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Genova (Genoa) Italy's largest commercial port. A busy city with its Medieval center intact, its streets just wide enough for a bicycle. Visit Europe's largest acquarium, and the Città dei Bambini, an extensive children's playground, in the Porto Antico, the area of the old commercial port renovated and dedicated to various sport and leisure activities. The eastern stretch of coast is rich in small towns with tourist appeal.
Five small villages among the most characteristic in Liguria: Monterosso, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, Riomaggiore. Here you can find wild landscape, beautiful stretches of clear sea and typical vine-cultivated terraces. The exquisite "Sciacchetrà" wine is produced in the area. Best traveled by train or ferry. Not to be Missed: The walk named "La Via dell'Amore (love walk)", a panoramic path on the cliff overlooking the sea. An old fishing village with typical narrow and colorful Ligurian houses, it lies on a charming bay. Today it is a tourist resort much patronized by international jet set. Not to be Missed: The village square and the small harbor where boats flying flags from all over the world can be seen. Sanremo The home of Italy's flower industry and the site of the annual music festival. A prized winter retreat for the elderly, it's the Italian continuation of the Cote d'Azur. Very traditional posh hotels with gambling casinos. Santa Margherita Famous and fashionable sea resort, patronized since the last century by elite international tourism. Not to be Missed: A walk on the promenade, lined with palm-trees, from piazza Vittorio Veneto to the old port.
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