{"id":375,"date":"2013-07-20T17:36:51","date_gmt":"2013-07-20T17:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nyalatravel.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=375"},"modified":"2014-09-01T09:42:08","modified_gmt":"2014-09-01T09:42:08","slug":"excursion-the-riviera-of-villas-and-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itourcostaazzurra.it\/en\/excursion-the-riviera-of-villas-and-gardens\/","title":{"rendered":"Excursion: the Riviera of Villas and Gardens"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>An excursion\u00a0to discover the aristocratic period villas and the exotic botanical gardens of the Italian Riviera.<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ville e Giardini della Riviera dei Fiori\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GKyvcY1GzxY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>EXCURSION PROGRAM<\/p>\n<p>* Transfer from San Remo to Ventimiglia by motorway and from here to La\u00a0Mortola , near the\u00a0Italian-French border\u00a0(22\u00a0km &#8211;\u00a030 min approx.).<\/p>\n<p>* Visit to the\u00a0<strong>Hanbury Villa and its Gardens<\/strong>,\u00a0one\u00a0of the most important\u00a0botanical gardens in the\u00a0world.\u00a0 Founded\u00a0in 1867 by Sir\u00a0Thomas\u00a0Hanbury, the gardens were restored\u00a0to the\u00a0ancient\u00a0glory by the University of\u00a0Genoa, starting in\u00a01983.\u00a0Over a\u00a0total area of\u00a018 hectares, 9\u00a0are\u00a0occupied by native species and 9 by\u00a0exotic flora. Worthy of particular\u00a0mention are the\u00a0plants of the Australian forests,\u00a0the Japanese Garden\u00a0and the cycads from the Far East.<\/p>\n<p>* Lunch break during which a you can go on a discovery of the\u00a0prehistoric caves\u00a0of <strong>Balzi Rossi<\/strong>\u00a0and the adjoining\u00a0museum,\u00a0with a possible\u00a0stop at the charming white pebble beach\u00a0 found between\u00a0the rocks next to the sea.\u00a0 One of the\u00a0most dramatic sights\u00a0of the\u00a0Riviera!<\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0Return along the Via Aurelia to Bordighera to visit\u00a0the <strong>Villa Regina Margherita<\/strong>, former residence of the Queen of Italy, which has been recently restored by the Teruzzi Foundation and houses a museum of decorative arts from the Baroque to the Neoclassical, a collection that is one of the most\u00a0 important in Italy.<\/p>\n<p>*Return along the motorway (5 km &#8211; about 20 min).<\/p>\n<p>THE EXCURSION INCLUDES<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Transfer in minibus with driver\/guide<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A LA CARTE SERVICES<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lunch in a typical restaurant or in a fashionable spot on the sea front<\/li>\n<li>From October to April, it is possible to make a booking to visit a <strong>nursery<\/strong> at the forefront of production of hybrids of the famous flowers of San Remo, exported all over the world.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>THE EX CURSION DOES NOT INCLUDE<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Entry tickets to museums and attractions<\/li>\n<li>Meals<\/li>\n<li>Anything that is not explicitly stated in &#8220;the excursion includes&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An excursion\u00a0to discover the aristocratic period villas and the exotic botanical gardens of the Italian Riviera. 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