Riviera

Riviera is an Italian term originally from the Middle Ages for the coast of Liguria. The term is now more generally applied to any coastal area popular with tourists, particularly in warm areas. The two divisions of the original Riviera, both of which border the Ligurian Sea, are:

• French Riviera, that part of the coast of France between the Hyeres and Menton, in the eastern part of the Alpes Maritimes département.
• Italian Riviera, that part of the coast of Italy between La Spezia and the frontier with France, at Ventimiglia.

Other places called Riviera include:

• Albanian Riviera, in southern Albania
• "American Riviera":
  • Miami Beach, Florida
  • Santa Barbara, California
• Australian Riviera, Gold Coast, Queensland
• Austrian Riviera, a former coastline of Austria-Hungary near Trieste on the Adriatic Sea, now part of Italy, Slovenia and Croatia
• Brazilian Riviera
• Budva Riviera, in Montenegro
• Bulgarian Riviera, Bulgarian Black Sea Coast
• Chinese Riviera, coastal region in Zhuhai China, "The Romantic City"
• Crimean Riviera, Crimea (Ukrainian Black Sea Coast)
• Croatian Riviera, along the Adriatic Coast, Dalmatia
• English Riviera, Torbay in the southwest of England
• Florida panhandle, a region of Florida near Panama City also called the Redneck Riviera or Emerald Riviera
• Greek Riviera, the island of Spetses and the town of Porto Heli.
• Irish Riviera (disambiguation), various locations in the United States with high populations of Irish Americans, including
  • Rockaway Beach, Queens
  • South Shore, Massachusetts
  • Spring Lake, New Jersey
• Long Beach, New York, once known as the Riviera of the East
• Makarska Riviera, in Croatia
• Mediterranean Riveria in Egypt, Northern coast of Egypt
• Mexican Riviera, the western coast of Mexico including Acapulco.
  • Mayan Riviera, the Caribbean coast of the Yucatán peninsula.
• The North Bottom Riviera, Norrbottens riviera in Swedish Norrland.
• Pondicherry, India, known as La Côte d'Azur de l'Est ("The French Riviera of the East")
• Red Sea Riviera, the eastern shore of Egypt
• "Redneck Riviera", a colloquial term for the Southern U.S. coast from Mobile, Alabama to Apalachicola, Florida (formally known as the Emerald Coast)
• Riviera de São Lourenço, real estate venture at São Lourenço beach, Bertioga City, Brazil
• Romanian Riviera, Romania's Black Sea Coast
• Slovenian Riviera, Slovenia's Adriatic Sea Coast
• Sochi ("Sochian Riviera"), Russian Black Sea Coast
• Sussex Riviera, Worthing, West Sussex
• Scandinavian Riviera, Landskrona, Southwest Sweden
• Turkish Riviera, also known as the Turquoise Coast

The following municipalities have Riviera in their names:

• Riviera Beach, Florida
• Riviera Beach, Maryland

Riviera can also refer to:

• 1426 Riviera, a main-belt asteroid
• Buick Riviera, a luxury car built from 1963-1999
• Riviera, a model of guitar manufactured by Epiphone.
• Riviera (company), an Australian pleasure boat building company
• Riviera (hotel and casino) ("The Riv"), a resort on the Las Vegas Strip
• "Riviera" (song), a 1956 song written by Cy Coleman and Joseph McCarthy, Jr. and performed by Mabel Mercer or Blossom Dearie
• Riviera Country Club, a country club in Pacific Palisades, California, notable for its golf course
• "Riviera Paradise", a 1989 song improvised by Stevie Ray Vaughan
• Riviera: The Promised Land, a Wonderswan Color role-playing game that was ported to Game Boy Advance and PlayStation Portable
• SS Riviera, a cruise ship