Beach Resort History
Inaugurated in 1919 with the name "Colombo" and located on the Punta Marigola turning, this was a venue that could host up to two thousand people. It included a café-restaurant with a ballroom and the adjacent bathhouse, fast becoming one of the most popular places of its time; it even counted prince Aimone d’Aosta among its customers.
It was seriously damaged in 1922, following the explosion of the Falconara Fort, and was blown up for strategic reasons by German mines in the spring of 1944.
In the first post-war period was resurrected to its present position, boasting the same services as the previous one; it was appreciated by all the La Spezia youngsters who, up to this date, still remember their dancing evenings on the upper terrace; in February 1989, a storm partially knocked it down rendering it unusable.
From 2006, its premises were gradually rebuilt according to the most modern architectural techniques, integrating the hospitality segment, the Beach Resort and the catering aspect too, thus the Hotel San Terenzo was finally beginning its activity in 2009.
*source “San Terenzo, Storie e fotografie” – Bilotta, Bonvicini – 2006 - ed. Proloco San Terenzo
