Wine, typical dishes and recipes of Cinque Terre

Typical aperitif with Genoese pesto cooking class at the Oasi

Typical aperitif with Genoese pesto cooking class at the Oasi

Genoese pesto cooking class, a yummy experience for our guests! Genoese pesto is a cold basil sauce, ideal with fresh handmade pasta and unconventional yummy tapas! Plus, it was also Frank Sinatra’s favorite 😉 I was born and grew up in the Cinque Terre area, then I left to live […]

Visit a vineyard and taste wine in a typical cellar in Riomaggiore

Visit a vineyard and taste wine in a typical cellar in Riomaggiore

Among the experiences you absolutely need to add to your bucket list during your stay here, a visit to the sea view vineyard with wine tasting in a typical cellar in Riomaggiore. We recommend the Possa farm, owned by our friend Heidi. Heidi’s company is the realization of his childhood […]

Brunch in Levanto? At the Oasi Hotel!

Brunch in Levanto? At the Oasi Hotel!

You are in Cinque Terre, and you feel like a brunch? In Levanto, the Oasi Hotel awaits you for brunch every Saturday and Sunday! What’s a brunch Brunch is a tasty meal halfway between breakfast and lunch and has origins in 19th-century England, where buffets were set up to feed […]

Rice cake, here’s the recipe for the Ligurian most famous salty pie

Rice cake, here’s the recipe for the Ligurian most famous salty pie

The rice cake The traditional Ligurian cooking style is mainly “poor,” or so it was born, and the rice cake makes no exception. A cooking style for farmers and sailors, using local products and exotic spices coming in through the harbor of Genoa. Apart from being economical, its main purpose was to be long-lasting, […]

Happy Hour at the Oasi Hotel means Spritz Cocktail time!

Happy Hour at the Oasi Hotel means Spritz Cocktail time!

At the Oasi, we serve beers, Cinque Terre wines, and cocktails, but the star surely is the Spritz Cocktail! First of all, one of our favorite Italian traditions is the aperitivo before main meals: friends gathering together to share a relaxing moment while having a drink with lots of tasty small […]

Limoncino or Limoncello?

Limoncino or Limoncello?

Among the questions that our guests ask us most frequently, there are two very similar to each other: “It’s called Limoncello or Limoncino?” or “What is the difference between Limoncino and Limoncello?”. Limoncino or Limoncello? In the Cinque Terre only Limoncino! Well, around here there is only Limoncino, while on the Amalfi […]

Cinque Terre wine, or Cinque Terre and wine, a passionate love story

Cinque Terre wine, or Cinque Terre and wine, a passionate love story

This morning we run into a great short video telling a true love story—one of those complicated and passionate everlasting stories… the one between Cinque Terre and its wine. Cinque Terre wine The first vines were planted in the Cinque Terre by Greek sailors, and it’s the basis of local agriculture since then. […]