San Benedetto del Tronto, Province of Ascoli Piceno, Marche Region, Italy

🇮🇹 San Benedetto del Tronto is a city and comune in Marche, Italy. Part of a larger urban area, it is one of the most densely populated areas along the Adriatic Sea coast. It is the most populated city in Province of Ascoli Piceno. Its port is one of the biggest on the Adriatic; it is the most important centre of Riviera of the Palms, with over 8,000 Phoenix canariensis, Washingtonia and P. sylvestris plants.

Maritime Industry San Benedetto del Tronto is a fishing centre of primary national importance. Alongside the modernisation of the fishing fleet there have also been developments in other sectors directly linked to maritime activities, such as shipbuilding, hemp processing, cable and network construction, naval workshops, on-board instrumentation, fish marketing, and the cold chains for the transport of fish. San Benedetto boasts the most important wholesale fish market in Italy.

This sector remains a driving force for the local economy. San Benedetto del Tronto is the second largest Italian port for quantity of fish caught and number of fishing boats. It has a highly developed canning industry which, originally established to support the marketing of fish, now also operates on all food products, mainly fruit and vegetables. In San Benedetto del Tronto there is also a vocational training centre for offshore fishing workers.

Tourist Industry Tourism represents the most important item of the city income. San Benedetto has established itself, since the early decades of the twentieth century, as a popular seaside resort. Since the second half of the sixties, it has also established itself as the primary tourist destination of Marche.

It boasts the Blue Flag of the European Community and invests in promoting and consolidating an image acquired not only nationally. This image has been conveyed, for about a decade, with the mark "Riviera delle Palme", a name which, sharing them under the same Tourism Promotion Company, also encompasses the other two countries bordering the southernmost part of Province of Ascoli Piceno, Grottammare and Cupra Marittima, as well as some villages in the San Benedetto area, Offida, Monteprandone, Acquaviva Picena, Ripatransone and the Lazio municipality of Accumoli.