“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.
The boat-yard and the Villa Garnier
By the Piave Memoriale
I spent a morning in the piazzetta of the confessions with the view of the Riviera, N and even E
Where to go in B?
Ristorante Pizzeria La Piazzetta under the belfry
Espresso and apricots
By moonlight at the piazzetta with the lights of N in the background
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:
The view today from the Belvedere del Carillon
View from Monet’s Park on via Roma
The view on Monte Carlo and Nizza from B
Corso Italia
Via Aurelia
The Grand Hotel
The French Alps
The book store
Adriano Lombardi Park
View of B
Parrocchia Immacolata Concezione – Chiesa di Terrasanta
Giardini Moreno
Villa Mariani
Villas on via Roma
The florist behind the piazza Mazzini
The view of the railway station from Corso Italia
The old railway station of B
Corso Italia
Orange trees
The villa on the cliffside
The library
The view of Ventimiglia
Villa Garnier
Giardini Moreno
Villa Etelinda created by Charles Garnier, also known as Villa Bischoffsheim
E80 over Vallecrossia
Giardini Moreno
View from Monet’s Park on via Roma
Savoy
“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:
Moonlight over Villa Garnier
B by night
View from Belvedere del Carillon
Moonlight over B
Bordighera’s bell tower
Città Alta by moonlight
Città Alta by moonlight
Chiesa di Terrasanta
Città Alta by moonlight
Città Alta by moonlight
View from Piazza di Amici
“I come here every night and just sit here. Sometimes I spend hours. “
"Somewhere in northern Italy" 