Alassio, Liguria, Italy

Naš odmor ove godine - Italija, jun 2017.

Ako ćemo najiskenije, to je bio naš medeni mesec, ali pošto sam ja više nego moj muž za manjak formalnost, ovo je bio naš godišnji odmor.

Moj muž je hteo odmah posle našeg crkvenog venčanja krajem aprila da idemo negde, ali zbog stresa oko pripreme svadbene žurke, nismo stigli ni bili voljni da organizujemo odmor pre pa je ostalo da to uradimo u maju. Jedini slobodan termin koji je kod njega dolazio u obzir bila je polovina juna, a pošto smo imali još neke planove, morali smo u to da se uklapamo.

Onda je došlo pitanje - gde!? Mi smo oboje ljubitelji Evrope pa daleke egzotične destinacije nisu dolazile u obzir. Razmatrali smo grčka ostrva, Francusku i Italiju, a kako nam se nije letelo, ostala nam je Francuska i Italija. Bilo nam je svejedno pa smo nekako spontano se odlučili za Italiju, potražili hotele, rezervisali jedan i tako je došlo do toga da putujemo u Alassio.

Our vacation this year - Italy, June 2017.

If we are honest, it was our honeymoon, but since I was more than my husband for lack of formalities, this was our vacation.

My husband wanted to leave right away after our church wedding at the end of April, but because of the stress around the preparation of the wedding party, we haven't found a time or been willing to organize that before and we did it in May. The only our free time was half of the June, and since we had some plans, we had to fit it.

Then there was a question - where? We are both fans of Europe and distant exotic destinations haven't come to mind. We were thinking about the Greek islands, France and Italy, and as we didn't want to fly, France and Italy remained. Somehow we decided spontaneously for Italy, looked for hotels, booked one and so we had to travel to Alassio.

Alassio je gradić na zapadnoj obali Italije, u regiji Ligurija od čijeg glavnog grada Đenove je udaljem oko 95km. Jedan je od malobrojnih mesta na ovom delu obale koje ima prirodnu peščanu plažu, duga oko 3km i široka samo 10m. popularno je turističko mesto pa na području grada postoji veliki broj hotela.

Alassio is a small town on the west coast of Italy, in the region of Liguria, whose capital Genoa is about 95km away. It is one of the few places in this part of the coast that has a natural sandy beach, about 3km long and only 10m wide. It is a popular tourist destination so there is a large number of hotels in the city area.

Pogled iz naše hotelske sobe

Odseli smo u hotelu koji je tu već skoro 100 godina. Hotel je pun starog i novog, a preovladavaju visoki plafoni i mermer. 

View from our hotel room

We've been in a hotel that's been here for almost 100 years. The hotel is full of old and new, with high ceilings and marble.

Ceo grad je pre svega turistički nastrojen sa mnogobrojnim hotela, a to su mahom višespratnice. Dosta toga je starijeg datuma, pogotovo veliki hoteli, ali ima i zgrada novijeg datuma.

The city is primarily a tourist destination with many hotels, most of which are high-rises building. Many of them are of an older date, especially large hotels, but there are also a new date buildings.

Crkva Sant'Ambrogio

The parochial church of Sant'Ambrogio

Jedan od brojnih hotela

One of the many hotels

Još jedan stari hotel

Another old hotel

Stari deo grada je jako lep i zanimljiv sa uskim uličicama prepunih radnji i restorana.

The old part of town is very nice and interesting with narrow streets where are located shops and restaurants.

Muretto di Alassio je jedna od znamenitosti gradića. Ovaj zid predstavlja zid zaljubljenih, u jednom trenutku su građani počeli da ga ukrašavaju pločicama.

Prvu pločicu je 1951. godine postavio Ernest Hemingway, a trenutno zid broji oko 500 pločica sa potpisima poznatih umetnika i ličnosti.

Muretto di Alassio is one of the city's landmarks. This wall represents the wall of love, at one time the citizens began to decorate it with tiles.

The first tile was placed in 1951 by Ernest Hemingway, and currently on the wall are about 500 tiles with the signatures of famous artists and personalities.

Još jedna od znamenitosti grada je toranj Torrione Saraceno koji je izgrađen u 16. veku i služio je za odbranu od gusarskih napada.

Another of the city's sights is Torrione Saraceno Tower which was built in the 16th century and served as a defense against pirate attacks.

Pogled na obalu

View of the coast and the city

Što se plaže tiče, skoro cela obala u mestu je ograđena. Na dva mesta postoji slobodan deo plaže dužine oko 10m i to pripada gradu, a sve ostalo su privatne plaže otvorene od 9:00 do 19:00. Svaki hotel ima svoju plažu, a ulaz se plaća bez obzira da li ste gosti hotela ili ne.

As far as beaches are concerned, almost the entire coast is fenced. There are two free spots on the beach, about 10m long and belong to the town, but all the rest are private beaches open from 9:00 until 19:00. Every hotel has its own beach, the entrance is paid regardless of whether you are a hotel guest or not.

Nama je ovaj odmor poslužio samo za odmaranje.

Moj muž je imao želju samo da leži na plaži i da čita knjige, a ja sam se pridružila. Nismo imali u planu da išta posećujemo od znamenitosti, eventualno je u planu bio da prošetamo kroz koji grad, ali na kraju se sve svelo na okolna mesta, što i nije bilo tako loše jer su temperature bile visoke, a sunčevi zraci jaki.

Posle par godina smo ponovo bili na moru, ovaj put zajedno, jer kad se radi o odmoru, nije nam more na prvom mestu.

Prvi put smo oboje bili u Italiji, a još uvek nam se sležu utisci.

Odmor je imao svoje dobre i loše strane, ali ništa draštično loše.

Mesto je pravo turističko mesto puno turista, ne prepuno jer ipak nije špic sezone.

Gradić je jako lep, poprilično uredan, može se lepo prošetati, a čak i kupovati (Ja ne kupujem do daljnjeg garderobu, ali častio me muž jednim kožnim papučama.). Nažalost, postoji po koja zapuštena zgrada i vila i to u samom centru mesta (To sam prvi put doživela da vidim u Portu u mnogo većoj meri.).

Inače, preporučujem svakome da kad negde boravi obavezno prođe grad sa turističkim busom, ne košta mnogo, a mogu da se vide neke stvari koje možda i ne mislite obići, a svakako je drugi ugao gledanja na grad. Alassio je mali grad, ali mi smo se ipak, negde pred kraj odmora, provozali turističkim vozićem kroz ulice grada. Nismo puno toga videli što do tada nismo obišli, ali je vozač, ujedno i vodič, bio prava atrakcija. Iako na italijanskom, pa ga nismo razumeli, on je objašnjavao, pevao i animirao putnike i ljude pored kojih smo prolazili, mahajući im i pozdravljajući ih preko razglasa. Bio je to poseban doživljaj.

U hotelu su se mogli iznajmiti bicikli i to ne košta ništa pa smo se jedno veče malo provozali.

Hotel u kome smo odseli je jedan od najstarijih hotela u mestu. Soba je bila odgovarajuće veličine, ni premala ni prevelika, bila je čista. Mi smo bili na trećem spratu, nismo imali potrebe koristiti klimu jer je temperatura u sobi bila idealna. Doručak je bio u ceni sobe, a što se ponude tiče, bila je u redu, ali za hotel sa 4 zvezdice (kako na njemu piše) trebala bi biti bolja. Parking mesto za auto se, naravno, posebno plaća.

Plaže su, nažalost, sve privatne,a čak i da ima nekim malih skrivenih mi do njih nismo znali doći i tu mislim da je trebalo znati neke lokalne stanovnike da bi otkrili te tajne. Meni je to možda malo falilo. Plaža hotela gde smo odseli je bila čista i uredna, imala je kafe, tuš kabine, kabine za presvlačenje i wc-e. Za razliku od drugih plaža, naša je bila najmirnija jer u to doba godine su tu uglavnom stariji ljudi, a nam je to skroz odgovaralo. Ulaz na plažu, suncobran i dve ležaljke smo plaćali 35e dnevno (18-20e po osobi je ulaz na plaže.), što mislim da je možda puno, ali opet da naglasim, sve je uredno i čisto. 

Što se hrane i pića tiče, ima svega, ali ponajviše pice, a mi se nismo bunili. Cene su normalne, jedino što je baš skupo je pivo (0,2l košta 3e) ili smo mi (Kao stanovnici Nemačke gde se pivo puno pije) nenaviknuti na te cene. Ja to nisam znala, a kažu da je to uobičajno, ako sednete za stol već postavljen za jelo, naplatiće vam to kao dodatnu uslugu (1,50-2e).

Na kraju samo da dodam, da je taj deo Italije jako lep, ima dosta toga da se vidi, a more je čisto i toplo.

Moj muž reče da možemo i sledeće godine na isto mesto. Mogli bi...

This holiday was to us only for resting.

My husband had the desire just to lie on the beach and read the books, and I joined him. We didn't have any plans to visit the sights, but we only wanted to walk through the city, and eventually to go to the surrounding places, which was not so bad idea because the temperatures were high and the sun's rays were strong.

After a couple of years, we were again at sea, this time together because when it comes to vacation, to us the sea isn't in the first place

For the first time, both of us were in Italy and we are still waiting for the impressions to cool down.

The vacation had its good and bad sides, but nothing totally bad.

The place is the true tourist destination full of tourists, but not too full because it wasn't a top of the season.

The town is nice, fairly neat, you can take a walk in the evening and even buy (I don't buy until further wardrobe, but my husband honored me with some leather slippers.). Unfortunately, there is a few abandoned buildings and villas in the very center of the place (The first time I saw that, was in Porto in a much larger number.).

Otherwise, I recommend to anyone who goes to visit some city to book a tour with a tourist bus, it doesn't cost much, although you may see some things you may not even want to see, it's certainly the another angle of sight to the city. Alassio is a small town, but we booked still, at the end of a vacation, a drive through the city streets. We didn't see much of what we didn't visit until then, but the driver, at the same time the guide, was a real attraction. Although in Italian, so we didn't understand anything, he explained, echoed and animated the passengers and the people beside at the streets, waving and greeting them. It was a special experience.

We could rent bicycles in the hotel and it didn't cost anything, so we had a little ride one evening.

The hotel in which we had a room is one of the oldest hotels in the town. The room was of adequate size, neither too small nor too large, and it was clean. We were on the third floor, we didn't have to use the air conditioning because the temperature in the room was ideal. The breakfast was included in the price of the room, and as far as the offer concerned, it was fine, but for the 4-star hotel (as it is written on) it should be better. Parking space for the car is, of course, an extra pay.

The beaches are, unfortunately, all private, and even though there are some small hidden ones we didn't know to come to them, we didn't know some locals to discover us secret places. The beach of the hotel where we rented sunshade and two deck chairs was clean and neat, had the snack bar, shower cabins, changing cabins and toilets. Unlike other beaches, ours was the most peaceful because at that time of year there were mostly older people, and we liked it. We enter the beach, umbrella and two deckchairs for 35 euros per day (18-20e per person costs the entrance to the beach.), which I think is a lot, but again to emphasize, everything is neat and clean.

As far as food and drinks are concerned, there is everything, but most of all pizza and we didn't complain. The prices are normal, only that, what is very expensive, is beer (0.2l cost 3e). I didn't know before, but they say it's customary, if you sit at a table already set for dinner, it will charge you as an additional service (1.50-2e).

In the end, just to add that this part of Italy is very beautiful, there is plenty to see and the sea is clean and warm.

My husband said we could go to the same place next year again. We could...

Ovo su bili moji utisci (i fotografije) o jednom malom gradu na obalama mora.
Možda i nisam imala puno za reći, ali nismo išli u razgledanje već samo na odmor.
Do sledećeg čitanja.
These were my impressions (and photos) of a small town on the coast.
Maybe I didn't have much to say, but we didn't go for a tour, it was just a vacation.
Until next reading.