Reef and beach of San Nicola

The long beach of San Nicola opens out over natural pools and rocks, to form a magical play of bays and stretches of beaches, alternately sandy, pebbled or covered with soft sand.

This corner of uncontaminated nature is a stone’s throw away from luxuriant expanses of the most brilliant greens sloping towards a crystal-clear sea.

The Vasto seashore in fact, has received the “Blue banner” mark, a recognition that rewards the localities with the cleanest water and commitment of Local Councils to improve eco-friendliness of their facilities and promote sustainable tourism.

An excellent opportunity to discover the Vasto coast in all its natural beauty is offered by the old railway track which gives access to the San Nicola beach.

It can be easily reached on foot or by bike, on the discovery of numerous and monumental wall works, the result of high engineering skills and excellent workmanship in constructing channels, retaining walls, bridges, buttresses and galleries.

It is a masterpiece of industrial archeology that upholds the Transhumance Paths as environmental, anthropological and landscape values and as indirect outposts for century-old principles of cultural and environmental protection.