Alba Adriatica is a city of less then 12,000 inhabitants in the province of Teramo which is in the Abruzzo area of central eastern Italy.  It is known as one of the "seven sisters" of the northern Abruzzo coast, i.e. the seven coastal towns in the province of Teramo, the other six being (from north to south) Martinsicuro, Tortoreto, Giulianova, Roseto degli Abruzzi, Silvi Marina and Pineto. It is also nicknamed Spiaggia d’argento (Silver Beach) because of the high quality standard of its beach, which earned the town the European Blue Flag in years 2003, 2004, 2007 and 2008. The comune of Alba Adriatica was created in 1956 by splitting it off from Tortoreto.