The colours and strolls through the land of Cinque Terre: whose Ligurian coast with the villages of Riomaggiore, Manarola, Corniglia, Monterosso and Vernazza, along with the islands of Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto has been declared a world heritage site. The Bay of Portofino. The fortresses of La Spezia, which overlook the Gulf of Poets. The “Superb†Genoa, which stands as the watershed between the Levante (Eastern) and the Ponente (Western) Rivieras, stretching down almost until the borders with France along the Riviera of Flowers between the plains of Albenga and Sanremo.