Hi...Thanks to everyone for the suggestions. I had thought of Otranto,
so will study up on it. So far the itinerary goes
Zurich>Milano>Chiavari>????>Gallipoli>Lecce>???Nor thward...I have a
month off and will cut and paste to fit. My tendency is fewer places
rather than more. bill

    > Zurich>Milano>Chiavari>????>Gallipoli>Lecce>???Nor thward...I
have a

Chiavari is located on the West Coast (Liguria),
on the East side I suggest Ravenna or Bologna (both
not by the sea,but no so far).

Corrado ;-)
www.corradobina.it

On Fri, 12 Dec 2003, billfrogg wrote:

    > Zurich>Milano>Chiavari>????>Gallipoli>Lecce>???Nor thward...I have a

Chiavari is not on the Adriatic coast, but on the Tirrenic coast (I do
not know how you spell it, we do not have funny y and h, so the sea on
the west side of Italy is "mar(e) Tirreno" ... the northern part of it
could be called "mar Ligure".

The coast of Liguria, sometimes referred to as Riviera (di Levante and
di Ponente) is definitely more scenic than the Adriatic, and one can
also do nice walks on the hills with views on the sea ... actually one
of my dreams would be a walk "tra Lerice e Turbia" as father Dante says)

I've no idea why you should want to go precisely to Chiavari (never been
there) ... just a warning that it's not a main railway node, and that it
won't be that easy to cross the Appennines to reach the Adriatic (can be
done, you go to La Spezia, than take a train on the Pontremoli line to
Parma, then change to Bologna-Rimini (possibly direct, otherwise change
in Bologna) or from Bologna go to Ravenna.

I advise you to use this fast and light site for rail planning all over
Europe : http://home.arcor.de/e.lauterbach/au...fplanx-en.html


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<[email protected]>,
Giovanni Drogo <[email protected]> wrote:

    > On Fri, 12 Dec 2003, billfrogg wrote:
    >
    > > Zurich>Milano>Chiavari>????>Gallipoli>Lecce>???Nor thward...I have a
    >
    > Chiavari is not on the Adriatic coast, but on the Tirrenic coast (I do
    > not know how you spell it, we do not have funny y and h, so the sea on
    > the west side of Italy is "mar(e) Tirreno" ... the northern part of it
    > could be called "mar Ligure".
    > I've no idea why you should want to go precisely to Chiavari (never been
    > there) ... just a warning that it's not a main railway node,
How well I know how Chiavari is off-the-main-line...precisely why I am
returning there for the third time. Quiet, kindly mom and pop kind of
resort. Recommended to me by my Italian shoemaker...it is his hometown.
Then there is some wonderfully eccentric domestic
architecture....Italian Victorian???

Likewise I am returning for a while to Lecce where again the
architecture is a major attraction. Also one eats very well there.
So, I'm looking for places to stop a day or two on the way North from
Lecce. So far people on the list have given me some good ideas. Thanks
to all....bill

My experience with Bologna in the past has been one of overcrowding
with business travellers and trade fairs....though one certainly gets
well fed there.
Ravenna may be my only "art city" this time, since I'm avoiding the
biggies this time. thanks, bill
In article <[email protected]>, CB
<[email protected]> wrote:

    > > Zurich>Milano>Chiavari>????>Gallipoli>Lecce>???Nor thward...I
    > have a
    >
    > Chiavari is located on the West Coast (Liguria),
    > on the East side I suggest Ravenna or Bologna (both
    > not by the sea,but no so far).
    >
    > Corrado ;-)
    > www.corradobina.it
    >
    >

On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 03:00:53 GMT, billfrogg <[email protected]>
wrote:

    >How well I know how Chiavari is off-the-main-line...precisely why I am
    >returning there for the third time. Quiet, kindly mom and pop kind of
    >resort. Recommended to me by my Italian shoemaker...it is his hometown.
    >Then there is some wonderfully eccentric domestic
    >architecture....Italian Victorian???
    >Likewise I am returning for a while to Lecce where again the
    >architecture is a major attraction. Also one eats very well there.
    >So, I'm looking for places to stop a day or two on the way North from
    >Lecce. So far people on the list have given me some good ideas. Thanks
    >to all....bill

I think you do well to visit Chiavari, but consider this year also to
visit Genoa (very close to Chiavari), since Genoa will be the European
City of Culture in the year 2004 and will offer a lot of attractions.

From my site you will find a lot of links to major attraction of this
town. The largest middle age town Europe's, which has been subject to
a lot of restructurations for the G8 Conference and prior to this for
the Columbus Celebrations in 1992.




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