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Sanremo

Published: 21 April 2020
Written by Desia Rotondaro
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Sanremo is located just 25 mins by car from Hotel La Riserva di Castel d’Appio.

Sanremo is located in a wide bay between Capo Nero and Capo Verde. City to browse, where extremes meet, in the oldest part is known as the Pigna, with houses perched just a glimpse of the Middle Ages, with the steep, covered passageways and small squares.

The modern town turned a village of fishermen in an elegant tourist destination of world renown. Sanremo is today a city that welcomes tourists and visitors all year round and entertains them with shows and endless entertainment possibilities. Sanremo, famous for its Casino Municipal, built in 1905, the undisputed realm of fans of the green tables, roulette, and slot machines.

Several selected events hosted by the city, the most famous of the Italian Song Festival who inspired the Eurovision Festival.

Ventimiglia Friday Market

Published: 21 April 2020
Written by Desia Rotondaro
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Hotel La Riserva di Castel d’Appio is located just 10 mins by car from Ventimiglia City Centre.

The market of Ventimiglia is known throughout Europe and has introduced more than anyone else recall the name of Ventimiglia even in America, where the New York Times has devoted his time to a photo of four pages. The Friday market in Ventimiglia is a meeting of cultures, popular excursion of several countries, most notably France. The market has a history of 90 years, it began on 14 August 1920 when on a tent was set up a cattle market which over time had a monthly basis which was followed by the decision to establish in the near the beginning of Via Roma in a Friday morning appropriate space for street traders of different genres. The Friday market in Ventimiglia, over the years it has become a tourist attraction that attracts thousands of visitors from all over the world.

At the Friday Market you can find made in Italy products of all brands at outlet prices, shoes, leather bags, perfumes, food and much more.

Ventimiglia Old Town

Published: 20 April 2020
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Very important architecturally and historically is the ancient medieval city centre of Ventimiglia, perched on a hill overlooking the new town. The Church of San Michele Arcangelo was erected in the 10th century by the Counts of Ventimiglia on the foundations of a pagan temple. Later it was entrusted to the Benedict of Ventimiglia

The town of Ventimiglia, which often appeals as the “Western Gate of Italy”, is divided into two parts by the River Roia, which flows into the Ligurian Sea: a medieval, perched on a hill to the right ( Ventimiglia Alta) and is the second center in Liguria for extension after Genoa, and a modern, built on the left bank of the river from the nineteenth century.

Ventimiglia is well known for its climate, its beaches , for its historical sites of natural history and important international events, such as the Battle of Flowers, the Medieval August, the Regional final of Miss Italy, Desbaratu and great weekly market of Ventimiglia on Friday, including the first ever in Italy and Europe..

Ventimiglia is also famous for the Hanbury Bothanical Gardens established by Sir Thomas Hanbury in 1867. The Hanbury Gardens were recently used as a set for the Film Grace of Monaco.