Liguria - Itineraries
Trip ideas
From Rapallo to Sestri Levante
The bay of San Michele di Pagana lies tucked behind a bend in the panoramic coastal road which from Santa Margherita leads to Rapallo. The village's Prelo beach is sheltered by Pagana point, a woody promontory on which to find one of the few Saracen Towers to have survived the passage of time intact. Embedded in a green crown of the hills, Rapallo is situated just 2kms from San Michele di Pagana. Rapallo is famous for its bobbin...
Cinque Terre; five lands between the rock and the sea
Surrounded by vineyards planted on hills which plunge straight in to the sea, the towns of the Cinque Terre are a veritable natural oasis which in 1997 were declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. To visit them, given that they are happily free of viable roadways, visitors are well advised to forget the car and use the local train service instead or, during the summer, the daily ferry service (for up to date timetable consult the...
Featured Hotels
Hotel Splendido
5 stars - Portofino. It's hard to imagine that the Hotel Splendido was a monastery back in the 16th century.
Palazzo Fieschi
4 stars - Savignone. Residence of the Savignone Family, transformed into a hotel, maintaining its historic character.
