Genoa (Genova) is the city everyone skips. Travellers hurtle through its train station on the way to Cinque Terre, glance out the window at the sprawling port, and think “maybe next time.” They are making a mistake — and honestly, I’m almost grateful, because it means Genoa’s maze of medieval alleyways, its astonishing food scene, […]
They’re less than five kilometres apart along the same stretch of the Portofino peninsula, but Portofino and Santa Margherita Ligure feel like they belong to different worlds. One is a tiny, impossibly beautiful fishing village turned billionaire’s playground where a coffee can cost €15 and superyachts outnumber fishing boats. The other is a proper working […]
Cinque Terre — five villages carved into the cliffs of the Ligurian coast — is one of those rare places that actually lives up to the photographs. Monterosso, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, and Riomaggiore have been a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1997, and for good reason: there is genuinely nowhere else on Earth that looks […]