Top Things to do in Italian Riviera
The 10 Best Neighborhoods in Italian Riviera, Liguria
Liguria, or the Italian Riviera, boasts a bounty of beaches and resort towns, such as tiny but tony Portofino and stylish Rapallo. Hiking trails lead from Portofino to the villages of Cinque Terre. The Riviera of the Setting Sun runs north from Genoa to the French border. Connected by an extensive rail network, most towns make easy daytrips from one another. Genoa is the region's principal city and is home to attractions from its famous Cathedral and the Palazzo Reale to an excellent aquarium.
Restaurants in Italian Riviera
1. Santa Margherita Ligure
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,454 reviews
Reviewed By TheBestOnly_13 - Miami, United States
Santa Margherita Ligure has a beautiful waterfront promenade leading to the center of town with many great restaurants and of course its many and frequent ferries to nearby magical places such as Cinque Terre and Portofino,
2. Boccadasse
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 4,837 reviews
Reviewed By peterh169 - Somerset, United Kingdom
Very small beach in this lovely little seaside village, a truly wonderful, unspoilt place to be for those who love the real Italy
3. Portovenere
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 3,422 reviews
Reviewed By wishinwashin - Croyde, United Kingdom
Plenty of restaurants and shops to keep you amused. A lot of people only use this place as a springboard to get to the five villages by boat. I actually enjoyed myself the most in this location although Monterosso was great for pasta!!
4. Sturla
5. Centro Storico Zuccarello
6. Pentema
7. Antico Borgo Saraceno
8. Caruggi Genoa
9. La Pigna
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 697 reviews
Reviewed By saronic - Zurich, Switzerland
No visit to Sanremo is complete without a stroll through the labyrinth of the old town with its narrow, cobblestoned, often vaulted alleyways - naturally for pedestrians only. The houses are arranged around a quite steep hill like the scales of a 'Pigna', a pine cone - hence its name. With almost no shops and only a few restaurants it is a rather quiet area and one doesn't meet many people. There are often supporting arches above the lanes and some small attractive squares like the Piazza del Capitolo, where in the old days the heads of families used to meet, or the 'Piazza dei Dolori', referring to the brotherhood of Our Lady of Seven Sorrows, who took care of the nearby Oratorio di San Sebastiano. On this square is also the Palazzo Gentile-Spinola. There are several entrance gates to La Pigna like the Porta Montà, but most people will start at the southern row of gothic gates, the Porte di San Stefano, then going up the winding Rivolte San Sebastiano, ending on the open top of the hill with viewing platforms, with the Santuario Madonna della Costa and the Giardini Regina Elena, in honour of the wife of king Vittorio Emmanuele III and daughter of the king of Montenegro.
