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Nov 30, 2008
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San Remo is a famous sea side resort on the Italian Riviera famous for its song festival. It is a really nice place to go for several hours, even in November like I did. There are several large...
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Globetrotter
Nov 30, 2008
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Ventimiglia is a wonderful small town in Italy very close to the border with France. Its old town is situated on a steep hill above a small river and the sea. Especially interesting in Ventimiglia...
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Globetrotter
Nov 30, 2008
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San Remo train station is a very interesting structure and I can even call it an attraction in its own way. From the outside it looks like normal train station, but when you enter it there are...
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Globetrotter
Nov 30, 2008
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Imperia is a strange city consisting of two different parts separated by several kilometers. Oneglia is the more industrial part, while Porto Maurizio is the bigger and older town. I didn't have so...
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Globetrotter
Nov 30, 2008
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Savona is a big city on the Ligurian coast quite close to Genova. Savonna is very ugly for an Italian city and the only reasons to visit it is the enormous castle close to the sea coast and the...
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Globetrotter
Nov 30, 2008
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Savona has a nice small Romanesque cathedral, a nice surprise in the otherwise ugly city center. It has a big cupola and a small tower like many other Italian cathedrals, but unlike them it has a...
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Globetrotter
Nov 30, 2008
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The Fortress Priamar is an enormous structure built entirely of red bricks situated close to the sea coast in Savona. The fortress is really big and only when you see it you can realise its real...
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Globetrotter
Nov 30, 2008
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Genova is a nice city in Northern Italy, capital of the Liguria province and for many years of the independent maritime republic of the same name, the arch-rival of the Venetian Republic.The city...
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Globetrotter
Nov 30, 2008
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Genova has two main stations - Porta Principe and Brignole. Both are close to the central part of the town. i woluld personally recommend starting your visit at Genova Brignolebecause it is very...
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Globetrotter
Nov 30, 2008
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Genova has a great cathedral quite similar in construction to the famous cathedral of Siena (although this one is much smaller) Exactly like in Siena the cathedral in Genova is coloured of stripes...
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Globetrotter
Nov 30, 2008
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Cinque Terre is a group of five villages picturesquely sitauted on some small gulfs in the extremely steep Ligurian coast. All of them are really beautiful, with many differently coloured houses on some steep hills above the stormy sea. They all have train stations although the train passes the...
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Globetrotter
Nov 30, 2008
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Manarola is one of the constituent villages of Cinque Terre situated on a steep hill above a small gulf on the Ligurian coast. The rocks in the sea here are especially picturesque. And there are...
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Globetrotter
Nov 30, 2008
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Riomaggiore is the biggest of all five villages of Cinque Terre and probably the most popular among the tourists. Of all the villages this one is the only one to have a handful of streets and quite...
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Globetrotter
Nov 30, 2008
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Monterosso al Mare is the northernmost and probably the least interesting of the 5 villages of Cinque Terre. While not so picturesquely situated as the others it still has a nice view towards the...
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Globetrotter
Nov 30, 2008
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Vernazza is according to me the nicest of all 5 villages of Cinque Terre. It is picturesquelly situated on two hills above a small gulf. What I found especially interesting about Vernazza is that...
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Nov 30, 2008
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