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1885 a low-cost bathing resort for the lower classes with 150 small rooms was established. In 1887 and 1888 the bathing resort was expanded again and an electricity power plant was built. The first beach huts were installed for bathing and for "air sunlight and sand" therapy, which was popular among families.
Whilst fleeing the barbarians pillaging the Italian Peninsula in the 6th Century, [14] Roman farmers built elevated huts on wooden stilts on and surrounding the islands in the Venetian Lagoon. Over time as Venetian power and the local population grew, the city expanded, and the foundations of the city were required to be stronger and more durable.
A beach hut (also known as a beach cabin, beach box or bathing box) is a small, usually wooden and often brightly coloured, box above the high tide mark on popular bathing beaches. They are generally used as a shelter from the sun or wind, changing into and out of swimming attire and for the safe storing of some personal belongings.
The beach. Caorle is a small city, but is frequented by tourists in all seasons. The old town centre is still structured as a little Venetian corner, with its coloured houses, its "calli" (alleys) and "campielli" (squares). During the summer many family-oriented activities take place on its long beach.
Anguilla. At just 35 square miles and with only 15,000 residents, the island of Anguilla is a true hideaway, with its quiet roads, uninhabited cays, and goat-grazing hamlets.
A beach house is a house on or near a beach, sometimes used as a vacation or second home for people who commute to the house on weekends or during vacation periods. Beach houses are often designed to weather the type of climate they are built in and the building materials and construction methods used in beach housing vary widely around the ...
What’s the best way to cross the bay? On a causeway, of course.
On Hilton Head, when Coligny Beach-goers hear music in the briny sea air, it’s likely from the Tiki Hut. Local musicians have played at the bar and on-the-beach music venue almost every day ...