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La Spezia is a town in Liguria in the northwestern region of Italy.
La Spezia is one of the four provinces of Liguria and has a population of about 91,391 inhabitants. La Spezia's inhabitants are called Spezzini. The area of this Ligurian town is of 51.4 square kilometers.
In terms of population, La Spezia is the second city in the Liguria region, just after Genoa. Located roughly midway between Genoa and Pisa, on the Ligurian Sea, it is one of the main Italian military and commercial harbors and a major Italian Navy base. A significant railway junction, it is notable for its museums, for the Palio del Golfo rowing race, and for railway and boat links with the Cinque Terre.
It's a beautiful city with a beautiful sea that blends with the nearby mountains. Good overlap... Read more
La Spezia is a town in Liguria in the northwestern region of Italy.
La Spezia is one of the four provinces of Liguria and has a population of about 91,391 inhabitants. La Spezia's inhabitants are called Spezzini. The area of this Ligurian town is of 51.4 square kilometers.
In terms of population, La Spezia is the second city in the Liguria region, just after Genoa. Located roughly midway between Genoa and Pisa, on the Ligurian Sea, it is one of the main Italian military and commercial harbors and a major Italian Navy base. A significant railway junction, it is notable for its museums, for the Palio del Golfo rowing race, and for railway and boat links with the Cinque Terre.
It's a beautiful city with a beautiful sea that blends with the nearby mountains. Good overlap of the sky, earth, and water. The streets are full of bergamot trees, and next to the beach there are really beautiful gardens with weird plants, absolutely well maintained.
La Spezia has a borderline humid subtropical (Cfa) and Mediterranean climate (Csa) since only one month receives less than 40 millimeters (1.6 in). The city enjoys hot summers, chilly damp winters and very changeable and rainy autumns and springs. The average temperatures of the coldest month (January) are 4 °C (39 °F) minimum and 11 °C (52 °F) maximum. In the hottest month (July) they are 20 °C (68 °F) minimum and 29 °C (84 °F) maximum. Average annual precipitation is 1,314 millimeters (51.7 in), more than twice that in London. Snow is extremely uncommon. Heavy snowfalls are exceptional events: only in 1985 was a snowfall of more than 50 centimeters (20 in) recorded. Another big snowfall occurred during the night of 18 December 2009, with approximately 25 centimeters (9.8 in) of snow and temperatures as low as −7.4 °C (18.7 °F) in the following nights.
In winter nights, if the sky is clear, temperatures may fall below zero, usually reaching about −2 to −4 °C (28 to 25 °F). Conversely, in summer, especially during sunny days, the temperature can easily exceed 30 °C (86 °F), and sometimes it reaches 35 °C (95 °F). Furthermore, the sensation of heat in summer is increased by high humidity.
Because of its topography, the city is not exposed to winds from the north, which lap western Liguria, but to those from the southeast. These may bring heavy rain and they can reach 80 kilometers per hour (50 mph), in rare cases causing the blocking of the port. The only northern wind reaching the city is the north-eastern Grecale, common during incursions of Arctic air, when the cold air flowing over the warmer Tyrrhenian sea triggers the formation of low pressures, draining the colder and heavier air trapped in the Po Valley, behind the Apennine Mountains.
Focaccia, pesto, the chickpea flour, pumpkin flowers stuffed and vegetable pies are typical recipes of Ligurian cuisine are also widely covered in La Spezia.
In addition, although originating in Lunigiana, famous in this area of Liguria are the sgabei and testaroli. But it is analyzing the real La Spezia gastronomic tradition that you discover the Extra Virgin Olive Oil and black pepper to be the basis of some more recipes; among them, well-known is a soup of legumes and cereals called mescciüa.
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And here's the Cinque Terre . I'll begin with Manarola . This is the most beautiful town of Cinque Terre, in my opinion. And if you don't have enough time and want to see only the most important attractions, it's probably best to start with this town. Also, at the time of... |
On the way from
Riomaggiore
towards the next village (
Manarola
), there is the famous "Way of Love" (Via dell'Amore).
We are going to walk through it - it is very short, only 20 minutes to go, and you can walk there in any footwear - the road is very good.
Here... |
And here's the last town in the
Cinque Terre
we visited. But we missed one of them - Corniglia. Maybe, we should've stopped there, I do not know, but we didn't have enough time, unfortunately. We decided to spend more time at the sea and the beach. And
Monterosso Al... |
Vernazza
is a very beautiful town and for many people it's their favorite out of 5 cities.
Probably the church near the sea impresses everyone the most.
It's called San Francesco.
Its biggest part was built in the 17th century, the tower - in the 16th, and some walls are even more... |
We are going further
along the streets of Portovenere
...
Here are former mills. As well as watchtowers.
And what is it? It looks like a cemetery.
Let's go and take a closer look.
It is indeed the cemetery - in a very beautiful place. On the slope by the sea.
I... |
Our next stop was in
Portovenere
.
I like Liguria so much...
And this town is very good for a cruise port of call.
Cinque Terre
is nearby and you can also go there because the stop is rather long - I do not remember exactly, but more than 12 hours.
And there are... |