Hotel Progresso

Hotel Progresso is a four-star hotel on the seafront of San Benedetto del Tronto, the principal resort of the southern Marche, set among the elegant hotels and residences that line the famous palm-fringed Lungomare at Viale Trieste 40. San Benedetto is known as the heart of the Riviera delle Palme — the Riviera of Palms — for the thousands of palm trees that shade its broad seafront promenade, a distinctive feature that gives the town a more Mediterranean, almost exotic character than the resorts further north.

Guestrooms are comfortable and well-kept, with air conditioning, Wi-Fi, and private bathrooms; sea-facing rooms look out over the palm-lined promenade and the Adriatic beyond. The hotel offers a reliable mid-range standard in a prime seafront position, with direct access to the wide sandy beach and its organised beach clubs.

The restaurant serves Marchigiano and Adriatic cuisine with an emphasis on the fresh fish landed at San Benedetto's busy fishing port — one of the most important on the central Adriatic — and the hotel provides a bar and breakfast service. Bicycle hire suits the long, flat seafront cycle path that runs the length of the Riviera delle Palme.

San Benedetto del Tronto combines a relaxed beach-resort atmosphere with good transport links: the railway station connects the town along the Adriatic line, and the resort is within easy reach of the historic city of Ascoli Piceno inland, the Sibillini Mountains, and the neighbouring resort of Grottammare with its picturesque medieval old town on the hill. The palm-lined promenade, the fishing port, and the gentle family beaches make Hotel Progresso a comfortable and well-located base for exploring the southern Marche coast.