Group Travel Today
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Roaming in Juliet country Jags or Minis? We prefer the more spacious interior of a modern touring coach, with a driver with less desire to slalom. Your group is likely to be more law-abiding than the Italian Job mob, so as you traverse the fabulously twisty foothill roads featured in the famous film, then, like Michael Caine’scrafty Charlie Croker, you might just have a plan. Then again, your plan may be more coastal that
mountainous. You’ve tired of Monaco and all the millionaire excesses. Everyone back on board. Let’s head for Italy. It is, after all, just ten minutes along the road.
Genoese heritage comes to an end (tasty though) and you opt instead for a harbourside view of the actual Gulf of Genoa, instead of the actual Firth of Forth from the Esplanade.
Friday market in Ventimiglia
Ventimiglia doesn’t want for fresh food options. Straight off the Friday market stalls and on to your plate. Enjoy an al fresco lunch as your survey the ochre-tiled houses and contemplate the mountains behind. Besieged by Byzantines and Goths, Romans and Ligurians, and
Ventimiglia - a town a bit like Kirkcaldy. It’s on the coast and the population is 55000 and that’s the bit that’s like Kirkcaldy. After that, Rinaldi’s Chip Shop is where Fife’s
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these days by French daytrippers, there’splenty of culture and history to go with the shopping and strolling. If Ventimiglia is a little too small for its popularity, choose your time (early in the day) to enjoy this gateway to northern Italy like a local. Move up the Roia River. Head for the bigger prizes to blag in the former principalities that make up this captivating region.
