Albenga
Getting to Albenga (and why you need the car less here)
Four hundred and sixty-nine metres: that is what separates Albenga's station from the free beaches. It is the number that decides how to plan the day.
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Albenga
Four hundred and sixty-nine metres: that is what separates Albenga's station from the free beaches. It is the number that decides how to plan the day.
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Sanremo
At Sanremo the station is underground and the old railway has become a 24-kilometre cycle path. Everything about moving around here follows from that single fact of 2001.
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Rapallo
Train, motorway, boats and cable car, and above all the car parks: where they are, how many spaces they have and why in Rapallo a car is more a problem than a convenience.
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Sestri Levante
The station is in town and both bays are within walking distance: why the train makes more sense here than elsewhere, and what to ask about parking.
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La Spezia
Train, motorway and ferry to reach La Spezia, the two-station catch, and what to ask about parking before you leave.
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Imperia
Imperia is two towns in one, and the station is not by the sea: what to know before booking, and how to plan your arrival and parking.
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Alassio
How to reach Alassio by train and by car, the table of car parks with measured walking distances, parking rates and where you can park for free.
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Cervo
Cervo has no railway station and cars do not enter the village: the two things to know before setting off. The motorway exit, the train to Diano, parking and the climb.
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Liguria
Practical guide to visiting Liguria without a car: trains, urban transport, arrival in Cervo, luggage, and choosing a base between Genoa and Ponente.
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Liguria
How to visit the Cinque Terre by train: choosing your base, order of the villages, trails, luggage, crowds, and practical tips.
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Liguria
How to explore the Riviera di Ponente by train: Genoa, Finale, Alassio, Cervo, Diano, Imperia, and Sanremo with realistic stops.
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Genova
Genoa is a vertical city and the map lies. A metro line, two funiculars, twelve public lifts and a rack railway from 1901: how they work and when you actually need them.
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