PARK HOTEL SUISSE SANTA MARGHERITA,
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GOA AIRPORT - 19.4 MI/31.2 KM ESE
AMONG THE MORE CLASSIC TOURIST RESORTS THERE ARE
NAMES THAT EVOKE UNCONTAMINATED NATURAL
LANDSCAPES AND OTHERS THAT OWE THEIR FAME TO THE
FASCINATION OF THEIR BUILDINGS OR THEIR
PARTICULAR STYLE OF LIFE. SANTA MARGHERITA DOES
NOT BELONG TO EITHER OF THESE CATEGORIES. OR
RATHER IT OFFERS A PLEASANT COMBINATION OF BOTH
THESE APPARENTLY CONFLICTING FEATURES. OVER THE
CENTURIES MANS WORK HAS ENHANCED THE ORIGINAL
GIFT OF NATURE. INDEED IT HAS GONE FURTHER - IT
HAS ADDED SOMETHING UNMISTAKABLE TO AN ALREADY
PERFECT PICTURE. SANTA MARGHERITAS FORMS
COLOURS THE ARRANGEMENT OF ITS CHARACTERISTIC
HOUSES ITS RICH VILLAS ITS GREAT HOTELS HAVE
PAINTED AROUND ITS BAY SOMETHING SIMILAR TO A
MAGICAL REFLECTION.
HERE THE MOST VARIED DEMANDS ARE MET AND BUSTLE
AND CALM ARE ONLY APPARENTLY CONTRADICTORY
STATES. IN SANTA MARGHERITA THE VISITOR
EXPERIENCES A GREAT SENSE OF FREEDOM AND AT THE
SAME TIME THE PLEASANT IMPRESSION OF BELONGING TO
A PRIVILEGED AND HAPPY WORLD. SANTA MARGHERITA
LEADS AN INTENSE LIFE AROUND ITS HARBOUR -
ELEGANT SOCIAL OCCASIONS CELEBRATIONS AND
TRADITIONAL EVENTS. AND THERE IS PLENTY OF SPORT
TOO - SAILING OF COURSE BUT ALSO WATER-SKIING
AND CANOEING TO NAME ONLY THOSE SPORTS CONNECTED
TO THE SEA. WITHOUT FORGETTING ALL THE SMALL
RITUALS OF A REALLY SATISFYING HOLIDAY WHICH
REVOLVE AROUND ITS TRANQUIL WATERFRONT WHERE
TOGETHER WITH BEAUTIFUL PLEASURE CRAFT A FLEET
OF FISHING BOATS KEEPS UP THE ANCIENT TRADITIONS
OF FISHING AND SEAMANSHIP. IT ALSO KEEPS UP THE
REPUTATION OF ONE OF THE MOST CHARACTERISTIC AND
TASTY CATCHES ALONG THE WHOLE COAST - THE FAMOUS
SANTA MARGHERITA KING PRAWNS. AND THE NIGHTSPOTS
RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS WHERE YOU CAN TASTE THIS
AUTHENTIC GIFT OF THE MEDITERRANEAN ARE MANY AND
VARIED. RANGE OF CHOICE IS ONE MORE REASON FOR
PREFERRING SANTA MARGHERITA.
UNQUESTIONABLY THE ORIGINS OF THE TOWN OF SANTA
MARGHERITA LIGURE GO BACK FAR INTO THE PAST. THE
FIRST DOCUMENT THAT SPECIFICALLY MENTIONS THE
TOWN DATES BACK TO THE 12TH CENTURY AND THERE IT
IS REFERRED TO AS SANTA MARGHERITA DI PESCINO.
SUBSEQUENTLY OVER THE CENTURIES TWO DISTINCT
CENTRES WERE FORMED - PESCINO AND CORTE. HERE IN
SANTA MARGHERITA THE FLOWERING OF THE BAROQUE
PERIOD ONE OF THE HIGH POINTS OF LIGURIAS
SPLENDID ARTISTIC HISTORY ALSO PRODUCED SOME
REMARKABLE MONUMENTS. THE OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE
THE BUILDING THAT SETS THE TONE FOR THE WHOLE
TOWN IS VILLA CENTURIONE. ITS CONSTRUCTION
COMMISSIONED BY THE DURAZZO FAMILY DATES BACK TO
THE YEARS IMMEDIATELY AFTER 1560 AND IN ALL
PROBABILITY BEARS THE SIGNATURE OF THE GREAT
ARCHITECT GALEAZZO ALESSI. IT IS SURROUNDED BY A
LARGE ITALIAN-STYLE PARK. ALSO DATING FROM THE
SAME PERIOD IS THE CASTLE SITUATED NEAR THE SEA.
THERE ARE SOME REMARKABLE CHURCHES TOO INCLUDING
THE BASILICA OF SANTA MARGHERITA DI ANTIOCHIA A
BAROQUE STRUCTURE CONTAINING WORKS BY GENOESE
MASTERS -DE FERRARI CASTELLO PONSONELLI
CARLONE. HISTORY HAS ADDED FASCINATION TO BEAUTY.
AND CULTURE OFFERS ADDITIONAL IDEAS FOR
ENTERTAINMENT. SANTA MARGHERITA STANDS IN THE
SPLENDID TRADITION OF AN ANCIENT REPUBLIC WHICH
HAS BEEN ABLE TO ACCUMULATE NOT ONLY WEALTH BUT
ALSO ARTISTIC TREASURES.
CLASSICAL MUSIC CONCERTS ANTIQUE FAIRS BUT ALSO
NIGHT TIME ENTERTAINMENT THAT IS DECIDEDLY
OFFBEAT AND OUT OF THE ORDINARY. SANTA MARGHERITA
PROVIDES EVERYTHING THAT CAN BE OFFERED BY A TYPE
OF TOURISM WHICH IS BOTH REFINED BUT ALSO
PERFECTLY IN LINE WITH CURRENT FASHIONS AND
TRENDS. THIS IS AFTER ALL ONE OF THE BIRTHPLACES
OF ALL HOLIDAYS. HERE THE DISCOVERY OF NATURE AND
SOPHISTICATED SOCIAL LIFE WHICH WAS AT THE
ORIGIN OF ELITE TOURISM WENT THROUGH ONE OF ITS
HISTORIC STAGES. THIS ATMOSPHERE HAS BEEN
MAINTAINED AND THE RANGE OF SERVICES AND
OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE HAS GROWN. SANTA
MARGHERITA NOT ONLY HAS TREND-SETTING NIGHTSPOTS
BUT ALSO THE IDEAL FACILITIES FOR CONGRESSES
CONFERENCES AND EXHIBITIONS INDEED FOR ALL THOSE
EVENTS WHICH ARE TODAY CONSIDERED ESSENTIAL
COMPONENTS OF A PRESTIGIOUS TOURIST RESORT.
AROUND SANTA MARGHERITA THERE IS A WHOLE
CONSTELLATION OF BEAUTIES HIDDEN AMIDST THE GREEN
AND THE BLUE. EACH HAS ITS OWN CHARACTER EACH
OPENS UP ITS OWN SPECIAL UNFAILINGLY PLEASANT
SCENE OF CHARM MAGIC AND SURPRISES. BEYOND THE
BORDERS OF THE TOWN ITSELF SANTA MARGHERITA
LIGURE HAS DRAWN WITHIN ITS ORBIT OTHER VERY
SPECIAL PLACES WHICH SHARE THE SAME ATMOSPHERE OF