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136  THE IT ALIAN RIVIER A AREA B Y AREA

Exploring the Riviera di Ponente

The two provincial capitals on the Riviera di Ponente are
Savona and Imperia. San Remo, with its grand Art Nouveau
architecture, is the main holiday resort. New developments
have spoiled the coast closest to Genoa, but there are many
interesting places to visit elsewhere along the coast: these Alessandria
range from Noli, with its church of San Paragorio, one of the Rossiglione
key monuments of Ligurian Romanesque, and Albenga, Alba
with its well-preserved historic centre and its Early Christian Acqui Terme
baptistry, to the splendid English gardens at Hanbury Campo Ligure
Botanical Gardens, close to the French border, and the Urbe
nearby caves at Balzi Rossi, a fascinating prehistoric site. In Sassello
the hinterland, the delightful medieval village of Dolceacqua
is especially worth a visit, as is Triora, famous for a witch Dego PARCO N AT UR A L E
trial held here at the end of the 16th century. The luxuriant Exotic plants in the interesting Hanbury Pontinvrea DEL BE IG UA
vegetation and mild climate make this part of the Ligurian Botanical Gardens Turin Monte Beigua Genoa
1300m
coast a pleasure to explore. Cairo r e Voltri
Montenotte
Millesimo u Arenzano Pegli
Carcare i g
L ALBISOLA Cogoleto
Sights at a Glance SUPERIORE VARAZZE
1 Varazze y Andora k Ventimiglia Bormida Altare Celle Ligure
2 Parco Naturale u Cervo l Balzi Rossi ALBISSOLA MARINA
del Beigua i Pieve di Teco z Hanbury Botanical Gardens Quiliano
3 Albisola Superiore o Imperia (pp158–61) (pp174–5) Bormida o SAVONA
4 Albissola Marina p Dolcedo Calizzano i n
5 Savona (pp140–43) a Triora n Vado Ligure
6 Bergeggi s Taggia e n BERGEGGI
7 Spotorno d Tour of the Armea and Crosia Bardineto p p SPOTORNO
8 Noli Valleys (pp164–5) Monte A NOLI
9 Finale Ligure f San Remo Carmo BORGIO
VEREZZI
1389m
0 Borgio Verezzi g Pigna Giustenice Varigotti
q Pietra Ligure h Dolceacqua (pp170–71) Ponte de Erli FINALE LIGURE
Nava
w Loano j Bordighera PIETRA LIGURE
e Grotte di Toirano Nava GROTTE DI LOANO
TOIRANO
(pp150–51) Monesi
r Albenga (pp152–5) Realdo Borghetto Borghetto
Santo Spirito
d’Arroscia
t Alassio PIEVE DI TECO Villanova
d’Albenga
Arroscia
Rezzo ALBENGA
TRIORA
Testico
Merula ALASSIO
Cuneo Chiusavecchia Laigueglia
PIGNA Monte Ceppo
1629m Pontedassio
DOLCEDO Impero
Monte Merlo ANDORA
Baiardo 1014m Montalto
Apricale Ligure CERVO
Airole Perinaldo TOUR OF THE Ceriana IMPERIA Diano
DOLCEACQUA ARMEA AND Oneglia Marina
CROSIA VALLEYS TAGGIA Maurizio
Porto
Nice Vallecrosia Santo Stefano
Alta
BALZI Seborga SAN REMO Bussana
ROSSI Vecchia
HANBURY VENTIMIGLIA
BOTANICAL BORDIGHERA
GARDENS
0 kilometres 10
0 miles 10
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