Two opposing worlds make up the Jesolo area: on the one hand the countryside between the rivers and the lagoon, on the other the lido and the pine forest, a tourist pride of international importance.
Historically, the Jesolo area has always been linked to Venice, whose protection it secured over the centuries while the Venetians exercised their dominion.
Jesolo’s history can be summed up in the names it has assumed over time: Equilium, Cavazuccherina and finally Jesolo. The present territory was in antiquity a lagoon, within which the largest island was conquered and called “Equilium”, land of horses, by the Romans.
With the collapse of the Roman Empire, the inhabitants of Oderzo, in order to defend themselves from the barbarians, took refuge in Eraclea and on the island of Equilio, which they called Jesolo. Later, the city became part of maritime Venice, an entity that later gave rise to the Republic of Venice.
In the 1930s there was a rebirth of Jesolo: the first establishments for heliotherapy cures were built, along with the first hotels and restaurants. Today, Jesolo hosts more than 6 million tourists who spend their holidays on its splendid beaches, attend the many organised shows, and stroll along Europe’s longest pedestrian island.
At the end of the bathing area, to the east, the Jesolo territory culminates in the small port of Cortellazzo, where all around the pine forest covers part of the old dunes. While to the west, the 48 m high Cavallino lighthouse, built between 1948 and 1950 in place of the first tower dating back to 1840, marks the extreme limit of the coastline towards the Venice lagoon.
Jesolo offers attractions, entertainment, clubs, pubs, restaurants, shops and more… The choice is yours!
