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110  THE IT ALIAN RIVIER A AREA B Y AREA

Exploring the Riviera di Levante

This slim tongue of land starts just south of Genoa and runs as far as the easterly
region of Lunigiana. Dotted along the coast are famous beaches and pretty
resorts, from Camogli, Rapallo and Portofino in the west to Portovenere in the
east. The mountains and valleys inland are less visited, but they shelter attractive
towns of both historical and architectural interest, such as Varese Ligure and
Sarzana, and the archaeological ruins at Luni – walks through chestnut woods
reveal the contrast with the exuberant Mediterranean flora of the coast.
Important monuments in the region include the forts of Sarzana, the churches
of San Salvatore dei Fieschi and Sant’Andrea di Borzone and the abbey of
San Fruttuoso – examples of the magnificent
Romanesque and Gothic architecture which
developed in the 3rd and 4th centuries
in the region. Piacenza
Monte Antola
1597m
Pentema Lago del Aveto
Parco Regionale del Monte Antola
Brugneto SANTO STEFANO
D’AVETO
TORRIGLIA Montebruno
Rezzoaglio
Parco Naturale
Prato Regionale dell’Aveto
Parazzuolo
Genoa A p p e n n i n o Borzonasca
Cicagna
Uscio ABBAZIA Parma
Nervi DI SANT’ANDREA
DI BORZONE
BOGLIASCO
Recco RAPALLO Lavagna VARESE
CAMOGLI Zoagli L i g u r e LIGURE
Golfo di Paradiso S. MARGHERITA Carasco
San Fruttuoso LIGURE San Pietro
Portofino CHIAVARI Vara
PORTOFINO Golfo di LAVAGNA
PENINSULA Tigullio Vara
SESTRI Sesta
LEVANTE Castiglione Godano
A typical tall house in the medieval Punta Manara MONEGLIA Chiavarese
town of Tellaro L e v a n t e
Punta Baffe
Framura
R i v i e r a d i
Borghetto
Sights at a Glance BONASSOLA di Vara
1 Bogliasco t Levanto
2 Torriglia y The Cinque Terre LEVANTO Parma
3 Camogli (pp122–5) Monterosso al Mare
4 Portofino Peninsula u Campiglia Vernazza CINQUE TERRE
(pp114–15) i Portovenere Corniglia LA SPEZIA
5 Santa Margherita Ligure o Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto Manarola
6 Rapallo p La Spezia (pp128–9) Riomaggiore SAN SARZANA
CASTELNUOVO
7 Chiavari a San Terenzo TERENZO DI MAGRA
8 Abbazia di Sant’Andrea s Lerici CAMPIGLIA LERICI AMEGLIA
di Borzone d Fiascherino and Tellaro PORTOVENERE LUNI
9 Santo Stefano d’Aveto f Montemarcello PALMARIA, FIASCHERINO
& TELLARO
0 Lavagna g Ameglia TINO & TINETO MONTE- BOCCA DI Massa
q Sestri Levante h Bocca di Magra MARCELLO MAGRA
w Varese Ligure j Luni
e Moneglia k Castelnuovo di Magra Fishing boats at Manarola, one of the
r Bonassola l Sarzana (pp132–3) villages in the Cinque Terre
For map symbols see back flap

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