BORDIGHERA. 



bedecked with flowers, on which Nature had lavished all her 

 treasures, would ever remain one of the brightest of their lives. 



No fewer than four valleys debouch on the narrow 

 stretch of coast which lies between Cap d'Anipeglio and 

 Ventimip-lia. For this reason Bordiirhera forms an ad- 

 mirable centre for excursions, which admit of great 

 varietv. The accommodation at the Hotel Angst is so 

 good that one willingly prolongs one's stay there. 

 I cannot say whether Bordighera is also a suitable 

 resort for people suffering from chest complaints. Pro- 

 jecting as it does into the sea it is exposed to most 

 winds. Yet these, inasmuch as tliey blow across the 

 sea, are less cold and dry than those of many resorts on 

 the Riviera. Consequently those visitors who are in 

 search of recuperation — and their number is increasing 

 yearly on the Riviera — find the sea breezes of Bordi- 

 ghera ver\' bracing and invigorating. 



Even on a short visit to Bordighera one ought not 

 to omit an excursion to Sasso, a small place perched on 

 the ridge which separates the valleys of Sasso and Bor- 

 ghetto. The whole ramble is not more than four kilo- 

 metres, whether j^ou follow the vale of Sasso to the east 

 of Bordighera, or go straight up past Old Bordighera 

 and keep along the ridge. There is nothing worthy of 

 note in Sasso itself; the place looks pretty only from 

 a distance. Its high houses, welded together, as it were, 

 into a single mass, their outer walls pierced only by a 

 few windows, remind one of a fortress. And indeed these 

 places must originally have been built to resist the 

 attacks of pirates. Sasso looks specially picturesque when 



