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Liguria is a coastal region in northwestern Italy.

It is a mountainous and hilly region, which includes part of the Maritime Alps and the Ligurian Apennines, whose the spurs plunge almost everywhere into the sea, leaving scant space to the plains, which form a narrow coastline. Here landscapes of great beauty can be admired. The region is divided in two sections: the Riviera di Ponente (to the west), from Ventimiglia to Genoa, and the Riviera di Levante (to the east), from Genoa to La Spezia. The terminal strip of the Riviera di Levante is known as "Le Cinque Terre" (the Five Lands) and still today represents a beautiful example of intact landscape.

Provinces in Liguria : Imperia, Spezia and Savona

Cities in Liguria : Imperia, Savona and La Spezia.

The coastal strip forms the Italian Riviera.

Capital City Liguria : Genoa


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Camp sites Liguria / Caravanning

  
Looking for a nice camp site or a great camping holiday? You're in good hands with Suncamp holidays! Whether you want to reserve a camping pitch or a fully equipped static caravan, tent, chalet or bungalow, you can do it quickly and easily on this website.

  Eurocampings   -   ACSI Camping Guide Italian Riviera / Liguria

  Camping.it   -   Camp sites Liguria: Genova - Imperia - La Spezia - Savona

Holiday Homes / Apartments

  Bungalow.net   -   Holiday homes Italy   

  Interhome    -   Holiday homes Liguria 
All properties are checked on a regular basis. All homes can be booked on-line. Properties are shown by destination.

  
Discover Liguria from the comfort of your own holiday park, apartment or villa

Hotels in Liguria

  Hotels in Liguria   -   Hotel Guide Liguria
Hotels in Genoa, La Spezia, Rapallo, Santa Margherita Ligure, Sanremo, Sestri Levante, Arenzano, Imperia, Monterosso al Mare, Riomaggiore, Portofino, Levanto, and more ...

  Hotels in Genoa   -   Hotel Guide Genoa

  

National Parks

  Park.it  
National Parks, Regional Parks, Marine Protected Areas, National Reserves, Regional Reserves, Wetlands and Other Protected Areas.

Travel Agents / Tour Operator

   -   Create your perfect trip to Liguria
Flight, Hotel and Car.

  lastminute.com

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Travel Guides Liguria / Related books

Liguria 
Paperback (February 1, 2005);  Publisher: Touring Club Italiano (TCI);  Language: English;  ISBN: 8836528244.

Italian Riviera - Eyewitness Travel Guide 
Your holiday starts here! Sample the beauty and elegance of one of Italy's most scenic regions with this essential guide to the Italian Riviera. Explore magnificent Renaissance palaces in Genoa with the unique 3D models and use the street maps to discover hidden bistros. Tips on where to enjoy the best seafood and Rossese will ensure you live la dolce vita just like the locals!
Hardcover 224 pages (March 31, 2005);  Publisher: Dorling Kindersley;  Language: English;  ISBN: 1405308656
Italian Riviera & Piemonte   -   Dana Facaros, Michael Pauls
This up-to-the-minute new edition of Cadogan's guide to a dazzling part of Europe includes a brand new section on Piemonte. Elegant Turin and the alpine landscapes of the Valle d'Aosta are also covered for the first time, in engaging detail. The Italian Riviera offers a vast range of attractions from lounging on glamorous beaches and visiting the casinos of San Remo to seeking out the delights of Genoa's medieval quarter. The guide gives the lowdown on how to get where you want to be, with great tips on avoiding the crowds.
Specially selected listings of over 200 places to stay and over 180 restaurants, bars and cafes make finding the most charming hotels and stylish tables a breeze. A full touring map section and 18 town and site plans help you find your way around, and a full colour photo section makes a beautiful introduction to the guide.
Paperback 336 pages (July 2, 2004);  Publisher: Cadogan Guides;  Language: English;  ISBN: 1860111475.

Transport / How do I travel to Liguria

Liguria borders France to the west, Piedmont to the north, and Emilia-Romagna and Tuscany to the east. It lies on the Ligurian Sea, a part of the Tyrrhenian Sea [ northern Mediterranean Sea].

  Airport Genua   -   Cristoforo Colombo (GOA)

  Airport Nice  -  Nice Aéroport
  Villanova Airport [ ALL ]  -    Aeroporto di Villanova d'Albenga 
  Giuseppe Verdi [ PMF ]

  Airline Tickets Liguria / Bargain Flights
Flight tickets Liguria [ Nice ], price comparison possible.


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  Turismo in Liguria   -   Tourism in Liguria

  Liguria Rete

  Genoa   -   Capital City Liguria

  Province of Imperia   -   Provincia di Imperia   -   e.g. Riviera dei Fiori
  Province of Specia   -   Provincia della Spezia
Province includes beautiful places like Lerici, Portovenere and the Cinque Terre, all lying on the La Spezia Gulf, on the Tyrrhenian Sea.
  Province of Savona   -   Provincia di Savona   -   e.g. Riviera delle Palme

  Cinqueterre e Golfo dei Poeti   -   Spezia
  Riviera delle Palme   -   Azienda Promozione Turistica Riviera Ligure delle Palme
  Riviera dei Fiori
Tourists arriving in the Riviera dei Fiori have a hard time making up their mind. Should they seek out beaches, sun and surf ? Or coastal towns bustling both day and night? They're right here. Or perhaps the mountains, refreshing hikes in the woods, and fresh air? Or medieval villages nestled on the slopes with towers, historical dwellings and old churches? They're here too.And then the old-fashioned cooking with garden vegetables and freshly caught fish. The famous extra virgin olive oil and special wines.
Valle Intemelia - Intermelia Valley
The terraced slopes of the Nervia Valley add a touch of colour to that majestic untamed land that nature clad only in forest and stone: Rows of vines produce the warm autumnal tones on the landscape, a glorious prelude to the robust rustic flavours that come with the grape-harvest. Olive trees reflect silver to complete the spectrum and adorn the territory.
Valli Argentina e Armea  -   Argentina and Armea Valleys
Who has never been faced with the dilemma: "This year... to the sea or the mountains?" Yet there are places that can combine opposites e.g. the Armea and Argentina valleys, splendid mountain areas between Liguria and Piedmont rich in nature and history where you can also breathe the sea air. After all the grand, majestic Mount Saccarello is less than 30 km as the crow flies from the inviting golden sands of Arma di Taggia.
Valle Olivo - Olivio Valley
Extensive, thick olive groves have, for centuries, succeeded one another inland from Imperia. A sea of olive trees spreads uniformly over the landscape, following the undulating line of "fasce". In this protective mountain hollow marine breezes and limpid air bring changing reflections to the rustling leafy branches. On the slopes of the Olivo hills, filled with tepid and almost imperceptible shimmers of light, you will discover and rediscover gleaming strong stone houses and villages.
Valle Arroscia - Arroscia Valley
Always a place of transit between western Liguria and lower Piedmont and long fought over by Genoa and Savoy, the Arroscia Valley unpretentiously offers historical and environmental treasures of considerable charm.
  Tigullio / Il Tugilio
Villages : Cavi di Lavagna, Chiavari, Lavagna, Moneglia, Portofino, Rapallo, Riva Trigoso, S. Margherita Ligure, S. Stefano D'Aveto, Sestri Levante, Zoagli

  Bordighera
  Cinque Terre   -   'The Five Villages'   -   Consorzio Turistico Cinqueterre 
  Imperia   -   Comune di Imperia   -   capital of the province of Imperia
Imperia consists of the two historical districts Porto Maurizio and Oneglia, divided by the River Impero, which gives the city its name.
  La Spezia   -   Comune di La Spezia   -   at the head of La Spezia Gulf 
It is one of the major Italian military and commercial harbours, located between Genoa and Pisa on the Ligurian Sea
  Portofino   -   Comune di Portofino   -   36 km from Genova
Discovered by German and British holidaymakers in the 1920s, by the 1950s tourism had supplanted the fishing boats. Portofino thus became a favourite with, among others, Princess Grace and Richard Burton and Liz Taylor. Set within an area of stunning natural beauty, the protected Parco Naturale Regionale di Portofino, the town today is a chic berth for the yachts of the rich and famous.
  Savona   -   Comune di Savona 
  San Remo   -   San Remo Promotion
A marvellous slice of old-world Riviera grandeur, San Remo was a hugely fashionable resort around the turn of the twentieth century, rivalling Nice on the French side of the Riviera. It has a casino to rival that in Monte Carlo and still has some superbly ritzy hotels. The heyday of the early 1900s saw the glitterati descend from all over Europe ... there was a sizable Russian emigre community and Tchaikovsky composed Eugene Onegin here in the 1870s. A very classy way to enjoy the Italian Riviera.
  Ventimiglia / Vintimille   -   Comune di Ventimiglia 
Final destination of many trains from France.

  News from Liguria   -   La Stampa Nordovest   -   paper
  Press Liguria   -   Quotidiano Ligure   -   paper
  University of Genoa   -   Università degli Studi di Genova

Cuisine  -  Ligurian Cooking

One of the most popular sauces in Italian cuisine, pesto, originally comes from Liguria. As the sea has been part of the region's culture since its beginning, seafood is a major staple of Ligurian cuisine.

  Pesto
The original (and most common) pesto is now called pesto alla genovese or pesto genovese. See Wikipedia and How to prepare pesto. 

  Gastronomie Golfo dei Poeti

History Liguria / Genoa

  Republic of Genoa   -   Wikipedia
The Republic of Genoa, in full the Most Serene Republic of Genoa (known as the Ligurian Republic from 1798 to 1805) was an independent state in Liguria on the northwestern Italian coast from ca. 1100 to 1805, when it was annexed by Napoleonic France....

Following the fall of Napoleon, Liguria was absorbed into the Kingdom of Savoy and Sardinia, one of the many kingdoms and principalities that were to form the unified Italy. That came with the victory of Garibaldi and his army in 1861 ... when the Duchy of Genoa became merely the Italian region of Liguria.

  Genoa's History   -   Wikipedia

Genoa and the Genoese, 958-1528  -  Steven A. Epstein
In this comprehensive history of Genoa, Steven Epstein traces the city's transformation from an obscure port into the capital of a small but thriving republic with an extensive overseas empire. His story bridges six centuries of medieval Renaissance history, interweaving political events, economic trends, social conditions, and cultural accomplishments. Profiling the ordinary men and women of Genoa as well as the nobles and merchants who governed the city, Epstein seeks to capture the full richness and eclectic nature of the Genoese people during their most vibrant centuries.
Paperback 416 pages (September 2001);  Publisher: University of North Carolina Press;  Language: English;  ISBN: 0807849928
  Galata: A guide to Istanbul's old Genoese quarter   -  John Freely
Paperback 59 pages (2000);  Publisher: Archaeology & Art Pubs;  ISBN: 9756899484 

  Museumkomplex Von La Spezia

Music, Arts & Culture, Events

  Ligurian_Culture

Web Portal / Directory

  Cinqueterreonline.com 
The town of Levanto is the doorway to the Cinque Terre. The Cinque Terre (5 lands) is composed of 5 small villages: Monterosso, Vernazza, Manarola, Corniglia, Riomaggiore.
The Cinque Terre is a National Park and Unesco World Heritage site.
  Imperia Mare
  Liguri.net


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