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Our main purpose is to make easy your approach to the Italian culture, for this reason, as a cultural association, your experience of Italy and particularly of Genoa, with its culture and language, is our main priority.
In collaboration with young people, living in Genoa and loving it, we will guide you around the historical centre, the lovely promenade of Nervi and if you want even in the hinterland.
We invite you to the most beautiful places, palaces, hidden alleys, museums and festivals, guided visit to the Monumental Cemetery of Staglieno.
We also want to spend time with you at to the most delicious “aperitivo”, to taste the best Italian wine, “spaghetti al pesto” or Lasagne!
And in order to offer you a very glad journey …
COOKING CLASSES
On request we organize classes in Italian cuisine. The chef is a lovely lady, very professional, who prepare regional dishes and typical Italian specialities like “Bolognese” sauce, “pasta al pesto” (with basil), pizza…
This is a perfect opportunity to speak Italian and then to dine in a friendly atmosphere.
The fee of the course is 35.- euro per person with minimum of 3 participants. In collaboration with TAVERNA DEL SOLE www.agriturismosantilario.it
5 TERRE TOUR
A trip in the past, by train in only 2 hours from Genoa
The Cinque Terre represent one of the best preserved natural and semi-natural areas of the Mediterranean. Historical and geomorphologic reasons have forbidden excessive housing development and the creation of major roadways. Human activity and especially viticulture, have contributed to create a unique landscape in which development of the typical stone walls is so extensive as to equal that of the famous Great Wall of China. All this, combined with the characteristics of a crystal clear sea, of architecturally interesting locations, of a varied and extensive network of paths (one of the most enviable in the whole Mediterranean), makes the Cinque Terre an increasingly sought after location among Italian and foreign tourists. The Cinque Terre are not a classic touristic resort...particularly in Manarola and Corniglia everything has remained as in the past; local people's life has been influenced by tourism only in marginal aspects. The Cinque Terre area is National Park. A prestigious acknowledgement has recently been made also by UNESCO, which has defined this territory as 'Humanity's World Heritage'.
In one day, we will guide you from Riomaggiore to Monterosso, by walk or by train, we will taste the particular wine “sciacchettrà”, the famous olive oil and to end the day a relaxing, invigorating dive in the water!
HIKINK: 5 TERRE
Large part of the Cinque Terre's tourist success is due to their paths and walks which curve round the coast or reach the sanctuaries above each village. The view is breath-taking and anybody can enjoy them: young or old. One can return from these hikes using public transport, like the train, the ferryboat or the bus.
SAILING TRIP
In collaboration with “Andare a Vela” (nautical school), we organize sailing jaunts during the week end.
The weather conditions, number of participants and the season could modify the schedule.
The fee varies form 35.- euro (low season) to 50.- euro (high season) per person.
Hiking: Camogli, San Fruttuoso Abbey and Portofino
This is the ideal marriage of sea and mountain.
A spectacular day between nature and culture, pleasure and relax! The tour starts in Camogli, a picturesque town with a beautiful harbour, and continues with a boat trip to San Fruttuoso, a bay with a medieval monastery. The magic of this place will fill you with enthusiasm before starting the hike which crosses forests with strawberry trees and offers fantastic views. Picnic on the way. Portofino, the most beautiful Italian fishermen's village, awaits you with incomparable charme. The small harbour with the luxury yachts, the houses with sunny Ligurian colours, the gardens: all that makes this day unforgettable.
By bus the return to Santa Margherita and by train to Genoa.
The fee is 50.- euro per person (minimum 5 participants).
WE ORGANIZE TOUR IN VENICE in collaboration with www.inter-viam.it
WE ARE ORGANIZING WINE TASTING WHERE YOU CAN VISIT DIFFERENT WINE BARS WHICH ARE VERY TIPYCAL IN THE REGION AND AS WELL YOU HAVE THE CHANCE HERE TASTE AND BUY ALSO THEIR PRODUCTS
If you are interested in these tours, please let us know and we will provide you with additional information.