The Italian Riviera Travel Guide

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Like the family jewels that bedeck its habitual visitors, the Italian Riviera is glamorous, but in the old-fashioned way. The resort towns and coastal villages that stake intermittent claim on the rocky shores of the Ligurian Sea are the long-lost cousins of newer seaside paradises found elsewhere.

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The Italian Riviera Hotels

Liguria's lodging options may be a step behind such resort areas as Positano and Taormina, so reservations for its better accommodations, and limited ones...read more

Restaurants

The Italian Riviera Restaurants

Ligurian cuisine might surprise you. As you'd expect given the long coastline, it employs all sorts of seafood, but the real claim to fame is the exemplary...read more

Things To Do

Things To Do in The Italian Riviera

Explore the best sights, entertainment, and shopping with our top choices and insider tips.

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The Italian Riviera Experiences

  • Top Reasons to Go

    Walking the Cinque Terre: Hike the famous Cinque Terre trails past gravity-defying vineyards, rock-perched villages, and the deep blue sea.... Read more

  • The Art of the Pesto Pestle

    You may have known Genoa primarily for its salami or its brash explorer, but the city's most direct effect on your life away from Italy may be... Read more

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