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(Corso Giuseppe Garibaldi 110; set menus €16-22, mains €8-9; noon-2.30pm & 7-10pm)
This cosy,
brightly lit place lined with wine bottles overflows with locals tucking into its homemade
traditional dishes such as pesto-doused pasta.
Ristorante Urbicia Vivas
LIGURIAN
€€
( 0184 57 55 66;
www.ristoranteurbiciavivas.it
;
Piazza Dolori 5; €25-32)
Basking in a quiet medi-
eval square in San Remo's remarkable old town, Urbicia is slavishly faithful to old Liguri-
an recipes with a strong bias towards seafood. Top ratings are reserved for the subtle ravi-
oli filled with sea bass.
Information
Tourist Office
(
www.rivieradeifiori.org
;
Largo Nuvoloni 1;
8.30am-7pm Mon-Sat, 9am-1pm Sun)
Getting There & Away
Riviera Trasporti
(Piazza Colombo 42)
buses leave regularly from the
bus station
for the French
border, and destinations east along the coast and inland.
From San Remo's underground train station there are trains to/from Genoa (€9.80, 2½
hours, hourly), Ventimiglia (€2.70, 15 minutes, hourly) and stations in between.
Ventimiglia
POP 25,693
Long before the French-Italian border bore any significance, Ventimiglia harboured a sto-
ic Roman town known as Albintimulium, which survived until the 5th century AD, when
it was besieged by the Goths.
Sights
On a hill on the western bank of the Roia river, Ventimiglia's medieval town is crowned
with a 12th-century
cathedral
(Via del Capo)
. The town itself is largely residential.
Area Archeologica
( 3-5.30pm Sat & Sun)
Sandwiched between the road and the railway line on the
eastern edge of town, these Roman ruins bear testimony to Ventimiglia's Roman romance
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE
