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Day trip to Ventimiglia, Italy
laxmom3 Says: I took the train from Nice to Ventimiglia for some shopping. I had read online that they have very nice leather goods, and also having friends with a sur name of Ventimiglia I wanted to get them some gifts. The train ride was lovely, the station nice and lots of little...
marco2005 Says: This is a very nice escape. If the heat is keeping you away the beach try a refreshing tour just few kilometers away, up the hill.Anatoli has a tip with a good description of Hanbury's Gardens @ http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/2791d/2263e/a/So I can skip it and give you...
1 Review and 44 Opinions Arrived late at night from London & trip up the winding road at night was a little scary. My friend...
Station Buffet, Ventimiglia: Sometimes you find things where you least expect.
NiceLife Says: Having travelled much of the world, the one place your expectations are near zero is a railway station buffet. Think again.OK, its not Maximes, but the station buffet at Ventimiglia is really welcoming and stylish. The cappucino came out of one of those black and chrome...
La Grotta: Great earthy Italian, unprentious, inexpensive
NiceLife Says: Pizza and Pasta and a selection of others, but the Pasta is done to perfection with Italian pride in doing it right. Full of noisy talking Italians a testament to that. Easy going atmosphere, very low prices. Pink Frizzante chilled, the Arrabiatta, and Profiteroles with...
Cocktail Bar Gelateria: Sea front - peaceful and simple
NiceLife Says: UPDATE: This restaurant has closed. Nearby one also closed due to a mysterious fire. Usually a symptom of being reluctant to pay protection to the local hoodlums. This is Italy you know. Instead super restaurant along the sea front direction San Remo, called "La Grotta"...
Il Gelato: Italian ice cream near the train station
SWFC_Fan Says: On our day trip to the Italian town of Ventimiglia during a holiday in Nice in May 2009, I was determined to indulge in Italian pizza, Italian wine and Italian ice cream. With the first two ticked off at lunchtime at Pizzeria La Vecchia Napoli, that just left the ice cream...
La Vecchia Napoli: Italian pizza and wine!
SWFC_Fan Says: My girlfriend and I ate lunch at Ristorante Pizzeria La Vecchia Napoli during our visit to Ventimiglia in May 2009.We were visiting Ventimiglia for the day from Nice in France, and the fact that we had crossed the border into Italy had me longing for pizza, wine and ice...
marco2005 Says: One of my favourite place near Ventimiglia is Balzi Rossi restaurant.Overhanging the cliff just a stone’s throw from the French border. The elegant dining room seems suspended over the sea. There is a spectacular view from the terrace over the Cote d'Azur.The cuisine is...
Trains between Ventimiglia and Menton
SWFC_Fan Says: Ventimiglia is easily reached by train from various cities along the French Riviera.During our visit in May 2009, we visited Ventimiglia from Nice, using the following transport:Bus #100 from Nice central bus station to Menton = 1 Euro = 1 hour 15 minutesTrain from Menton to...
Italian love afair with the Motorcycle
NiceLife Says: How can you tell an Italian motorcyclist? He spends more on the clothes than the bike.For an Italian man, it is absolutely vital to have full body-sculpting leather armour, festooned with brand names so you can swank and strut your stuff. Matching gear for the wife/...
Ventimiglia main street: Shoes and bags galore
NiceLife Says: Never mind the market, there is lots of shopping with the permanent shops crammed full of goodies to try and buy.Leather goods are a real bargain. Almost certainly counterfeit and made in sweatshops around the world copying western designs, nevertheless you can find great...
Eurodrink - just like duty free used to be: In vino veritas - get your truth drugs here
NiceLife Says: Before the EU eliminated duty free shopping we would have a great day out on cross channel ferries and come home smashed and loaded with cheap booze. Now thats a thing of the past but you can get the same buzz wandering around Vertimiglia's booze emporia Abslotoolely...
NiceLife Says: The main purpose of policing in Italy is to give young people an opportunity to wear a stylish and sexy uniform, flirt and chat to each other most of the day, and smoke cigarettes with lots of exaggerated hand movements. Oh, and wear a gun. And thats just the...
Tolik Says: With the exception of The Mask, all of these carvings can be seen as variations on the Palaeolithic Venus, a model that we now recognize as fundamental to the artistic repertoire of the Eurasian Upper Palaeolithic. Research shows that this model occurs, with regional...
Beware of Pickpockets and Thieves
Irishsim Says: Be very very careful around the market as pickpockets love big crowds. But it is not only the market area. BE VERY VERY VERY VERY CAREFUL AT THE TRAIN STATION even on the platform. I was there last week and a friend of a friend had her wallet taken out of her bag while...
Explore the Ligurean Coast from Ventimiglia
NiceLife Says: It is possible to explore this area of Northern Italy by train, which runs along to coast to Genoa in around three and a half hours. Bear in mind 7 hours round trip to Genoa is a lot of bottom on seat, not much time with your guidebook out, and you will be ariving just as...
La Mortola, Giardini Botanici Hanbury
NiceLife Says: In the most truly perfect setting, tumbling thousands of feet down to the sea a few kilometers inside the Italian border, an 18 hectare luscious sub-tropical botanical paradise created by two Victorian plant-hunters, Thomas and Daniel Hanbury.Some of the stupendous views are...
bazsi79 Says: Le Calandre Beach is a small, narrow and secluded beach near Ventimiglia, about 1.5 km west of the city. It is one of the few sandy beaches in this area.As this beach is nicely hidden behind a cliff, it is probably less crowded as the ones near the town centre.Both the beach...
NiceLife Says: The Market. Of course. No-one makes ice cream like the Italians. No-one. Ventimiglia has a small kiosk just near the railway station where I chanced on a "semi freddo" which blew my socks off. And the funny thing was that I wasn't wearing any at the time!.
Tolik Says: From the artistically notable monuments, there are the Roman ruins, the church of Saint Michael, from the 10th century, and the Vergine Assunta's cathedral from the 12th century. Already the center of the Liguri Intermelii with the name of Albium Intermelium, then called...
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Really it would be better to say to meet the three cities of Ventimiglia. The first one, archaeological, of Roman epoch is put in it oriental departs of the...
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Q: Can I purchase a ticket from Nice to Ventimiglia on line from the US? I want to take the RE 86035 leaving Nice at 13:55 on Mar 10...
A: There is no point in buying the ticket from the US. This is a RE (regional express) train that requires no reservations. That is, there are no assigned seats. That is, if...
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Ventimiglia: bargain shopping in Italy
Ventimiglia, or Vintemille, according whether you take the French or Italian spelling, sits by the sea just over the Italian border about 45 minutes by rail from Nice. A river separates the modern...
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Ventimiglia, Pearl of the Floral Riviera
Ventimiglia is a tourist and commercial town on the North Western coast of Italy (Riviera dei Fiori e.g. Floral Riviera) and a very important railway and road junction because of the near French...
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We took the train from Nice to Ventimiglia for the Friday Market .... Eleven kilometers from France, Ventimiglia is a typical border town, with a string of duty-free shops near the station, and...
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After the Roman conquest a square city was erected with fortified walls surrounding it, right at the delta of the Nervia torrent: Ventimiglia. The city underwent a few warlike conflicts when Ceasar......
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