THE EXPERTS
Sarah Barrell
Senior editor at National Geographic Traveller (UK)
Ben Clatworthy
Transport and travel correspondent at The Times
Alia Khalid
Tour design manager at Into Japan Specialist Tours
Sue Bryant
Cruise writer
Where do you recommend as a base for sightseeing on Italy’s Ligurian coast?
The Ligurian Riviera — the stretch of shoreline running from the French border south towards Tuscany — is home to some of Italy’s most beautiful coastal enclaves. Along with the jewel-like bay of Portofino — tiny in stature but enormously expensive to visit — one of its stellar sights is Cinque Terre. These ‘five lands’ are a string of cheerily painted seaside villages terraced into sheer cliffs rising off deep bays.
