boarding stops along the way
- Course (1) Lecce – Bibione, boarding stops: Lecce – Bari – Foggia – Pescara – Ancona – Rimini – Bologna – Ferrara.
- Course (2) Reggio Calabria – Bibione, boarding stops: Reggio Calabria – Cosenza – Lagonegro – Salerno – Napoli – Cassino – Roma – Arezzo – Firenze – Padova.
- Course (3) Genova – Bibione, boarding stops: Genova – Alessandria – Piacenza – Vicenza – Treviso.
- Course (4) Torino – Bibione, boarding stops: Torino – Novara – Milano – Bergamo – Brescia – Verona.
Departure from airport 10.00 a.m. / from train station 10.30 a.m. / arrival in Bibione at about 12.00 p.m.
Departure from airport 3.00 p.m. / from train station 3.30 p.m. / arrival in Bibione at about 5.00 p.m.
Departure from airport 7.00 p.m. / from train station 7.30 p.m. / arrival in Bibione at about 9.00 p.m.