Advantages: Fairly cheap, good climate. Disadvantages: Little to do unless you make your own fun.
...half board in Liguria, a part of Italy I didn’t know. True, it was by coach, and I don’t like coach travel, as it seems such a waste of holiday time. But the journey had been fine, with a sleepover at a very good hotel in Dijon. The Italian hotel, near Diano Marina, was modern, friendly, clean. Our evening meal was simple, but very Italian and well cooked.
Things went wrong when I went out to explore. I found a supermarket, great for picnic lunch ... ...it’s the largest city in Liguria, and a famous seaport. As the train, a ‘locale’, the cheapest sort, trundled along the coast, I could see that the name ‘Riviera dei Fiori’ was apt. There were greenhouses and nurseries everywhere. The contrast between this coast and the French Riviera to the west was marked. The Côte d’Azur has gone a bit downmarket in recent years, but you still see the big cars, designer clothes and all the trappings of wealth. ...
Baskin 09.12.2003
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Liguria is one of those places that you'll either keep going back to or wish you'd never been to in the first place!
If you don't know, Liguria is the region of Italy nestled between Montecarlo (to the North), Piedmonte (to the East), the Med (to the West) and Tuscany (to the South). It is served by the airports of Nice, Pisa and of course Genoa (all of which are well served by the budget air-lines). The advantage of this great location is that ... ...nervous about spending the whole time there; you've got the Cote D'Azur & Tuscany on your door-step and you aren't far from Milan and the Italian lakes as well!
The region is split into three: The coast to the West of Genova heading up to France (Riviera del Ponente, the sun-set coast); the coast heading East toward La Spezia, Cinque Terre and finally Tuscany (Riviera del Levante - the sun-rise coast) and finally, the Mountanous interior.
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mgmkibrg 20.01.2004 (26.05.2004)
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