Archive for October, 2008
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
The most scenic route to Bosa, on the north-west coast of Sardinia, Italy, is the 25-mile coastal road that runs from Alghero, hugging the mountains to one side, on the other offering superb views of the often rocky shore hundreds of feet below and of the sea.
Bosa lies around two ...
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Saturday, October 25th, 2008
Rome and Turin are the more famous tourist hotspots, but their chocolate fairs in February and March next year have a tough ‒ if sweet – act to follow. Perugia’s Eurochocolate 2008, which ends on October 26, has shown why it is arguably the continent’s premier confectionery festival. The ...
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Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
The town of Lavagna on Italy’s Riviera sits on the left of the Entella River, forming a single conurbation with Chiavari on the opposite bank. From Roman times to the present, Lavagna has been noted for the traditional craft of slate-working. But in recent times the area has become ...
Posted in Culture, Liguria | Comments Off on Liguria Property: Lavagna
Sunday, October 19th, 2008
Italy’s Liguria coast has fewer more spectacularly festive sights than Ventimiglia’s La Battaglia dei Fiori (the Battle of the Flowers). Film legend Cary Grant is said to have called it “the greatest show in the world” when he saw it in the mid-50s. Half a century on, ...
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Saturday, October 18th, 2008
His story won Oscars when it was brought to life by Russell Crowe as Maximus Decimus Meridius in the Hollywood movie Gladiator. Now Marcus Nonius Macrinus, who inspired the 2000 epic, is winning plaudits all over again, with the discovery of his tomb being hailed as the most important ...
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