Tourism Cervia Municipality

Cervia Milano Marittima can boast an exceptional heritage of parkland. Cervia’s centuries old pinewood, the southern part of the "dense and living woodland" sung of by Dante and Byron, stretches out over roughly 210 hectares. A 27 hectare natural park was set up in the pinewood in 1963. Another more recently planted pinewood of 24 hectares supplies a precious green lung between the beach and the resorts of Pinarella and Tagliata. There are many public parks with facilities. Since 1968, respecting the "ecological" spirit that animates the town, Cervia Milano Marittima has possessed an efficient water purification plant. The 827-hectare saltpans of Cervia, still an important producer of salt, are also a natural reserve where avocets, blackwinged stilts, seagulls, mallards and many other species make their nests. With the establishment of the Southern Station of the Po Delta Park and the start-up phase of the Saltpan Park much has been achieved, with the collaboration of other institutions such as the Fondazione Cervia Ambiente (Cervia Environment Foundation), to promote educational-environmental rambles in the saltpans and other evocative natural areas. There are also courses and seminars where you can learn about the territory and its history and traditions while enjoying yourself. Since 1972 the international important event "Cervia Città Giardino" ( Cervia Garden City) is organized, a permanent exhibition of flowers with the presence of several Italian and foreign cities.