Lonely Planet’s Italy - La Dolce
Vita has never been sweeter - yesterday...
Europe's kinky over-the-knee boot
has it all: popes, painters, polenta, paramours, poets, political puerility and
potentates. Its dreamy light and sumptuous landscapes seem made for romance,
and its three millennia of history, culture and cuisine seduce just about
everyone.
You can visit Roman ruins, gawk at
Renaissance art, stay in tiny medieval hill towns, go skiing in the Alps,
explore the canals of Venice and gaze at beautiful churches. Naturally, you can
also indulge in the pleasures of la dolce vita: good food, good wine and
improving your wardrobe.
... and today https://www.lonelyplanet.com/italy
Fodor’s
Italy – the Italian Riviera - yesterday...
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 an intermittent claim on
the rocky shores of the Ligurian Sea are the long-lost cousins of newer seaside
paradises found elsewhere.
Here the grandest palazzi share
space with frescoed, angular, late-19th-century apartment buildings. The rustic
and elegant, the provincial and chic, the small-town and cosmopolitan, collide
here in a sun-drenched blend that defines the Italian side of the Riviera.
There is the glamour of its chic
resorts such as San Remo and Portofino, the tranquil beauty and outdoor
adventures of the Cinque Terre, plus the history and architectural charm of
Genoa.
Mellowed by the balmy breezes
blowing off the sea, travelers bask in the sun, explore the picturesque fishing
villages, and pamper themselves at the resorts that dot this ruggedly beautiful
landscape.
... and today
https://www.fodors.com/world/europe/italy/the-italian-riviera
Frommer’s
Italy Guide - Introduction to Genoa - yesterday...
With its dizzying mix of the old
and the new, of sophistication and squalor, Genoa (Genova) is as
multilayered as the hills it clings to. It was and is, first and foremost, a
port city. [……]. Be prepared to deal with what is probably the seediest port
city in Italy. Though the city has made an impressive effort in recent years to
clean up the legendary drug use in its historic center, and popular restaurants
and wine bars have taken over previously shady piazzas, thieves, prostitutes
and other unsavory characters still exist in the back alleys, all night and
all day long. Stick to the major, well-lit streets and you will still uncover
Genoa's gritty and authentic charm.
