![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/european-holiday-hotspot-introduces-strict-new-beach-rules-and-even-locals-are-furious/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/sailing-boat-turquoise-mediterranean-sea-836792088.jpg&description=SANDS BAD European holiday hotspot introduces strict new beach rules – and even locals are furious BEACHES in Italy are allegedly banning holidaymakers from bringing their own picnics. In the Italian region of Puglia, some privately-owned beaches are said to be stopping families from eating food brought from home. 2 Privately-owned beaches in Italy are said to be banning picnics from home Credit: Getty Many beaches across Italy are privately owned by hotels and restaurants, and they charge tourists to hire parasols and sunloungers. In a bid to encourage holidaymakers to spend money at their own beach bars, some private beaches have clamped down on picnics brought from home. According to La Repubblica, an Italian newspaper, three families were "intimidated" from eating their homemade meals by staff members at a private beach. They wrote: "Three families were unable to consume the provisions at a well-known beach in Torre Lapillo." The family told La Repubblica that they were "literally intimated" as they opened their food. They added: "The three families, who had reached the Ionian marina with their children, said: 'When we opened the bags with the food we were approached and threatened'." News website Dividend Wealth added: "Entrance fees to some beaches in Puglia are already swinging out of control." Dario Dusso, who is a local resident and lawyer, is said to be "furious" with the "food ban". He told News Italy 24: "They simply cannot do it. They don't have the authority. "And if it's too late for this season, because the times of the bureaucracy would not allow us to intervene in good time, from next year we will warn anyone who dares to forbid bathers to access the state property with their own food." Michele Colella, who is the manager of Lido Calarena, a private beach in Cozze, told Dividend Wealth: "We don't allow large refrigerator boxes for group gatherings." "But if you bring a snack, a drink, or a mini fridge box, we turn a blind eye." The rules around wha){kind=link}
BEACHES in Italy are allegedly banning holidaymakers from bringing their own picnics.
In the Italian region of Puglia, some privately-owned beaches are said to be stopping families from eating food brought from home.
Many beaches across Italy are privately owned by hotels and restaurants, and they charge tourists to hire parasols and sunloungers.
In a bid to encourage holidaymakers to spend money at their own beach bars, some private beaches have clamped down on picnics brought from home.
According to La Repubblica, an Italian newspaper, three families were “intimidated” from eating their homemade meals by staff members at a private beach.