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                 Italian Riviera                         7





        Curving west in a broad arc, backed by the Maritime Alps, the
        Italian Riviera sweeps down from Genoa through ancient hamlets
        and terraced olive groves to the French border at Ventimiglia.

         TRIP HIGHLIGHTS

      107 km               0 km                      4 DAYS
                                                     214KM / 133 MILES
       Alassio              Genoa
       The preferred holiday   For big-city grit
       spot of presidents   and glamour              GREAT FOR…
       and artists
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                                   Savona             April, May and June
                                                      for flowers and hiking;
                                                      October for harvest.
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                                                          PHOTO
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                                                      Cascading terraces
                       # Cervo                        of exotic flowers at
              Taggia                                  Giardini Botanici
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            #                                        Hanbury.
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      Ventimiglia
                               Finale Ligure         K   DINING
              San Remo         Provides a sandy      Purple San Remo
              Italy’s wannabe  shore nestled         prawns on the terrace
              Monte Carlo      between two rivers
                                                     of San Giorgio.
             165 km           74 km
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