Liguria Region What to Expect

If you visit Italy a must see is Cinque Terre. Cinque Terre is five small villages chiseled into the rocky cliffs overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. They are Riomaggiore, Manarola, Corniglia, Vernazza Monterosso. It might not surprise you to know the tourist population of this area grows every year, not from advertising but from word-of-mouth as people are so taken by their experience that they want other people to go there. It is a dream destination...

Pretty small town of the Riviera Ligure. Breathtaking views of the sea. Quite expensive but definetely a must-go if you happen to drive by the area.

One of the moust dirtys town in western countries where I have been.

go with the expectation that you will have a very quiet week-end!  x

What to say about one of the largest port cities on the Mediterannean? It's huge, full of traffic jams and especially crowded in the period of the Salone Nautico di Genova, the world's largest nautic fair, featuring more than 2000 boats every year. Otherwise, there's a fantastic aquarium, one of the largest in Europe and the beautiful city center with the shopping areas with all the best italian brands. It's very similar to Milan's via Montenapoleone. Beeing an industrial town, there's not much to see but it's great to visit the Salone Nautico. There's always on display the "Palinuro", the beautiful sailer ship of the Accademia Navale Italiana.

If you visit Italy a must see is Cinque Terre. Cinque Terre is five small villages chiseled into the rocky cliffs overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. They are Riomaggiore, Manarola, Corniglia, Vernazza Monterosso. It might not surprise you to know the tourist population of this area grows every year, not from advertising but from word-of-mouth as people are so taken by their experience that they want other people to go there. It is a dream destination...

Pretty small town of the Riviera Ligure. Breathtaking views of the sea. Quite expensive but definetely a must-go if you happen to drive by the area.

One of the moust dirtys town in western countries where I have been.

go with the expectation that you will have a very quiet week-end!  x

What to say about one of the largest port cities on the Mediterannean? It's huge, full of traffic jams and especially crowded in the period of the Salone Nautico di Genova, the world's largest nautic fair, featuring more than 2000 boats every year. Otherwise, there's a fantastic aquarium, one of the largest in Europe and the beautiful city center with the shopping areas with all the best italian brands. It's very similar to Milan's via Montenapoleone. Beeing an industrial town, there's not much to see but it's great to visit the Salone Nautico. There's always on display the "Palinuro", the beautiful sailer ship of the Accademia Navale Italiana.

Cinque Terre is a must see! If you hike from Manarola to Vernazza you will see this quaint mountain village.

Albenga is a nice coastal town in Liguria, because of its mostly stony beaches a bit less touristy than the close Alassio. Nice historical town center, with some good restaurants (Hosteria Sutta Ca).

La Spezia is a city in theLiguria region of northern Italy at the head of La Spezia Gulf and capital city of the province of La Spezia
It is one of the major Italian military and commercial harbours, located between Genova and Pisa on the ligurian sea. La Spezia also hosts one of the biggest naval military industry of Italy. La Spezia is a point of departure for the Cinque Terre either by train or boat. The boat also leads you to Lerici and Portovenere before turning into the open sea towards the Cinque Terre. Both lerici and portovenere are reachable by public transport (15 km) from the central station of La

Whatever you do, take care of your shoes!

Italian Riviera...site of The Talented Mr. Ripley, which is what took me there. For the scenery, of course. And the siesta!