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Bordighera, in brief.

Monet's paintings, date palms, winter resort.

A mild winter resort near the French border on the Riviera dei Fiori, with date palms, an old hilltop town and a long seaside promenade.

Claude Monet spent months here in 1884, painting its luminous gardens and coast.

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