The Cavallino Treporti coastline is home to an important natural area that is part of the European ecological network Natura 2000.
This network, which aims to protect biodiversity, is made up of territorial areas defined as Sites of Community Importance (SCI) and Special Protection Areas (SPA); these sites host habitats and animal and plant species of particular importance at European level.
The coastal nature area
The important coastal nature area consists of five zones which are (proceeding from east to west):
- Fossil dunes of Vallesina and Cavallino biophenological station
- Cavallino Litorale
- Ca’ Ballarin pinewood
- Dunes and woods of Ca’ Savio
- Dunes and woods of Punta Sabbioni
Opening hours and accompanied visits
From 11 July with Tourist Environmental Centre of Cavallino Treporti every Tuesday and Friday 9:30-12:30, 15:30-19:00. Visits to the Ca’ Savio pine forest are held upon reservation on Tuesday and Friday afternoons from 16:30 to 19:00 and on Friday mornings from 9:30 to 11:30.
COMPULSORY BOOKING
To book the accompanied tour, please send a request via the form at the following link www.visitcavallino.com/eng/contacts. For information call +39 3881275982 (Tuesday to Sunday) or write to ctambientale@gmail.com.