Posted in Events on Jun 18th, 2007 2 Comments »
The British rock star Rod Steward married his girlfriend Penny Lancaster yesterday in a 17th century villa in Santa Margherita Ligure just outside the posh Portofino resort on the Italian Riviera . The wedding was a small ceremony gathering with a few friends and family .
Afterward, the newlyweds went back to a yacht just […]
Posted in Ligurian Recipes on Jun 17th, 2007 No Comments »
Spinach ravioli
served with lasagna
and a side order of cheese
Gelato-it is so incredibly delicious!
Pizza- so many different kinds
and very thin crust
Spinach risotto
Tortellini in a soup broth
Ravioli in vodka sauce
stuffed with spinach and ricotta cheese
Gnocchi served with sauce or butter
(for the little ones)
Espresso is like coffee but a little stronger
it is served in […]
Posted in general information on Jun 17th, 2007 No Comments »
60-feet down on the seabed off Genoa, stands an enormous bronze statue - Christ of the Abyss, protecting saint of divers. Once a year, the statue is the object of an unusual event, as divers, carrying torches, deposit a crown on the figure’s head.
Divers can admire a similar statue of […]
Posted in Events on Jun 7th, 2007 No Comments »
If you are the proud owner of the legendary Italian car Fiat 500 fix it up and come to Albenga on the 5th of july 2007 to meet with the members of the famous Fiat 500 Club Italia .
Posted in Events on Jun 7th, 2007 No Comments »
When the Rotary Club was founded in Alassio 4o years ago , the first reunion took place in Hotel Mignon and the club counted 24 members with professor Giuseppe Rinonapoli as president .Only 3 of the first members are still alive and today there are 44 active members in the club with Mr. Melgrati […]
Posted in Towns and villages on Jun 3rd, 2007 No Comments »
Getting There: The Cinque Terre region is approximately 150 miles south of Milan and 250 miles north of Rome. Depending on the U.S. departure city, flights are available to both cities on Alitalia, British Airways, Delta, KLM, Lufthansa, SAS, and TWA. Milan is also served by American, Continental, Swiss Air and United Airlines. Milan has […]
Posted in Ligurian Recipes on Jun 3rd, 2007 No Comments »
For a long while we have been considering a recipe which truly represents the cuisine of the Liguria Ponente, a recipe which satisfies two indelible characteristics: the sparseness of the raw materials and ‘the inspiration which transforms such a limitation into something wonderfully unique’. It then follows that the preparation is easy and straightforward and […]
Posted in general information on Jun 3rd, 2007 No Comments »
The cuisine of the Ponente Ligure is green, fragrant, with simple ingredients cleverly mixed together. But it is also a very light cuisine, almost vegetarian with flavors very closely tied to olives. Some dishes, such as “cappon magro” are the best expression of the mixture of products deriving from the earth and the sea. The […]
Posted in Towns and villages on Jun 3rd, 2007 No Comments »
San Remo is a capital town of the Italian Riviera of Flowers. Its climate has been widely appreciated since the 1800’s, but its artistic heritage, permeated by that typically Ligurian shyness, which escapes from any focus of attention, is still largely unknown. As a matter of fact, its views are extremely suggestive and its architecture […]
Posted in History on Jun 3rd, 2007 No Comments »
Maria Alexandrovna, consort of Alexander II of Russia, spent the winter of 1874 in Sanremo and as a gift to the city she later donated the palms that now decorate the seaside walk of Corso Imperatrice (Empress Avenue).
* Alfred Nobel bought a villa in Sanremo in 1891 and died there in 1896. Since 2002 […]