Baiardo, Liguria

Taking a Break in Italy's Beautiful Northwest and French Border: Baiardo, Apricale, San Remo, Menton

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September 28th 2016
Because of Ferragosto (vacations in Italy around the 15thof August), there was no camp for me. ACLE has free shared accommodations in the village of Baiardo, which was on the other side of Italy from me (the far northwest). I took a 12 hour train ride to San Remo then an hour bus ride back and forth up the mountain. Then I hauled my heavy backpack up Baiardo’s hill to the farthest possi ... read more

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more