“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 the Piave Memoriale
By moonlight at the piazzetta with the lights of N in the background
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
The boat-yard and the Villa Garnier
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 Grand Hotel
Villa Garnier
The villa on the cliffside
Villa Mariani
Corso Italia
E80 over Vallecrossia
Giardini Moreno
The florist behind the piazza Mazzini
Villas on via Roma
The view today from the Belvedere del Carillon
The French Alps
View from Monet’s Park on via Roma
View of B
Adriano Lombardi Park
The view of Ventimiglia
Giardini Moreno
Villa Etelinda created by Charles Garnier, also known as Villa Bischoffsheim
Corso Italia
The old railway station of B
Via Aurelia
The view of the railway station from Corso Italia
Savoy
Orange trees
View from Monet’s Park on via Roma
The library
Parrocchia Immacolata Concezione – Chiesa di Terrasanta
Giardini Moreno
The book store
The view on Monte Carlo and Nizza from B
“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:
View from Belvedere del Carillon
Moonlight over Villa Garnier
View from Piazza di Amici
San Giacomo’s belfry
Moonlight over B
B by night
Città Alta by moonlight
Città Alta by moonlight
Città Alta by moonlight
Chiesa di Terrasanta
Città Alta by moonlight
“I come here every night and just sit here. Sometimes I spend hours. “
