Riviera (stretch of coast)
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Monterosso al Mare, Cinque Terre
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French Riviera, Porquerolles
The Riviera (from Italian riva or French rive : shore) is the French - Italian stretch of coast of the Ligurian Sea . This section is divided into two sections:
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Italian Riviera
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Côte d'Azur (French Riviera)
Worldwide, many stretches of coast are also referred to as the Riviera - often to better market the region. Usually it is a particularly beautiful coastline, e.g. B. facing south or on topographically interesting cliffs . They are among the sunniest and particularly interesting regions for bathers.
Other stretches of coast known as the Riviera :
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Adriatic Riviera ( Riviera Adriatica )
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Egyptian Riviera
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Albanian Riviera
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Bulgarian Riviera
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German Riviera (Baltic Sea coast in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania )
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English Riviera
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Caucasian Riviera ( Abkhazia and the Russian Black Sea coast to the north)
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Crimean Riviera ( Crimean Peninsula )
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Croatian Riviera
- Crikvenička Riviera
- Istrian Riviera
- Biograd Riviera
- Makarska Riviera
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Riviera Maya
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Montenegrin Riviera
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Norwegian Riviera (stretch of coast between Oslofjord and Kristiansand )
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Olympic Riviera (stretch of coast on the Aegean Sea east of Mount Olympus )
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Austrian Riviera
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Romanian Riviera
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Russian Riviera (stretch of coast on the Black Sea near Sochi )
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Volga Riviera ("Волжская Ривьера", between Yaroslavl and Pljos on the Volga )
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Slovenian Riviera
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Turkish riviera
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Vaudois Riviera