Apart from being a turistic locality, Cesenatico is still the seatown of sailors and fishermen. It was the canal harbour of Leonardo to constitute the central part of the town, with its narrow and suggestive alleys.
These ancient places can be discovered even nowadays. They preserve the same charm as hundred years ago in spite of the passing of time and the rapturous touristic development of the last 50 years.

Just in the middle of these alleys it is possible to find one of the most suggestive places of Cesenatico: la Piazza delle Conserve. The "preserves" or "ice houses" are 6-meter-deep conical wells that were used in winter to store food products under the layers of ice and snow.
The "preserves" were used from the times of '500 until a few decades ago. In the Piazza delle Conserve it is possible to see 3 examples perfectly restored and preserved.

Besides that every Wednesday during the summertime the piazza hosts "Market of the Smurfs" that attracts curious visitors of the Adriatic coast.