Eva Godden, who organises travel in three countries, Italy, Cyprus
and Hungary, for discerning guests. Eva
is writing about Luguria, the best kept secret and a hidden gem in the Italian
Riveria.
Hello everyone
I am passionate about travel; it broadens the mind and travel
experiences teach us to be more tolerant towards other nations. Understanding their customs brings better
communications, which is vital in our troubled world.
Today, I would like to introduce you to one of my favourite places,
Liguria. This undiscovered, hidden
corner of North West Italy is where I have been going for the past ten years
and hope that one day my husband and I will spend more time there. Not a chance yet.
I call myself a ‘holiday letting specialist’ and an expert travel
guide in my chosen three countries.
Expertise gathered by working in the industry for the past five years,
local knowledge by frequent visits and languages. I speak passable Italian and am fluent in
Hungarian, as it is my first language.
Eva’s Unforgettable European Holidays provides a tailor-made holiday at
the fraction of a cost of other holidays.
Staying in a real home, in a beautiful location, with all the information
you need. The tiny town of Fiascherino,
where our home is, is situated to the south of Lerici and is reached on a
narr0w serpentine road, which snakes up above the coastline. Driving further up, you reach the charming
village of Tellaro. Eva Casa has a sunny
terrace over-looking the olive groves. There
are plenty of local restaurants and shops to delight. Tellaro, with its panoramic terrace
over-looking Portovenere and the islands of Palmeria, Tino and Tinetto, is a
popular destination. You can sip your
Prosecco or coffee while enjoying a local atmosphere. All this is a stone's throw from your holiday
home.
Tellaro's tiny harbour
It
is easy to be inspired by this corner of the Liguria as beauty is all around
you. This area is also known as the
Golfo dei Poeti. In the early part of the
19th century it was a hide-away for the English literati, the likes
of Percy Shelley, Byron and later D H Lawrence.
We still have the pink house, which is called the Byron house by the locals,
now a small hotel at our local beach in Fiascherino, where Shelley died in a
boating accident. There is a debate as
to whether it was an accident, but if you look at the high rocky cliffs falling
into the sea from a great height, you have no difficulty to imagine the
enormous storms and the tragedy as the tiny boat was trying to moor. It was smashed to pieces on the rocks.
The pink Byron House and our Franco's beach
The whole
area requires some effort to find and its seclusion has the
attractiveness. It does not want to be ‘touristy’
and fights this vehemently. However, over
the years Lerici has evolved into a glamorous retreat for wealthy
Italians. Its other attractiveness is
its mild weather in the winter, as the Apuan Alps protect it from frost and
cold. Very few speak English and it is
far away from the suffocating crowds of Versilia or Cinque Terre over-run by
Americans and North Europeans. Once
Lerici’s car park is full, that is it!
However, we have our charming bus service down to Lerici, so n need for
cars. Eva Casa has a secure parking
space – gold dust and a must have!
Lerici
There is so much more to tell you about this incredibly beautiful place and I hope to do that in a future post. I am always at the end of the phone and delighted
to help with any travel tips.
Eva
Details
information: http://www.holidaylettings.co.uk/65610
Email:
info@pannoniaproperty.eu
Mobile:
07816 605362
Twitter:
@EvaGodden
