We decided impuslively to take the train to Ventimiglia (or Ventimille as it's known in France), just on the other side of the border in Italy (the local TER trains actually go there).
It was a very pleasant little town actually. It's mostly famous for its market (which is on fridays so we couldn't visit it) and cheap booze (kind of reminds me of Tallinn in some ways - and in many ways not!). But it's also a very old place, with an old town sitting on a hill-top. The oldest buildings date back all the way to the 11th century, and in fact the Via Augusta (a roman road) passed through here. The nice thing about the old town is that it's kind of like a "real place" where people live, rather than a tourist attraction - which you get quite a lot of on the Riviera. Apparently there are even some Roman ruins here, which we didn't have time to visit.
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Hi Temmu and Mathilde!
Just a quick note to thank you for having me to stay. I thought Nice was lovely and the walk very refreshing, as was the swim!. Such a nice change from the "old smoke " in January and feb!
Ventimiglia looks very pretty from the pics as does Rome. I agree with your comments on Monaco (to tidy and no ordinary residents apart from the visiting tourists and the flats which are supposed to cost millions of euros were quite ugly i thought) Looking forward to seeing you soon in March.
See you soon and best wishes!
Nick.
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