If you are thinking about a European tourist destination, why not consider the Liguria region of northern Italy, commonly known as the Italian Riviera? This thin strip of land lies on the Ligurian Sea, close to Monaco and the French Riviera. While Liguria is hardly undiscovered, its crowds are much smaller than those next door. There are many little towns or villages, and one international port city almost smack dab in the center of the coast. This article explores Liguria ... Read More
Posted By Traveler On Wednesday, March 3rd 2010 In ADVENTURE, ARTICLES, EUROPE, TRAVEL | Tags: ADVENTURE, Anita, church, Eastern, Garibaldi, Italian, Italy, La Spezia, Lerici, Ligure, Liguria, Margherita, Mediterranean, Moneglia, Natural, park, pirates, port, Portofino, Rapallo, Santa, sea, Touring, TRAVEL, village, villas, Wine |
If you are thinking about a European tourist destination, why not consider the Liguria region of northern Italy, commonly known as the Italian Riviera? This thin strip of land lies on the Ligurian Sea, close to Monaco and the French Riviera. While Liguria is hardly undiscovered, its crowds are much smaller than those next door. There are many little towns or villages, and one international port city almost smack dab in the center of the coast. This article explores Liguria ... Read More
Posted By Traveler On Sunday, November 15th 2009 In ARTICLES, DESTINATIONS, EUROPE, TRAVEL | Tags: ADVENTURE, Canal, Canal Grance, carnevale, Carnival, EUROPE, history, holiday, hotel, Italy, lagoon, palace, tourist, vacation, Venetian Republic, Venice |
Founded 1500 years ago on a cluster of mudflats in the centre of the lagoon, Venice rose to become Europe’s main trading post between the West and the East, and at its height controlled an empire that extended from the Dolomites to Cyprus. The melancholic air of the place is in part a product of the discrepancy between the grandeur of its history and what the city has become.
In the heyday of the Venetian Republic, some 200.000 people lived in ... Read More
