SHOPPING
Markets
Imperia:
Every thursday morning (until 12.30) - Large weekly
market on Via Cascione in the district of Porto
Maurizio.
Every wednesday and saturday morning
(until 12.30) - Large weekly market at the San Giovanni
church in the district Oneglia.
Dolcedo:
Artisan, flea and bio market - from Eastern to October
every 2nd sunday of the month.
San Remo:
Every tuesday and saturday morning - Large weekly market
in the center with 240 booths.
Ventimiglia
:
Huge market every friday at the seaside. From 7
o'clock, all day.
Pieve di Teco:
Large antique and flea market. Last sunday of the month,
Corso Marconi and Portici (Arcades) from 8.00 to 20.00
o'clock.
Village shops
If you have rented a
house in Vasia, you can easily buy bread rolls in the small
village shop on the main road. Sometimes, when there are
many tourists, we recommend to place an order for the rolls
for the next morning. The shop is well stocked, you can get
everything there, from milk and fresh meat to grill
lighters. Unfortunately, at the moment it is only open in
the morning.
The next store you will find in
Pantasina, it is little bigger and you'll find a wide
selection of local products such as bio olive oil, mountain
cheese, fresh eggs. This store is open all-day with a lunch
break from 12.30 to 16.00 o'clock.
Otherwise you can
easily do your shopping in Dolcedo, where there are several
shops, a pharmacy, a very good butcher, a bar and
restaurant.
Supermarket „Conad“
Drive through Vasia or Dolcedo in direction of the coast.
After you have passed under a motorway bridge, you can find
on the right side a supermarket with a large parking place
at the front.
Opening times in summer 9.30 bis 21.00
o'clock , open on sunday (lunch break from 12.30 bis 15.00
o'clock). Very good food quality, excellent fish and meat
counter.
Fresh
FishWhen you spend your holidays at the sea, you should also try the excellent Mediterranean fish. In Imperia, in the port of Oneglia it is possible to buy fish directly from the boat in the morning. You do not have to get up at 5.00 o'clock in the morning, also at 10.00 o'clock there is still something left.
Olive oil and olive products
Of course
you can buy anywhere in Liguria olive oil and the quality is
almost always higher than what you can get for the same
money in Germany. But someone looking for something special,
should contact small mills and village shops. There you will
get really good products, no waste and no oils mixed
together from different locations.
Best of all
would be if you buy directly from the manufacturers, they
produce mainly for home consumption and you will certainly
learn something about the cultivation of Taggisca olives and
the production of olive oil. Here you get a good price and
performance ratio.
If you want to order from Germany,
I can help you. We offer excellent bio olive oil from Vasia
with the EU certificate in 1 L bottles or cans of 5 liters.
EVENTS
In the news stands and
supermarkets you can find a German language newspaper
"Riviera and the Côte d'Azur Zeitung". The journal is
published monthly and offers interesting articles about the
area as well as an extensive event calendar for Côte d'Azur,
Monaco and Riviera.
More informations:
http://www.rczeitung.com
HOLIDAYS WITH DOG
In almost all
of my houses it is allowed to bring your dog. Merely a
small surcharge on the final cleaning is requested. The
villages mostly are situated off the tourist bustle and
you can easily go outside house with your dog.
Everywhere you will find small ways or ancient mule
paths. The plots are traditionally not fenced off, so
that you can walk wherever you want.
In
restaurants it is common to ask whether dogs are
allowed. During the summer months when you are sitting
most of the time outside it is usually no problem. The
beaches are during the summer months a taboo for dogs.
However, there is in Imperia - Poro Maurizio a special
dog beach. It is located in the suburb of Borgo Marina.
It is the first beach, directly opposite of the hotel "Corallo"
which is fenced off and clean.
MOSQUITOES
Unfortunately, there are
also in Liguria mosquitoes in summertime. Besides the "big"
ones which are also known from northern Europe, there are
also quite small ones. This variety is called "papatacci"
which can be quite annoying. The only thing what helps (my
experience after 10 years holidays in Liguria) is "Autan
Family" and for the property, the small outlet plug
anti-mosquito plates. These small devices are available in
any supermarket or village shop. It really works and you can
sleep with open windows. Chrysanthemums smell is used for
which is not unhealthy.
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