second time we have stayed here rooms very nice and clean. it is situated in the old town area of Ventimiglia. the family who run the hotel are very nice and marina who deals with the bookings speaks very good english. there are some very good restaraunts in the the area. the beach is of the peeble type but very clean. there is a very good and very large market every friday in the town. the area is very italian i.e some buildings in the area run down. the best thing about Ventimiglia though is its location to the french cote da zure i.e monaco is only 20km away and menton the first town in france after the boarder is very very nice. nice and its airport are only 40km and then cannes (the film festival) is approx 50km. so staying in the Ventimiglia area and especially the sea gull hotel is alot less expensive than the french side of the boarder. if travelling to monaco etc i would advice you to go the coast road at least once for the views rather than on the autostrada/ motorway as this can get expensive with all the toll charges but of course its alot quicker.