Major cities, Genoa and Florence
Just think that less than 70 km away is
Genoa, known as the Superba, which showcases the palazzi of the noble Rolli Family, a Unesco World Heritage Site, and the narrow alleyways (caruggi ) which will lead you to the old city, just as the songwriter and singer Fabrizio De André, one of Genoa’s famous offspring, would tell us in his song.
In
Genoa, art, music and all the city’s different lifestyles merge to form an identity that is continually evolving. This is a city that never stops telling us what it wants to express.
Florence is definitely not in need of any introduction. You can get there in about one hour and a half by car, by setting off from our
b&b near the Cinque Terre and travelling across the verdant landscape of the Lunigiana.
Once in the city and, preferably up at the foot of the majestic
Brunelleschi dome, which makes the Duomo in
Florence unique worldwide, you will most certainly understand why this city is considered by all as the cradle of the Renaissance of Humanity.
Don’t be concerned if you begin to feel a little dizzy: you can put it down to the overwhelming beauty around you.
Golfo dei Poeti
Highly popular too is the Gulf of La Spezia, or Golfo dei Poeti, with its well-known tourist resorts Portovenere and Lerici. Its unique atmosphere, a mixture of nature and art, has always made it the haunt of artists, mainly writers and poets in search of inspiration,