LIGURIA

Narrow between the Ligurian Sea and the Apennine ridge Liguria, in a strip of land just thirteen kilometers wide at its thinnest point, is the region of verticality and perfume. It is the land of Cinque Terre Monterosso, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola e Riomaggiore —colorful villages perched high above the sea, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site; it is the land of Genoa, the Superb, a great port city with a thousand-year history; it is the Ponente of flowers and the extra virgin olive oil of Taggia, the Levante of Portofino and the Tigullio Gulf. A region that has transformed the boundary between rock and water into its very identity.

beaches

The Ligurian coast is divided between the western coast, with the long, fine-sand beaches of Alassio and Finale Ligure, and the eastern coast, with the rocky coves of Portofino, Sestri Levante, and the Cinque Terre. The Bay of Silence in Sestri Levante is considered one of the most beautiful in Italy, framed by pastel-colored houses reflected in the sea. Camogli, with its black pebble beach and fishing village of towering buildings, is one of the most photographed landscapes in Italy. The coast of Finale Ligure offers limestone cliffs, natural arches, and sea caves, perfect for snorkeling and diving.

Landscapes

Liguria's hinterland conceals breathtaking landscapes: the western valleys, where the Dolceacqua hinterland, with its medieval castle and Roman bridge, inspired Claude Monet; the high valleys of the Ligurian Apennines, with medieval villages like Triora, known as "the village of witches"; and the Beigua Regional Natural Park with its chestnut and beech forests. The dry-stone terraces, home to Sciacchetrà vineyards and centuries-old olive trees, are among the most extraordinary feats of rural engineering in the Mediterranean, created and maintained for centuries with incredible labor on Liguria's impossible vertical landscape.