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Food scene
The "Budello" of Alassio, as alive by day as it is by night, is the old walking-only street that extends throughout the entire town, parallel to the sea front. It offers every kind of shops: from local products, to traditional tastes, to antiques, to chic boutiques, to art galleries, to bikini and flip flops stores.
After strolling along the Budello you can go to the sea front promenade and straight to the beach! Day or night, have a little cafe or a nice aperitivo in the many bars of the Alassio movida, while tasting amazing pizzas, focaccia, farinata, sandwiches, ice cream cakes , granite, beers, cocktails, etc..
And of course...so many amazing little restaurants!!
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Alassio
The "Budello" of Alassio, as alive by day as it is by night, is the old walking-only street that extends throughout the entire town, parallel to the sea front. It offers every kind of shops: from local products, to traditional tastes, to antiques, to chic boutiques, to art galleries, to bikini and flip flops stores.
After strolling along the Budello you can go to the sea front promenade and straight to the beach! Day or night, have a little cafe or a nice aperitivo in the many bars of the Alassio movida, while tasting amazing pizzas, focaccia, farinata, sandwiches, ice cream cakes , granite, beers, cocktails, etc..
And of course...so many amazing little restaurants!!
Sightseeing
Medieval Savona offers enchanting views recalling the florid city it became between the 15th and 16th Centuries. This was when Popes originated from the local Della Rovere Family. There is actually a Capella Sistina in Savona!! Next to the old resides a modern city with renewed docks and fun attractions. The Pinacoteca Civica of Savona is an excellent Ligurian gallery of paintings on wood and splendid polyptychs, ceramic vases and wooden sculpture works, dating from the 14th Century to the current day.
Savona has also gained a nice repitation as a recent "foody" destination & has great little burger joints & cafes in Via Pia.
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Savona
Medieval Savona offers enchanting views recalling the florid city it became between the 15th and 16th Centuries. This was when Popes originated from the local Della Rovere Family. There is actually a Capella Sistina in Savona!! Next to the old resides a modern city with renewed docks and fun attractions. The Pinacoteca Civica of Savona is an excellent Ligurian gallery of paintings on wood and splendid polyptychs, ceramic vases and wooden sculpture works, dating from the 14th Century to the current day.
Savona has also gained a nice repitation as a recent "foody" destination & has great little burger joints & cafes in Via Pia.
In Toirano, there is an extraordinary ensemble of caves, important both from a naturalistic and historical point of view. There are spectacular decorations made of stalactites and stalagmites and also some of the most ancient prehistorical remains from 300 000 years ago. The caves are famous for being the largest cave-bear graveyard in Europe and one of the very few sites where they have found remains of the Homo Heidelbergensis, an archaic relative of the Homo Sapiens.
It's a cool visit - nice when super warm outside - and it's about a 1h/1h30 activity once in the caves.
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Toirano
1 Via P. G. MaineriIn Toirano, there is an extraordinary ensemble of caves, important both from a naturalistic and historical point of view. There are spectacular decorations made of stalactites and stalagmites and also some of the most ancient prehistorical remains from 300 000 years ago. The caves are famous for being the largest cave-bear graveyard in Europe and one of the very few sites where they have found remains of the Homo Heidelbergensis, an archaic relative of the Homo Sapiens.
It's a cool visit - nice when super warm outside - and it's about a 1h/1h30 activity once in the caves.
Neighborhoods
From Varazze to Andora, there are 598 sq. mi. of coast, valleys and mountains. Here, wether winter or summer, life is lived amongst the blue sea and the green of olives and pines.
A territory with unique panoramas and a mild climate eased by the sea allows for comfortable living year-round on the Riviera. Expansive sandy beaches alternate with rocky promontories encapsulating suggestive, uncontaminated shores.
Vivacious coastal resorts offer guests a vast choice of where to stay, where to dine and where to go for a night out; whether in beach resorts, restaurants and clubs, there is always the option of environments suitable for both children and adults.
Most beaches are private!
The towns' historical centers, with their charming narrow streets (carruggi) that lead to sunny little piazzas and wind passed houses with façades of typical Mediterranean colors and unique architectural elements.
Here lie the towns of Alassio, with its beach of very fine sand and its famous Muretto; Loano and its artistic fountains; Pietra Ligure with its monumental square; Finale Ligure and its ample palm-lined seafront; Fonal Borgo and it's amazing medieval center; Varigotti with its old center of colorful houses right on the waterfront...
Not far from the coast lie two small, pristine islands, Bergeggi and Gallinara, regional natural reserves protected for their precious landscapes.
Short journeys allow for the discovery of panoramas alternating hills with mountains, transparent seawaters and green landscapes with prehistorical caves and cliffs that take one's breath away.
More than half this territory is covered with woods and forests, where old dwellings have been transformed into rural guesthouses. With opportunities to taste local produce and savour historical towns rich in traditions, trip and excursion ideas are truly limitless.
Italian Riviera
From Varazze to Andora, there are 598 sq. mi. of coast, valleys and mountains. Here, wether winter or summer, life is lived amongst the blue sea and the green of olives and pines.
A territory with unique panoramas and a mild climate eased by the sea allows for comfortable living year-round on the Riviera. Expansive sandy beaches alternate with rocky promontories encapsulating suggestive, uncontaminated shores.
Vivacious coastal resorts offer guests a vast choice of where to stay, where to dine and where to go for a night out; whether in beach resorts, restaurants and clubs, there is always the option of environments suitable for both children and adults.
Most beaches are private!
The towns' historical centers, with their charming narrow streets (carruggi) that lead to sunny little piazzas and wind passed houses with façades of typical Mediterranean colors and unique architectural elements.
Here lie the towns of Alassio, with its beach of very fine sand and its famous Muretto; Loano and its artistic fountains; Pietra Ligure with its monumental square; Finale Ligure and its ample palm-lined seafront; Fonal Borgo and it's amazing medieval center; Varigotti with its old center of colorful houses right on the waterfront...
Not far from the coast lie two small, pristine islands, Bergeggi and Gallinara, regional natural reserves protected for their precious landscapes.
Short journeys allow for the discovery of panoramas alternating hills with mountains, transparent seawaters and green landscapes with prehistorical caves and cliffs that take one's breath away.
More than half this territory is covered with woods and forests, where old dwellings have been transformed into rural guesthouses. With opportunities to taste local produce and savour historical towns rich in traditions, trip and excursion ideas are truly limitless.
Sports
The 18-hole Garlenda Golf Club (founded in 1964) is located between Alassio and Albenga in the Lerrone valley, supposed to be one of the most beautiful and picturesque valleys of the Ligurian hinterland. The challenging golf course, surrounded by ancient olive groves and pine forests, was designed by the well known British golf architects John Morrison and John Harris.
The proximity to the Cote d’Azur and to tourist resorts of great historical interest make Garlenda an ideal place for a pleasant round of golf.
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Golf Garlenda
7 Via del GolfThe 18-hole Garlenda Golf Club (founded in 1964) is located between Alassio and Albenga in the Lerrone valley, supposed to be one of the most beautiful and picturesque valleys of the Ligurian hinterland. The challenging golf course, surrounded by ancient olive groves and pine forests, was designed by the well known British golf architects John Morrison and John Harris.
The proximity to the Cote d’Azur and to tourist resorts of great historical interest make Garlenda an ideal place for a pleasant round of golf.
Consejos sobre la ciudad
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The Sistine Chapel of Savona!
The most famous Sistine Chapel in the world is indubitably the one in Rome, site of the conclave where new popes are elected. But there is one also in Savona, Liguria, bearing testimony to the city’s role in the history of Roman Popes.
Pope Sixtus IV, in particular, born Francesco della Rovere in 1414, was originally from this area. His papacy (1471-1484) famously coincided with the launch of the “renovatio Urbis”, the urban transformation that lead to Rome’s transformation from Medieval to Renaissance city.
The Sistine Chapel in Savona was built by Sixtus IV as a mausoleum for his parents.