Chiavari. Liguria's most authentic & lively seaside town? Hidden gem near Genoa on Italian Riviera.
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- Опубліковано 11 лют 2023
- Welcome to Chiavari Italy. This travel vlog visits the Italian Riviera of Liguria Italy. Get an immersive experience in one of the best kept secrets near Genoa. Chiavari Italy is a a non-touristy stop between Cinque Terre and Portofino. Come with our travel vlog to the beach, farmer’s market, restaurants and food shops of Chiavari, an old-school town full of local charm. Near Genoa, Chiavari is called the city of porticos and was once an important capitol during Napolean’s time. This travel guide gives you a glimpse at Chiavari’s world-famous artisan woodwork at the antique market. Don’t miss Chiavari, an instagram destination on the turquoise Riviera of Italy.
If you’re looking for best things to do on the Italy Riviera, Chiavari has an absolutely charming historical center complete with a palace, walking arcades, beautiful squares, and a wonderful food scene. Chiavari, near Genoa, Portofino and Cinque Terre is off the tourist track, has an authentic vibe.
The road into Chiavari Italy ends at the cathedral. From the cathedral, a lush park leads to the train station and the beach where a pretty beach promenade provides views of the Tigullio bay. From the beach promenade you can see Portofino and Santa Margherita Ligure in one direction and the rugged cliffs to Cinque Terre in the other. Chiavari’s spot on the Liguria coast makes it an easy choice when you’re looking for top things to do near Genoa, Portofino, and Cinque Terre.
After the beach, follow us into the criss-cross of narrow alleys and porticos of the historic center, where we walk from the Cathedral along the walls of the community palace to Piazza Mazzini where the daily morning market is underway.
From the market you can dive into Chiavari’s wonderful arcades or porticos in any direction. We’re going to take you to a few of our favorite places and favorite experiences.
CHEESE SHOP
THE BEST Gianluca Ratto & Mario Foppiano
This cheese shop offers over 300 local cheeses from Liguria and the Italy’s Riviera.
PASTICCERIA COPELLO 1826
Here is an absolute treasure chest of sweets, where Liguria bakers make chestnut candies and cakes in the fall, chocolates and candy canes in the winter, and sweet crackers called Chiacchiere for Carnival.
LUCHIN 1907
You can’t come to Chiavari without experiencing Luchin, who after 100 years still offers a daily menu of only a few, simple dishes, including the Farinata chickpea pancake. If you come here, come early when they open at noon.
GRAND CAFE DEFILLA 1900
On the corner of piazza Garabaldi, DeFilla is a bustling institution that’s still one of the most popular places for a relaxed get-together. At Defilla’s enoteca the wine collection is one of the most comprehensive near Genoa on the Liguria Riviera.
PANIFICIO RAFFO GINO
After the beach, tuck under the portico to Panificio Raffo Gino for Torta Pasqualina or Easter cake.
VIA DEI REMOLARI
Not all of Chiavari’s traditional shops have stood the test of time. The oar-makers alley is quiet, no longer making oars for the wooden fishing boats of the Liguria Riviera coast.
ANTIQUE MARKET
Here you might also spot Chiavari’s most famous handcraft of all - the Chiavari chair.
Stay with us for an easy Pesto recipe from our expert at the farmer’s market.
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The song in this video is Ice and Fire by King Canyon.
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You guys are the best! Loved this video, too! Greetings from Conversano where I just recognized as an Italian citizen. Your video of Conversano was very inspiring before coming here at the end of September. Chiavari looks very inviting! Thank you for another wonderful video!
Thank you so much for your wonderful comment and congratulations on becoming an Italian citizen. Evviva Italia!
@@happygoluckytravel Grazie mille! Keep making wrong turns and great videos!
Thanks for your great video. I live in Chiavari and I. Have seen my town from a different perspective. Great use of Italian! Next time you come, please let me know and I :ll show you some hidden wonders. Anna
Thank you for watching and your kind offer. We love hidden wonders, Anna!
Thank you for sharing 😉👍
A lovely vlog, really enjoyed watching, we're staying in S. Margherita in May, but now can't wait to spend a day in Chiavari too!! Thanks for all the info. I've made notes! 😊
How fun that you're going to Santa and Chiavari! Have a great time. Thank you for watching!
Chavari is always my destination for a vacation when I’m not in California.
The odd looking hotel at the north end of the promenade was originally from the Mussolini era. We love Chiavari, have spent many days there with great memories of friends who were born and raised there. Returning this summer. Cheers
Thank you for watching and helping to solve the mystery! Have a great time this summer!
Wow…so glad we found your video….we are looking to move to Italy and never heard of Chiavari and now it is on our short list! Thank you for a great video filled with helpful information!
Happy Adventures…
How exciting that you're moving to Italy, what else is on your short list? Thank you for watching!
@@happygoluckytravel We also have Lucca on the list!
Very nice place too! Enjoy your search!
I love these less visited Italian cities. You guys painted this place in such a pleasent light. I have been enjoying your content and energy while we are researching our carbon-neutral drive around the World. If you are interested in seeing what a father-son team of anthropologists turned park rangers turned travel vloggers does when we are on the road, we would love your support and opinions on how we can improve our efforts to promote eco-tourism, cultural heritage and the amazing people of the World. Cheers, my friends! - Turtle and Bear
Thank you for your encouragement! Your story sounds amazing and we love your vision. Will check out your channel!
Wounderful - thank you soooo much for the tour 🙏🏻💓
Thank you for watching!
What a cute place! Thx!
Thank you for watching! We love Chiavari!
Another enticing town / city to visit. Thanks for the video
Our pleasure! Thank you for watching!
I live there and it's fabulous. You did an excellent job with this video,which by the way is the first that I've seen of yours. This gentleman is obviously of Italian origins as his Italian is perfect. Grazie per un video di Chiavari che é veramente bello.❤
Thank you very much! We appreciate your support and encouragement!
I'm so impressed with this first video of yours that i have seen ...that i have subscribed. Viva l'italia ❤
Thank you for watching and subscribing. You live in a fantastic, authentic place!
You literally visited all these beautiful villages in the Ligurian coastline ❤❤❤
Thank you for watching from Tuscany! We appreciate the encouragement!
Just arrived in Chiavari from Lerici. Looks like it will be fun. Thanks you two for the great Intel.
Hope you enjoy it! Thank you for watching!
lovely couple
Thank you. And Thanks for watching.
French? The France has italian architecture influence...Nice was italy, the liberty of italian coast influinceted the cost azzur,cannes,nice, Genova is a capolavoro
I just came across your channel with the video on Lerici. I clicked onto your channel to see where else you’ve been and discovered the video on Chiavari. I live in Chiavari! You depicted the town very well, and caught it at its best.. a sunny winter day! In the summer the lungomare can be overcrowded. I even recognized a lot of people in the video! 😁
You are so lucky to live in Chiavari! It means a lot that you felt it portrayed the place so well. Thank you for your encouragement!
I too recognised people.😂
You guys seem to really enjoy Liguria, and it's indeed a beautiful spot, full of gems
Thank you for watching! So true!
thank you for the informative tour, we will be visiting Chiavari this coming april. great vlog nice to watch
Have fun! Thank you for watching!
Ha! We'll be visiting in April too. Cannot WAIT!
@@jansabistina8227 we might see each other we will be doing a vlog of our travel
You speak really good italian!
Thank you for watching Chiavari and the encouragement!
You travel like us...but to places I don't already know. ❤️ Now we're eager for CHIAVARI
Thank you for watching! We're actively hunting for hidden gems, let us know if you ever find one we might like!
@@happygoluckytravel HIDDEN is always good but your video of NICE, FRANCE(really well known for good reason ❤️) was what captured my attention. 😋 In Nice is our favorite 'Fine Dining' restaurant--- anywhere, LA VIGNA at the old port.
Gotcha! Thank you so much for the restaurant tip. We'll be back one day soon and will definitely go!
@@happygoluckytravel Visit Bedonia,Compiano,Borgotaro,Bardi. In the val ceno val taro. Beautiful areas with many festivities in August. Not to be missed is the festa del immigrante in Bardi. Its always on the 13th of August. These places are in the province of Parma and they border with Liguria and tuscany.
Thank you so much, we love tips and appreciate your advice!
Thank you for the excellent videos! May I ask which of the Liguria coast towns has the best variety of good foods served at cafes and restaurants?
They all have very good cafes and restaurants -- the cuisine in Liguria is very seafood oriented. Portofino is very expensive. In some towns some of the cafes and restaurants close during the winter and early spring. Thank you for watching!
Love your videos! I would love to hear your opinion in regards to Rapallo vs Chiavari in terms of a vacation / 2nd home for retirement
Chiavari in Liguria is probably the most authentic town you'll find. There will be other tourists but not as many as in Rapallo, Santa Margherita, and Portofino. Please let us know where you decide to go!
thank you😀@@happygoluckytravel
the eyesore XD was an ex fascist summer colony then used for elementary school until the beginning of the '80s (I actually studied there) when it was closed because it was too expensive to maintain it and only two floors were open. I literally ate for 4 yrs where you stopped in front of it our garden was the beach from one side and a fenced garden toward the mountains. Truly a bliss
I even found Dr Chiappe
Just like my dad and me
Like one of those nice houses
I found one
Outside said
Villa Chiappe
I talked to them and exchange emails
That’s where my family is from
Cognome Chiappe
Lavagna and chia ari, next to each other
I found villa chiappe
Is a known last name there
Wow that's so cool! Thank you for watching!
Chiappe...I know the surname exist, but you know it means buttcheeks?
my granny lives here !
Your granny is lucky! Do you get to visit often? Thank you for watching!
@@happygoluckytravel I dont sadly, flights are too expensive!
Sorry to hear that. Travel prices are shocking these days.
Looks a little chilly out there, any brave souls putting a toe in the ocean at that time of year?
Very chilly. We saw one windsurfer out there! Thanks for watching!
It’s not an ocean, just a modest sea. Average depth about 300 mts.
The fascist colony was then renewed in mid '10s and around 2018 was opened again and now it truly looks beautiful. What was once a school and a leisure place is now full of offices and even apartments (but try to get one if you dare! Very expensive!) The whole area has undergone a tremendous renewal and has now lost every hint of decay (in the '80s/'90s/'00s was very different)
Just discover your channel ! Like your "mood" ! Keep on roll in !!
Thank you for watching we appreciate your kind words!
If you had to choose a permanent residency, would it be Chiavari or Conversano?
Thank you for watching! As slow travelers we typically stay in a destination for a month or two and look for authenticity. For this, if forced to choose, we would pick Chiavari because its slightly bigger and we love the sea but also to hike, which Liguria's mountains offer us. For permanent residency, more practical things come into play depending on each person. We'd want to be very near a well connected airport and a great hospital. On these factors, both locations are a little challenging.😀
Hey thats where i live
You're so lucky! Thank you for watching!
@@happygoluckytravel you don't have to thank me. Actually i want to thank you to show to the world more about the city i live in
In what month did you guys visit Chiavari?
Thank you for watching. We visited in the off-season. Mostly this is late winter/early spring. All the best!
That Building at the end of the "promenade" was an old fascist colonia
Thank you for watching and for letting us know the history of the odd looking building!
Colonia Fara in Chiavari, Italy. The tower was built in the nineteen-thirties to plans by engineer Camillo Nardi Greco (1887-1968) in collaboration with architect Lorenzo Castello. Inaugurated in 1935, the building was originally a holiday camp for 400 children on the Tigullio Gulf, consisting of two volumes: a lower, horizontal volume totalling 1300 square metres, with a rounded vertical volume towering 49 metres above it.
After its brief service as a holiday camp, Torre Fara was renovated after the war for a variety of different uses, but despite its truly unique position with sea views extending from Portofino to Punta Manara, it had been abandoned since the nineteen-eighties.
It took years to achieve the result we may admire today, under the supervision of the Superintendency for Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape of the Region of Liguria, which oversaw the choice of colours, the restoration and the completion of the aeropaintings that ornamented the original structure. The renovation project has a long and troubled history, including a number of failed attempts to auction off the building, squatting, and repeated failure to form a group of enterprises to purchase the property, but it finally came to a happy ending when the city of Chiavari approved a proposal put forward by a private group of five entrepreneurs from the Tigullio Gulf area. The group invested almost 30 million euro in the project, with positive repercussions for the local economy, as all the work was performed by local enterprises, creating jobs and preferring materials sourced within the region. The work was performed to plans by architect Enrico Pinna of Pinna Viardo Architetti, a Genoese studio known for its reclamation projects on modern buildings, with architect Sonja Serventi and surveyor Alessio Gotelli of Chiavari.
The project represents a socially sustainable choice, going beyond restoration of the building with a plan for reclamation and renewal of the waterfront promenade on Via Preli, also by architect Enrico Pinna, creating a barrier-free walkway along the sea for the local population. While the work was still underway, Società Fara, the company set up to supervise the project, organised three events for local citizens, including the 2018 Le giornate futuriste alla Fara (Futurist Days at the Fara), to share their goals and their experiences on the construction site with the public; after all, the tower is a sort of urban totem for the people of Chiavari, “a lay cathedral and focus of attention”, as Enrico Pinna points out.
Redevelopment of the Colonia Fara has given this work of Futurist architecture a new lease on life. The ground floor and the first floor now contain the Grand Hotel Torre Fara, including a spa, restaurant and bar with outdoor seating in the garden. The building’s remaining nine floors contain 18 apartments, a maximum of two per floor, as required by the Superintendency.
Talking to the architects, to supervisor of works Alessio Gotelli and to site supervisor Enrico Basso, it is clear how much loving care went into the restoration project. Beginning with historical materials in their original locations, such as slate and travertine, the thick ‘cocciopesto’ finish on the façade, and down to original vintage furniture restored and supplied by Atelier Costa, or the new pergolas on the terraces, mediating between the building and the landscape in the best tradition of the Modernist movement. But this would not be a truly Futurist project without a focus on the future of the technical details: an essential choice for environmental sustainability, achieved by adding a geothermal system that makes Torre Fara a fossil fuel-free building, new generation home automation systems and insulation that does not affect its appearance, earning the building classification in energy class A: a rarity for a reclaimed 80-year-old Rationalist building, which can now be enjoyed in all its splendour, also in the shots taken by architecture photographer Gianluca Giordano.
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