“I’ve forgotten how much I loved this place. I’ve been happy in B.”
Some people would ask me what does one do around here and I would instantly reply: have long walks uphill or in the valley, maybe down by the seaside, eat sweet apricots and drink ristretto or espresso while watching the belfry from the balcony in the morning sea-breeze. I’d be looking for Elio and Oliver or even Monet, sun-drenched piazzettas, the Città Alta on an early morning or in the quietness of late nights. I’d admire the moonlight over the town and the Mediterranean with the chorus of cicadas, or the palm trees in the colorful bright sunlight of “La Città delle Palme“. I’d end up for the evening in a baretto at the lungomare with a prosecco delle Venezie.
By moonlight at the piazzetta with the lights of N in the background
Espresso and apricots
By the Piave Memoriale
Where to go in B?
Ristorante Pizzeria La Piazzetta under the belfry
The boat-yard and the Villa Garnier
I spent a morning in the piazzetta of the confessions with the view of the Riviera, N and even E
Bordighera Città Alta – the old town:
Via Venti Settembre
Albergo del Capo
Via Dritta
Via al Capo
La piazzetta and the belfry
Chiesa di Santa Maria Maddalena
Piazza del Popolo
Piazza del Popolo
The Queen of Palm Trees:
Villa Garnier
The Grand Hotel
Villa Mariani
The view of Ventimiglia
Giardini Moreno
The view on Monte Carlo and Nizza from B
Giardini Moreno
Via Aurelia
View of B
Corso Italia
The view today from the Belvedere del Carillon
Villas on via Roma
Parrocchia Immacolata Concezione – Chiesa di Terrasanta
The villa on the cliffside
View from Monet’s Park on via Roma
View from Monet’s Park on via Roma
The book store
The old railway station of B
Adriano Lombardi Park
Villa Etelinda created by Charles Garnier, also known as Villa Bischoffsheim
The florist behind the piazza Mazzini
Giardini Moreno
The French Alps
The view of the railway station from Corso Italia
The library
Orange trees
E80 over Vallecrossia
Savoy
Corso Italia
“I’ve (almost) forgotten how much I loved this place. (…) I’ve been happy in B.”
B by the moonlight with cicadas and crickets and some sea-breeze:
Città Alta by moonlight
Chiesa di Terrasanta
Città Alta by moonlight
B by night
Moonlight over Villa Garnier
View from Belvedere del Carillon
Moonlight over B
Città Alta by moonlight
Città Alta by moonlight
Bordighera’s bell tower
View from Piazza di Amici
“I come here every night and just sit here. Sometimes I spend hours. “
"Somewhere in northern Italy" 