BEST OF THE ITALIAN RIVIERA GUIDE + COSTS 2022

[@LJ-jq8og]

YES. IMHO: The cheaper places are the only way to go for me. You get to a point in age and experience where you realize you're only sleeping resting or using the bathroom and saving a small fortune by being frugal is the only intelligent way to go. I recently had a friend go to the Maldives for under $40 a night. He snorkeled and explored the very same beautiful waters that the people paying $4000 a night enjoyed. It took me a long time to figure out to be smart with my money especially on travel. Thank you for your excellent videos. They are well produced, quite enjoyable and highly instructive.❤️

[@ernestpaz7878]

Ditto to all the replys, especially the 40 dollars a nite and taking the train vs walking. Ernest.

[@laura-bronner]

Thank you so much for your lovely comment and taking the time to share your thoughts! I agree - sometimes a splurge is really wonderful (although I imagine what I think is a splurge is still not really to many haha) and sometimes a $35 a night B&B is perfect. The hotel is not the purpose of the trip, but a really bad one can also be a downer on the experience. Luckily, I haven't had that experience in a while!

[@fede7446]

Sei la turista perfetta per l'Italia, una persona che sa amare ogni centro storico. Grazie per essere venuta e torna presto

[@gabrielesiffredi1758]

Thank you for visiting our LIGURIA!

[@LJ-jq8og]

Laura: A new awareness. (for me at least). When I watch excellent KZbin's like yours it allows me to fairly confidently "rule in" or "rule out" places I want to go as a high priority. For example, having been to Italy several times I didn't realize how much more of it I want to visit until I saw your videos. However, and perhaps more importantly, the high quality travel KZbin's of today I think are amazingly beneficial to us in that it's helping me "rule out" more places than I ever imagined ! The amount of financial savings almost lost and the inevitable frustration of not loving a trip is all avoided thanks to your good work. I use to think I had this outrageously long bucket list but you have helped me "prune" it considerably. 🙏

[@mrscuteas]

Thank you Laura for a very informative vlog. I have wanted to travel and live in Italy for over 40 years. I finally got there in 2017 and I fell completely in love. I threw several coins in the Trevi fountain at the time and fingers crossed 2022/2023 will be the year I return 🤞🏻🥰

[@laura-bronner]

It's such a wonderful country, I can't get enough of it at the moment and this trip in particular was really incredible. I hope you can get back soon!!

[@YIOTAMILIOU]

amazing video ευχαριστώ!!!!! Yiota from Greece

[@chivarienyamhandu8365]

My favourite gelato combo as well pistachio and hazelnut ❤

[@kelebekartbytahirabbasi]

Same here

[@leslievalencia3291]

Just saw cheap flights to Genoa for April-May 2023 so this was a perfect video. Thank you! I love this so much

[@JamesBrown-ij1px]

Wonderful. Thank you. This was my 'introduction' to your channel and I was simply impressed. Your style of travel is very much like my own: I'm not independently wealthy, so I have to balance the 'finer' places and moments of travel with the more practical and cost-effective. I'll often stay in a 5-Star Hotel one night and an austere Hostel the next. Sometimes, the more 'practical' prove to be just as magical as the more expensive. You use the same 'booking' website that I use for Hotels, as well. I also like the way you are warm and charming, but not all 'glamorous' and making it all about 'you' like an Instagram influencer. Don't worry though, you 'influenced' me plenty with informative, practical, and inspiring content and presentation. Grazie!

[@laura-bronner]

Thanks so much for your kind words, James. I'm so glad you liked the video and hope you'll enjoy several others in the future. I agree - sometimes those practical places offer things (usually amazingly kind local people running them) that you just don't get at the "finer" places. Happy travels!

[@suzieesqueda4180]

I missed it on the last video. How long did it take you to walk from Rapallo to Santa M?

[@olgasampis9745]

Thank you for your video, is so good. I have been there, except Genoa..I wanted the small places. You give good details. That area is all beautiful.

[@jond1667]

Hi Laura, I absolutely love your videos, thank you so much. Your presentation is wonderful, informative and just pleasure to watch. Italy and Croatia have always been my 'to go' places and I was mesmerised with your Italian adventures. Your energy, enthusiasm coupled with the beautiful places are a delight to watch. Stay safe and I cannot wait to see more of your travels, best wishes, Jon.

[@laura-bronner]

Hi Jon, thank you so much for your kind words! I'm so glad you enjoy the videos from this Italian adventure! Hope you will enjoy the future videos as well :)

[@mariek.2352]

Hello Laura. Great videos, just how i like ! We, a family of 4 are off to Rapallo in 3 weeks. Thank you for all your tips.

[@doodlethebeagle2078]

Liked the new style for the intro. Excellent video as always. Thank you 🙏

[@laura-bronner]

Thank you so much - this was quite a different video for me and took longer than most to edit, so I'm glad you enjoyed it! I'm hoping to add these onto more of my trips in the future. I hope they'll help people with the logistics side of their trips!

[@XTOPXGIGIOX]

Parlando di mare e coste im goin in SARDEGNA soon! grazie per il video

[@MadeNCda]

Thank you and Good morning Laura for this lovely compilation. One day I shall go and will definitely follow your suggestions.

[@olgasampis9745]

In camogli I stayed in 2012 for 450 euros a week very close to the beach, half a boost, on a 4 th sorry building, we used that as our hub. Was amazing. Was a Two bedroom, we washed our closets; cooked, eat, etc..focaccia , very close, I think ravello

[@Burty1976]

Really enjoyed the video, having today booked 4 nights in Monterosso for September, and having previously enjoyed a wonderful few days in Rapallo. Am now watching the individual videos for the area too, lovely to see a friendly informative style which is a lot more about “look at this!” rather than the “look at me!” style of some of the other blogs I’ve seen on the area. Thanks Laura! PS Also great to see content from a solo traveller like me, all the other videos I’ve seen are from couples or families

[@laura-bronner]

Thanks, Ian! I'm glad you appreciate the style of videos that I try to make. Sounds like you've got an amazing trip planned I really loved Monterosso. That would be my pick for place to stay if I was going to go back for a few days in the park. Enjoy it!

[@alphanuevo]

Great vlog! I've only been to the Naples area in Italy so far but would like to check out Liguria some day.

[@skieye1]

Che bella signorina. Bravo. Da Chicago.

[@DeeDeeCreative]

Ooh, I miss Italy so much. Your videos have me planning my future trip.

[@jh2536]

A helpful video. Thank you. Grazie mille

[@imagesinla8575]

I needed a place to stay at the last minute in London. It was the middle of summer, Saturday, and all I could get was a room that was literally the size of a jail cell for about $100. And this was back in 1999.

[@laura-bronner]

Prices in London are insane. I once stayed in a room that was £80 near King's Cross and it had no windows and you had to get onto the bed from the middle because it was squeezed between the wall on either side. 🤣

[@imagesinla8575]

@@laura-bronner LOL, maybe we stayed at the same place.

[@itsmetaran]

Your videos are very inspiring... thanks for sharing!

[@xxvii4xx]

I’m planning to solo trip from rome to cinque terra by train and from there to portofino/st.margarita by bus and come back to portofino by the boat just for the view.

[@Flange-lw9sp]

Really pleased I found your channel. We are planning a 2 month trip from the uk this May to June, travelling mostly by train, and basing ourselves in 3 main locations, Andalusia, Italy and Norway. I noticed an option of getting from Spain to Italy is a ferry from Barca to Genoa. We was planning on spending most of our time in Tuscany, but now are looking at splitting between Tuscany and Genoa and the Rivera thanks to your channel! Would you say 2 nights in Genoa, followed by 2 nights in the riviera, and then 2 nights in the cinque terre would be enough, or too rushed? We would then plan to spend a week in Tuscany where we would probably stay in one location to balance out the trip slightly. Also really looking forward to watching your reports on Spain. Cadiz and Ronda are two locations we are planning to visit and stay!

[@ContinentalDrifter]

Hey, great video! Any suggestions for best towns in Liguria for a person who has mobility issues? I’m looking to take my mother but she can’t do too many stairs, inclines or rough cobbles. Thanks!

[@debbiedaniel9774]

Very informative! Grazie!

[@davidsotir4318]

Thanks for a great video? Did you find Italy was less crowded when you went back in September?

[@laura-bronner]

No it was waaay more crowded in September than in spring.

[@chingzhou8087]

Thank you Laura for the informative video. we loved in traveling in this part of the world, I wonder if you'd pick a town among the three SanRemo, Genova, Rapallo as a base for staying, say a month or longer every year, what would be your order of preference when picking one among them? . Thanks!

[@johncassani7804]

Thank you Laura, for such helpful and interesting information. I plan on being in the area in September and am considering these places. You make everything look so good, especially the food! Any ideas on Alessio or North of Genoa?

[@ellenbronkhorst5372]

Wonderful so helpful. ❤

[@coffeemonsterkate]

Great video! Do you have a recommendation for the best swimming beach? In October 😊

[@Creticker]

Can you attach the link of the Airbnb you stayed at in Camoglia? Traveling on a budget! Thanks for all the info!

[@michellepitt2058]

Hi Laura: I am enjoying your videos. I plan to travel to Camogli and Cinque Terre for 5 nights then head to Rome to catch my early flight the next day. I plan to stay in one location and then take day trips to these areas. Any suggestions of which city? I am on a budget, I liked your choices of stay.

[@nthenwhat8912]

Reliably solid, inspiring content and vlogging. Carry on!👍

[@laura-bronner]

Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it and thank you so much for taking the time to leave a comment, it means a lot!

[@patborecky2166]

Great video. I would love to go to Italy but it's quite expensive from central Van Island and of course Canadian dollars don't go as far as US. Glad I get see some beautiful places thru your eyes Txs

[@dominicfiorentino5324]

Great video, if you could go back and only pick one place to stay would it be cinque terre ( riomaggiore), camogli or rapallo? Thank you

[@laura-bronner]

ooo so difficult. I think of Camogli a lot as one of my favorite beach towns in Italy. It's so small and the restaurants were so great and then you can hike right from town into the peninsula or you can hop on a ferry easily to San Fruttuoso. So that would be my pick, but if you want a bigger town I think Rapallo or Santa Margarita Ligure are probably better options.

[@lvzmyvidz]

Did you pop into Sestri Levante? If not, it's definitely one to add to the list. As all other small towns along the Riviera it's magical in its own unique way! Loved your video! I too have a love affair with Bella Italia that only grows the more i see and experience! Safe travels to you and i'll look forward to more of your videos to come. Ciao

[@NLMusique]

Great video. I have a question. I have been to Vernazza and Montrosso before on a cruise ship and now I am coming back on a cruise ship again. This time I was thinking of seeing the 5 towns from the water. The ship offers an excursion to start ofl on a tour in Portovenere and a boat tour from Portovenere to see the 5 villages with a stop at Monterosso. What's your thought of seeing from the water by motorboat?

[@Byron4RollTide]

On your next trip to Italy you need to check out Sicily.

[@soniablue4908]

Ciao Laura e grazie mille for your warm style and fantastic information. Italy has my heart too, I have been many times over the years but always to Milan, Florence and Venice. This year I am planning a 2-week trip this October. I will be in Israel visiting family so my plan is to fly from Israel to the airport in Nice and take the train to Bordighera (rent an air bnb) as a home base and take day trips from there. I am an active senior but feel I need a base to go and return to. Question? Can I take those day trips on a bus or train or do I need to rent a car? Thanks for any wisdom you can offer.

[@imsojazzed]

Hello Laura thank you for such an informative blog! It has been nine months since you posted, so I trust that you find my message. We are planning a trip in late November to London, Paris, Côte d’Azur and the Italian Rivera, spending about three months. Because we are researching where to live permanently, I don’t want to miss any crevice lol. Since the Rivera will be our last leg of the trip with so many seaside towns to explore, where do you consider to be the best base on the entire Italian Rivera, where a hotel is very affordable to allow an overnight stay in one the other towns. We want to end our search near Nice International Airport for the flight back home. Thanks so much for your input. Safe travels…

[@mercatoflorida]

Unbelievable, I saw your video on San Jose del Cabo and now I see you in my country. I am living in Merida (Yucatan) since 9 years, we visited also Baja California Sur and we fell in love with La Paz but we didn't visit San Jose (a sufficient reason to come back). Now I am gonna visit my parents in Rome and we were thinking to visit la Riviera in Liguria, we are very attracted from Bordighera. I would be very curious to know your opinion about these places and about living in San Jose

[@olgasampis9745]

That’s my dream too. Happy you accomplish it! What area did you moved?

[@kathyraymond7325]

Greetings. Traveling to the Italian Rivera mid April with 5 adults. It is a 6 day trip so we would like to stay in one location. We are planning on getting a car. I found a fantastic airbnb in Moconesi but not sure if it is a convenient location for day trips. Also, is it easy to drive and park in the Rivera?

[@Luigi-uj5ml]

Traveling up and down between Moconesi and Chiavari every day probably takes up a lot of time, although you will certainly spend the nights in the cool.

[@rimaswedan2654]

Hi Laura, I'm planning to go to Italy in in July and my first stop will be Milano. I would like to go on a day trip from Milan to Genoa, Saint Margherita Lingure, Portofino then back to Milan by the end of the day. Can you advise what are the best transportation options ( money and time wise) to use?

[@Luigi-uj5ml]

Intercity train from Milan Centrale to Genoa, then regional train from Genova Piazza (del) Principe or from Genova Brignole* to Santa Margherita Ligure. To move between Santa Margherita and Portofino (up to San Fruttuoso di Capodimonte) you can take the ferry (boat) or, up to Portofino only, the bus at an inflated fare for non-residents 782 (ex 82). From San Fruttuoso you can then go to Camogli by boat and from there take a train to Genoa and Milan. *Although it takes its name from the nearby square where the old station was located, it is officially called Brignole without the term "Piazza"

[@MrsTi333]

Thank you. I’ve planned various Italy itinerary’s trying to combine Tuscany and coastal areas. Puglia, Sicily, Sardinia, Isola D’Elba! The Italian Riviera is exactly what I was searching for this trip. Would you put Florence in the front or end of a trip such as featured in this video? It would be nice to end with a few days in Genoa before returning back to the USA.

[@viccionetti5907]

Laura, I’m a new subscriber. I love your content and your personality. And I sincerely appreciate you taking considerable pains to accurately pronounce Italian names..but respectfully, you missed Camogli. Phonetically, it’s not “CAM-oh-lee”. It’s Cahm-OHL-yee. 😊

[@kidiangatshiunza9942]

Hello. I want to fly to the Italian Riviera from Nice next summer starting July 1st. I will fly into Genoa from Nice. I was thinking about getting a hotel room in Genoa and pay for a 7 day stay and use those 7 days to travel to La Riviera and Cinque Terre. I don't mind paying additional days at any of the cities in either La Riviera or in Cinque Terre. Your thoughts? Money is not an issue and I would welcome your suggestions.

[@vladalevit7323]

This is so informational, thank you so much! I am flying into Milan at the end of Aug-Begining of September, and planned 5 full days on the Italian Rivera. I decided to stay at Rapollo (visit Rapallo, Portofino, and Santa Margherita Ligure) and Cinque Terre. This might be too specific but based on your experience, how would you break up the full five days? Thank you again for your insight in your videos:)

[@brianellis5164]

Hello Laura, thanks for doing videos on this region, looks like you've explored alot of the area. I like your style of videos, and that you show more of the reality of the place and not just the postcard view, and all food. I'm going at the end of October to this area for 2 days, as part of a 2 week Italian vacation to other regions. I'm trying to decide if I should stay in Santa Margherita Ligure or Cinque Terre, I'm taking the train there and back from Milan. I know everyone raves about the Cinque Terre, but I'm trying to understand what the appeal is. Is it just from doing the hikes? I'm sure the views are much more magnificent in person. The towns look somewhat rough and ramshackle, and I understand things might be closed at the end of October. I'd rather go when it's cooler in October or April when you went, being in Italy when it's 90 degrees isn't very fun, not sure why it's jammed in the high heat. I guess Santa Margherita Ligure looks like it has much nicer ornate architecture and what I imagine a "Riviera" place on the ocean. I've traveled in Italy 2 times before but not to this region yet. Also would it be possible to bike from Santa Margherita Ligure to Portofino? I enjoy biking more than walking long distances personally.

[@carr5629]

Any recommendations on an itinerary for 4 days? Trying to sneak this area in between Rome and Paris. Probably would look like flying into Genoa on Morning 1 and flying out on morning 5. Staying in one town that is easy to access the others by ferry or train, or staying in two different towns. What would you recommend. Love the channel!

[@laornyc]

Did you use a rolling suitcase or a backpack 🎒 & recommendation either way ?

[@laura-bronner]

I used a backpack and I always use a backpack. I don't own a suitcase but I really think it's personal preference. The Italian Riviera (and many coastal areas in Italy) have lots of hills, stairs, and cobbled streets. For me, that is no place for a rolling suitcase. Every year I consider switching from backpack to suitcase and every year I'm glad I didn't. Many of my friends swear by their suitcases and carrying it up and down stairs or along uneven ground doesn't bother them one bit. Use whatever suits your travel style best!

[@PatriciaDillon-s3t]

Laura: Thank you for your video. I want to go to the Italian Rivera and have booked a hotel in Rapallo. Is that a good place to make a home base. They had more affordable hotels but I want a location that makes sense and I can get to Cinque Terre. Should I choose 2 sites as home base? Please advise.

[@laura-bronner]

I stayed in Rapallo for my time there and loved it. Short train ride to Cinque Terre with lots of trains all day long. Easy to get to other parts of the peninsula as well and rapallo had my favorite restaurants in the area 👍

[@olgasampis9745]

Dear Laura, there is a hidden beach that i went, recommended by my book, at that time..cúneo..you have to walk cause it missed the train. Is nudist...by the way..only went there to check it out,wanted to see it

[@kathryncoble9158]

Is April a good time of the year to visit Cinque Terre?

[@francescac.p.1780]

Ciao Laura, felice che ti piaccia il nostro Paese… please Genova…no Genoa! Ok?! Ciaooo

[@huntergreene7306]

Was it very cold?

[@andreadagostino1820]

Casa... Peccato, non ha piovuto per due mesi prima dei video! 😂

[@olgasampis9745]

Promontorio de portofino

[@visulino]

I should try the Italian riviera, because in the Mayan Riviera, like Cancun, there are shootouts and murdered people every night.

[@Byron4RollTide]

Very true… Also depending on the time of the year you go, the beaches in Mayan Riviera are covered with Sargassum Seaweed. It stinks.