  Hotel Aida Via F.Gioia, 95 17021 Alassio Riviera dei Fiori,
Italy Phone: (+39) 0182-64-40-85/64-40-86 Fax (+39)
0182-64-07-72  Italian Riviera on $100 a Day  By Rubin Carson
Nobody will stop you from going to glitzy Portofino but do what
knowledgeable Italians, Brits, Swedes, and Germans docheck into
the Aida Hotel in Alassio. That way you get to save about $500
per day and enjoy everything a small seaside town on the Italian
Riviera offers (in the 19th century, Liguria was just as chic as
it's French neighbor). It is a two-hour train ride from Nice
where Aida's major domo Giovanni Galtiere collects guests at the
station, if they phoned ahead.  Soon you're at the Aida, which
true to its brochure is "a green oasis in the heart of Alassio,
only 100 meters from the sea." Okay, not so green perhaps but a
two-minute walk and five euros gets you a deck chair, umbrella,
and the cleanest beach you've ever seen. In a few minutes you'll
discover the guest rooms are spotless, service friendly, and the
$100 per day ta