“It’s a simple idea,” beach owner Fausto Ravaglio told “Good Morning America.” “We have given the women their own world.”
Italian beach bans men, kids, fried food
03 Jul 2007
RIMINI, Italy, July 3 A beach on the Italian Adriatic coast has been designated a “no-men” zone in an effort to protect female bathers from unwanted male attention.
Dubbed “Pink Beach,” the restricted seaside area was created to give female visitors a relaxing environment where they can swim, sunbathe and enjoy exercise and beauty classes, without the intrusion of pesky would-be suitors, ABC-TV’s “Good Morning America” reported Tuesday.
“We run away from Italian men,” said Tiziana Andreoletti. “They are such a drag.”
Children, loud disco music and fattening fried food have also been banned from the section of coastline linking Rimini to Riccione.
“It’s a simple idea,” beach owner Fausto Ravaglio told “Good Morning America.” “We have given the women their own world.”
Ravaglio admitted in a separate interview that one male will be permitted past the beach’s pink, prominently displayed “No Men” sign.
“The lifeguard must be a man,” Ravaglio said to the U.S. broadcaster. “You clearly need a man to save women in the sea. It’s a question of muscles.”
