A bar, a bakery, a pizzeria, and a great view over the sea - doesn't that sound good? Yawning dogs between olive trees and cacti, neighbours talking from window to window, old signori sitting on folding chairs in front of the house looking at the visitors.
The sea has always been perceived ambivalently, as a mysterious and enigmatic element, of inexhaustible wealth but also treacherous and full of danger.
I wrote last time about the Museo Bicknell in Bordighera, founded by Clarence Bicknell, one of those unique little-visited spots on the Riviera where you feel transported into another world and another time.
Yes, visiting a museum or a gallery is very trendy; but what if it is too hot or too cold for a walk outside, if it’s raining cats and dogs, if you have a leg in plaster, no library, museum or gallery card or simply don't want to leave the house?
So, how do you get to feature in the fashion magazines of the world? What young girl does not dream of being on the cover of a magazine, of smiling into the camera and enchanting the world?
Don’t you love finding those unique little-visited spots on the Riviera where you and your visitors feel transported into another world and another time?
For the first time at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, an amazing exhibition featuring 12 large marble sculptures and over 110 works by the genius that was, Antonio Canova.
What does the word 'sea' mean to you? What does it make you think of?? There will be many different answers, but I assume almost all of them will be positive.
Over 70 works from the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, including 20 paintings by great sixteenth to eighteenth-century Venetian masters, return to Venice after centuries
The beautiful Doge's Palace in Venice is currently hosting a very special exhibition featuring the works of Renaissance genius Tintoretto, which runs until next January