Vasto Marina Cycle Path

One of Vasto Marina’s facilities is a pedestrian and cycle path, located in its Nature Reserve, in a section along Lungomare Duca degli Abruzzi (3.5km in the Reserve) and another in the coastal biotope at San Salvo (2.6km), skirting the edges of the best-preserved dune habitat in Abruzzo, alongside that of Vasto’s other reserve, Punta Aderci.

From the path it is possible to see typical retrodunal vegetation comprising mainly rushes.

Along the pedestrian paths that lead to the sea, the visitor will encounter other sequences of vegetation typical of the dunes: marram and agropyretum mediterraneum, as well as cakiletum whose name derives from the presence of cakile marittima or sea rocket, a dune pioneer plant.

The dune environment is home to rich birdlife and it is easy to see goldfinches, greenfinches, serins, Sardinian warblers, stonechats, great tits, fan-tailed warblers and, on the shore, Kentish plovers.

There are also several ditches to observe, where the most interesting presence is the green toad.

The Buonanotte torrent is crossed by a wooden bridge that connects the Vasto and San Salvo sections of the path.

Near the bridge, the San Salvo coastal biotope is another precious habitat of the Vasto Marina Regional Nature Reserve, with a Mediterranean botanical garden.