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Ospedaletti, vintage motorcycles race

Every two years in Ospedaletti takes place the fabulous revival of vintage motorcycles.

Here you will see motorcycles and riders of yesteryear in an amazing two-day event. The Ospedaletti circuit is nicknamed the mini TT of flowers.

The “Autodromo di Ospedaletti” was the second designated venue for the San Remo Formula One Grand Prix from 1947 to 1951, after the original San Remo street circuit of the 1937 Grand Prix was no longer able to support the changing requirements of post-war Grand Prix racing.

Then, from 1952 up to 1972 the Circuit of Ospedaletti was only home of the motorcycle races, including Sidecar.

To take part in this exclusive event is like taking a dive into the past: the riders and bikes doing battle are the same as they once were. Giacomo Agostini in battle with his arch enemy Phil Read, the great maestro Hailwood, Gallina, Pasolini, Rigamonti, Tenconi, Beltoise, Nougier, Avenbacher, Fath, Knuppertz, Anderson, Sheene, Findlay, Saarinen, Zanetti, Venturi, Bonera and many more who still today, with the same determination of the past and passion in their hearts, parade in an apparently “peaceful” event, but in reality have the same desire as in the past to finish one ahead of the other.

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2016 Blue Flag beaches: Liguria is again the most pristine

In 2016 Italy boasts 293 Blue Flags Beaches and region Liguria has again the highest number of Blue Flag beaches.

Italy has 293 top beaches, thirteen more than last year: the figures emerge from the 2016 Blue Flag table, which certifies the services and environmental friendliness of coastal and lakeside resorts, as well as the cleanliness of the water.

Blue Flags are international distinctions, created in 1987, with patronage and support from UNEP, the United Nations Environment Programme, and the World Tourism Organisation, which aims to promote a sustainable development at beaches and marinas through strict criteria such as water quality, environmental management, safety and services provided close to or within the beach area. To the Blue Flag Programme participate beaches and marinas in 49 countries of all the world.

Liguria again tops the regional table with 25 flags, increasing by two this year. It is followed by Tuscany with 19, the central Marche region with 17, Campania has 14 flags, Apulia is in 5th position with 11.

In the West Liguria there is the confim of Bordighera, San Lorenzo al mare, Santo Stefano al mare and Arma di Taggia.

A Contemporary Art Museum in Imperia

Inaugurated on February 6th the new Contemporary Art Museum in Imperia is hosted in Villa Faravelli, a historical beautiful 1930 villa.

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The museum will quickly become an important destination for contemporary art, nationally and beyond, thanks to its unique permanent collection donated by Lino Invernizzi and his wife to the City of Imperia.

The prestigious collection – of great cultural as well as economic value – consists of sixty works by the most esteemed authors of post-war contemporary art. It will add Imperia, already widely known for its extravirgin gourmet olive oil production, to the list of Italian art cities definitely worth a visit.

An architect from Genoa, Lino Invernizzi owned some of the greatest works of contemporary art with artists as renowned as Lucio Fontana, Piero Manzoni with its “Achrome”, Marino Marini with “Cavallo e cavaliere”, Piero Dorazio, and Mario Radice, abstract art founder. Furthermore, the permanent collection includes works by Frank Kupka, Russian Cubo-Futurism exponent, Robert Delaunay, Orphism founder, Serge Poliakoff, Joseph Albers, Max Bill and Victor Vasarely, and the Ligurian abstractionist work by Rocco Borella.

VILLA FARAVELLI – Viale Matteotti, 151 – Imperia

Opening times:

Thursday 4-7pm

Saturday 9.30am-12.30pm and 4-7pm

Sunday 9.30am-12.30pm

Ticket: Euro 8, reduced fare Euro 5, free for children aged under 6 years

San Remo Music Festival 2016

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The SanRemo Festival lands in a colorful, amusing and floral city from February 9th.

Finally! The most awaited-for week for Italian music fans is here. From February 9th to 13th, Italy stops to watch Sanremo festival, one of the main shows of Italy and worldwide. It is amusing to watch it from home, live on the TV.

While it is exciting to see it live, enveloped in the festive climate that livens up the entire city. Among the audience of Ariston theatre, walking around the shopping streets, on the boardwalk, at the Casino, parks or other areas that welcome the stars, singers, guests and tourists: the magical festive climate is everywhere.

On the stage, with Carlo Conti, Virginia Raffaele, Madalina Ghenea e Gabriel Garko. And also the top Italian singers, with many stars like Elisa, Eros Ramazzotti, Laura Pausini. And the typical international surprise stars, from Ellie Goulding to Sir Elton John.

The final show on the 13th of February will see the election of the winner, who will have the right to represent Italy at the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm.

The Festival will be on air on Rai 1, Rai HD, Eurovision and Radio 1, Radio 2.

Olioliva: the olive oil festival in Imperia

The Olioliva event will take place in the 13th – 15th November weekend in the historical centre of Imperia Oneglia.

Extra virgin olive oil is not just a local food specialty any more: it is rather an element of the Ligurian culture itself. Head to Imperia, world oil capital, from 13th to 15th November, for a whole weekend dedicated to this precious green gold. This is going to be a three-day celebration: the streets in the Oneglia city centre (from via Bonfante to largo Ghiglia, up to the charming calata Cuneo, which will be closed to traffic for the occasion) will welcome a real showcase for extra virgin olive oil and typical Ligurian products, which you can taste and buy.

The great celebrations will take place from 9 am to sunset on these two days.

An exhibition pavilion will be set up in calata Cuneo (port dock) just in front of our local office. LiguriaHomes Casamare | Knight Frank in Imperia is situated on Piazza De Amicis n. 15

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More info: www.promimperia.it/it/eventi/olioliva/

Wine in Sanremo, the wine festival from 10 to 12 October

‘Taste the emotions’: this is the slogan that will accompany the first edition of Wine in Sanremo, event to be held in the city of flowers, October 10 to 12 2015; for experts in the field as well as fans with the intent to promote a broad and multi-faceted culture of wine characterized by one common denominator: the thrill of tasting and discovery.

The heart of the event will be in the Palafiori where, starting from October 10, 11 a.m. , the Wine Salon in Sanremo will open to the public and will host more than 100 producers from various regions of Italy and over 600 wines for tasting.

Invited companies were selected from the excellence of Italian wine, a selection deliberately diversified by origin and type of the producers involved, in order to offer the visitor the widest overview in the world of wine. And it is in this light that the Palafiori hosts a calendar of important tastings led by a sommelier AIS and FISAR, unique opportunities to get to know some excellence of the Italian wine scene: among the leaders we have the Rossese of Dolceacqua and the Muscat of Taggia, pearls of Imperia’s territory, but also a tasting dedicated to the combination of grappa and cheese by ONAF and dedicated to the thirty years of the famous Barbera Bricco Uccellone.

Wine in Sanremo also offers a full program of events beside the expo designed to build a dialogue around wine. The program includes a retrospective of the films of Jonathan Nossiter Mondovino and Natural Resistance but also presentations and conferences devoted to wine and health. From cinema to research, from sports to wellness: Wine in Sanremo, through a program of rich events offers the audience a wide range of ideas to look at wine from new and different perspectives.

The complete program is available online at: www.wineinsanremo.it

From: ItalyRivieraAlps

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