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But Maine is also home to charming hotels and harbor towns with seafood restaurants and seaside promenades that come alive in warm weather.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

You may think of Venice as a flat neighborhood of beach promenades and walkable, shop-lined boulevards, but that’s not taking into account the sidewalk mountain ranges scattered about the area.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2024

The state transportation department is replacing old, rusting metal pipes with broad, concrete promenades that provide more gradual gradients and gentler flows for salmon swimming upstream to access more spawning grounds.

From Science Daily • Oct. 19, 2023

The Environment Agency said: "With yellow wind warnings and coastal flood alerts in the south west today, please stay safe and keep away from coastal paths, piers and promenades."

From BBC • Sep. 27, 2023

When she told him about their nightly promenades, their whispers, and their suffocated cries, Jean de Satigny was rooted to his chair, his fork frozen in midair and his mouth locked open.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende