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Ligurian Cruise
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Ligurian Cruise

August 14, 2014 | Author

After nine days in the shipyard in La Ciotat, France doing maintenance we sailed overnight to the beautiful old seaside town of San Remo. In its heyday it must have been a stunning place as there are so many beautiful old buildings. Silvia, Philip and Fryda arrived by train and spent the afternoon exploring San Remo. Thursday morning Philip and Fryda caught the bus and walked up the hill to Bussana Vecchia. This is a small village that was destroyed by an earthquake. In the 1960’s artists slowly started arriving and setting up in the ruins. Now there is a whole colony of artists living there. We picked up Philip and Fryda back down at the beach after their walk and motored to Imperia. In the evening the guests enjoyed an excellent seafood meal at Ristorante La Ruota while watching the sunset.

Casino

The Casino in San Remo

Imperia

Imperia

Friday brought no wind and flat seas as we motored the 60 nm to Santa Margherita. We had the fishing lines out but no luck. Santa Margherita is surrounded by beautiful green hills and is a lovely spot. Saturday morning Silvia, Philip and Fryda walked to Porto Fino 5km away and had lunch there. Meanwhile I went to Genoa airport to meet Mrs Gosnell and Robin. Unfortunately 1 bag didn’t arrive and caused an already long trip to be longer. Luckily the bag turned up later that evening.  Silvia caught the ferry back from Porto Fino and Philip and Fryda attempted a hike through the hills back to S. Margherita but ran into a wild boar and decided to go back via the road instead.

Porto Fino

Porto Fino

Sunday some of the guests went to an Italian church service and then they all went by taxi to Agriturismo Il Monte for a character filled experience and a lovely home cooked Italian lunch in the hills. Everybody had a quiet Sunday evening onboard Timoneer.

In the morning we got going early and had breakfast underway. We anchored off Levanto, a town just north of the Cinque Terre National park, as we cannot enter the waters off the park. Silvia, Robin, Philip and Fryda caught the train to the next village and spent the day walking parts of the famous coastal track and exploring some of the 5 villages. Mrs Gosnell enjoyed a day of relaxation onboard. Due to a swell picking up we motored back to Santa Margherita to the relative calmness of the marina.

Tuesday morning Philip and Fryda caught the train back down to Cinque Terra to walk and explore more. The others enjoyed a relaxing day in Santa Margherita.

In the morning the guests went for a dinghy ride along the coast to Porto Fino and checked out the shops there. Meanwhile we left the marina and waited off Porto Fino for them. We continued north around the headland and anchored off the town of Camogli for lunch. The swell did its best to spoil lunch but we managed it with the use of the engine and thrusters. The guests went ashore and had a look around and really enjoyed it. We then headed to Genoa and tied up with our stern to bars and restaurants which the guests looked around after dinner.

Camogli

Camogli

After breakfast Thursday morning Silvia, Philip and Fryda headed home after a good taste of what Liguria has on offer.

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