Theme Week Italian Riviera – Sanremo

9 April 2013 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  6 minutes

© Georges Jansoone

© Georges Jansoone

Sanremo or San Remo is a city with about 57,000 inhabitants on the Mediterranean coast of western Liguria in north-western Italy. Founded in Roman times, the city is best known as a tourist destination on the Italian Riviera. It hosts numerous cultural events, such as the Sanremo Music Festival and the Milan – San Remo cycling classic. The city is widely accepted as the origin of the five-card stud variant telesina. The closest airport to Sanremo is in France, the Côte d’Azur International Airport in Nice, 75 minutes away by car or train.   read more…

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