Bagni Selin di Pierfranco Gandolfo

实用信息

• Super public bath
• Open daily9 AM–7 PM
• Under 1 kmfrom Alassio center
• 4.0 / 525 reviews
• Alassio

A beach club with a century of family history

Bagni Selin is one of those places whose name carries a story. According to the register of historic Italian enterprises, a sailor named Pietro Gandolfo kept his boats on this stretch of sand in the late 1800s, and around 1910 his son Giuseppe—nicknamed "Lepin"—began hosting the first summer bathers, while his wife Angela cooked meals for guests inside the beach cabins. Formal concessions as a public bath date from 1948.↗

The lido takes its name from Lepin's son Pietro, known as "Selin," who took over in 1960 and built the family business further; today it is run by Pierfranco Gandolfo and, in turn, by his son Pietro—making this a genuinely multi-generational seaside establishment rather than a franchised beach bar.↗↗

The beach, the sea and the services

The shoreline here is the long, narrow Ligurian type: very fine white sand flecked with small shells, and a shallow sea that shelves gently—conditions that families with young children find reassuring. Offshore sits the private Isola Gallinara, a nature reserve whose rich seabed is part of the local marine character and gives the gulf a clean, framed horizon.↗

On the sand the club provides the staples of a good stabilimento: sunbeds, loungers and umbrellas, lockable changing cabins, and both hot and cold showers inside and out, with wi-fi across the area. There is a dedicated play zone and animation for kids, plus extras noted by visitors such as luggage storage, phone-charging points and scheduled water aerobics (acquagym) sessions.↗↗

The social heart is the beach bar—a welcoming chiosco with a large shaded terrace (dehor) looking out over the gulf, where you can linger over cold drinks, ice cream, panini and simple hot or cold plates without ever feeling rushed. The overall mood that regulars describe is calm, comfortable and distinctly family-oriented rather than party-driven.↗↗

Around Alassio: promenade, Muretto and the old town

Part of Bagni Selin's appeal is how walkable everything else is. The club sits directly on the Passeggiata Dino Grollero seafront promenade, itself lined with boutiques, wine bars and restaurants. The tight lanes, painted houses and old noble palazzi of Alassio's historic budello (old town) are less than a ten-minute stroll away.↗

Within a few minutes on foot is Corso Dante Alighieri and the Muretto di Alassio—the celebrated wall of ceramic tiles signed by musicians, writers, painters and celebrities, the very first being Ernest Hemingway's in 1953. It is one of the most photographed corners on this stretch of coast, and makes a perfect late-afternoon wander after a beach day.↗

Visiting Bagni Selin

As a seasonal public bath, the lido generally opens across the warm months, with a daily rhythm of roughly 9 in the morning to 7 in the evening—worth confirming for the dates you travel, since beach clubs on this coast can trim hours at the start and end of the season. The simplest approach is to book a sunbed-and-umbrella pitch online or to call ahead, especially in July and August when the sand fills early.↗

Best for

Families with children who want a gentle, shallow sea and an on-site play area; couples or solo travellers after a quiet, traditional Italian beach day with good coffee and a shaded terrace; and history-minded visitors who enjoy the idea of lounging at a lido run by the same family for four generations. It is a low-key, authentic slice of Riviera life rather than a big-resort experience.↗↗