The sea, which has made Liguria what it is, and has made the Ligurian what they are. That sea so bright under the clear sky winter, so dazzling in the summer sun. And the sea behind the hills covered with olive trees and oaks, the green mountains of pine and beech trees, the peaks of snow white or gray rocks that enclose the horizon of ferries and cruise ships .... Why is the most beautiful sea has hills, rocks, woods and mountains behind him.
It's a land that rolls meeting, the bright colors and bright colored houses of the villages and towns along the coast. All this will find it here, in this part of Liguria Invrea ranging from plans to Cape Vado, a blue sea that reflects the green woods and Mediterranean vegetation, warm beaches, towns and villages where the pleasures of summer leisure do not forget the many traces of history and art of men.
Varazze
vessels in the history
A marina of boats on the white background rocky mountains and pine: Varazze by the Aurelia looking to see why the Romans called ro to Naval. The name Varagine, who had already in 967 AD, has the same meaning: woods full of excellent wood to build boats, a beach suitable for launching ships, in short, the link between Varazze and the sea is one of the strongest and oldest of the entire Liguria. And the shipyards, especially Baglietto have given luster to this beautiful city until the twentieth century. When it was realized that the sea is also used to bathe, to strengthen body and spirit under the sun after a year of winter skies, or stroll along the promenade of palms flowered. In short, for the holidays. So today
Varagine beaches welcome tourists arriving in the Riviera to discover and enjoy the charm of the Mediterranean. Not only are the beaches, for the truth. The welcome they give the same Varazze, fishermen, hoteliers, farmers of the hills: a population that welcomes every year friendship with anyone from Piedmont, Lombardy, Germany, from all over Europe come here to enjoy the serenity and fun in their earned vacation, at the elegant four-star hotels as in boarding houses: why the Riviera delle Palme is beautiful and hospitable all year round.
History Varazze law even in medieval ramparts that the belt is still intact in their northern flank that includes the remains of the original Romanesque church of Sant'Ambrogio, witness the presence of the church in Varazze Milan in early medieval centuries, the new Sant'Ambrogio is instead century, but its nice Campanin Russu and what remains of an old church lombarda romanico-gotica. Da non perdere anche la chiesa dei Santi Nazario e Gelso col sagrato a risseu (cioè decorato con ciottoli di fiume policromi che compongono bei disegni geometrici e marinari) e San Domenico, che conserva come un trofeo, conficcata nella facciata, la palla di cannone che nel 1746 gli fu sparata contro da una nave francese.
Feste e tradizioni
I santi e i pesci in "I una città di mare hanno più di un legame fra loro. Come San Donato, la " cui festa di agosto è dedicata a tutti i pescatori; i quali dicono la loro anche alla Sagra della melanzana ripiena e del pesce, sempre in agosto, nella località San Donato (appunto). Prima, il 30 di aprile, con a procession and a parade is held one of the oldest festivals Liguria, dedicated to St. Catherine of Siena who spent between now and the end of 1300, and freed the city from the plague.
A brother who could tell
Varazze The most famous story was born around 1230, and was baptized with the name of James. Dominican friar, became bishop of Genoa in 1292, guadagnadosi good reputation with its attempts to alleviate the plight of the poor people, to reform the clergy, to pacify the city factions (there were times of the Guelphs and Ghibellines). But since he could write well, history remembers him especially the Chronicon Januense, where recounts the historical events of Genoa from its origins to 1295 and the Legenda Aurea, which was one of the best-selling book of the Middle Ages.
It says, in Latin, of course, the life of Jesus, the Virgin and Saints of 149, and the biographical history of the characters are mixed with fantastic legends and naive, told the faithful in order to educate and warn them about the dangers damnation of hell. It was a resounding success: the legend was translated into all the vernacular of the time, was for centuries a wealth of anecdotes and information used by preachers and painters, and is still one of the most printed book in history.
Ride the waves for surfing wave is not necessary to go on the coasts of California and wait paclfiche Wednesday from lions. Come in Varazze, and you will find waves and seabed to gallop on the crest of every season. Varanasi is considered among the best three waves of the Mediterranean. The rocky bottom side of the river offers Teiro long waves, breakers, short-wave and fast ... For fans that come down to this sea mezz'Europa, Varazze has developed another of its countless tourist potential.
Plans Invrea
A long walk flat, then first dirt road paved, and the center of Varanasi follows the sea towards the east to the mouth of the river Arrestra, the eastern boundary of the province of Savona. The few galleries that sometimes refresh the way remind us that here, on the Europa Lungomare di Varazze, passing the old railway between tufts of broom charge of their beautiful yellow flowers, dark woods of oak, true masters of the Mediterranean, the terrace on the sea home to the family castle Invrea, and ogle some discreet elegant modern villa nestled between the green tops Invrea.
The walk invites you to stop occasionally to swim in the cool tones of the sea and soak up the sun in small and solitary beaches, where there is no place for umbrellas and where the rocks convoluted invite intimacy. The Aurelia
wanders hidden tortuosa, la si scorge a stento, alta su questo tratto di costa veramente rocciosa del Varazzino, il più selvaggio, il più silenzioso.
Costruire navi è bene, ma poi bisogna imbarcarsi e navigare.
Ben lo sapeva Lanzarotto Malocello, varazzino del XIV secolo che navigando oltre le Colonne d'Ercole partecipò, forse nel 1312, alla scoperta (anzi, alla riscoperta, perché i Romani già le conoscevano) delle isole Canarie. Una delle quali, Lanzarote, si chiama cosi in suo onore.
Fra alberghi e campeggi
La tradizione turistica di Varazze è più che centenaria, e questa località offre ai turisti il meglio della Riviera delle Palme in terms of hotel accommodation and bathing facilities and sports, in everything helped by excellent weather conditions all year round, with average temperatures ranging from 9 degrees in January to 25 August, while the sea in summer the temperature reaches of 26/27 degrees.
It may seem incredible that in this small town really "human scale", without a bit of chaos' alienating major urban centers, there are several hundred hotels of all categories, from elegant four-star guesthouses . To which are added to all guest accommodation, holiday parks, campsites for tents and caravans, to farms to residences, rooms for rent.
is not likely to have to sleep on the road "in Varazze! The accommodations are a lot because many people here who like to spend their "holiday" in the last years of the millennium just ended Varazze has accommodated at least 600,000 Italian and foreign tourists every year! Many of them are loyal, that every summer back in "their" Riviera. The first people to spend their holiday in these parts were in the eighteenth century, the Genoese nobility followed by the Piedmont is worth knowing that one of the first guests to "foreigners" of the beach at Varazze was Prince Thomas of Savoy, and that the first bathhouse in the city was opened in 1887 and was named after the Queen Margherita. So who could afford the luxury of a beach holiday had some problems of redundancy and controesodi, and the living marine lasted at least a month.
All the sea, all at sea ...
The provision of facilities for swimming is no less rich than the hotel: more than forty beach resorts that equip Varazze beaches, cliffs Plans Invrea to the waterfront of downtown. For those who dislike the long hours of leisure under the umbrella is not spoiled for choice: virtually all water sports can be practiced in Varazze, from canoeing to water skiing (there is a special school) .
the latest passion, surfing, he said, but are excellent ancho dive centers with their schools, clubs for sport fishing, not to mention por Varazze Club Nautico, which now has more than 80 years, or the sailing of the Italian Naval League. The marina to the west of the Cantieri Navali Baglietto and Punta Aspera, has a capacity of more than 300 berths.
suna in corpore sano Mens
Who will the holiday as an opportunity to reinforce its lisico has bread for his teeth. Out of the sea, on land, you can attend the equestrian center and learn jumping, rent a mountain bike and go up the roads and trails that climb the hills, to walk along the new promenade that connects to Varazze cells close to the cliffs that overlook the marina, or Europe on the waterfront to the east that runs for 5 km
vat Cogoleto.
Or devote to athletics, tennis, volleyball and handball, martial arts, bowls, mini golf or skating in the modern sports site in the city center. The more you know ... daffodils, situated in the gym the tools necessary for the care of their bodies. Finally, those who love to "fly oh oh!" Liguria can discover a bird's eye by going to school for paragliding or flicker between Portofino and Monte Carlo on board aircraft departing from the airport of Villanova d'Albenga.
Varazze Varazze by night
If it is rightly known for its beautiful sea and its long beach is also known as the city's nightlife.
His dancing is still the reference point of all those who love to dance, from smooth to Latin America, from rock to merengue.
During the summer there are organized events with major orchestras and singers that attracts music lovers from all over Liguria.
Viva women, beautiful women alive ...
Always, but the March 8 more. In spring a Varazze si organizzano spettacoli, mostre, sfilate di moda, eventi culturali, manifestazioni sportive, tutti dedicati alle donne. E siccome a dame e donzelle è d'uopo dedicare serenate d'amore, ecco il Festival Internazionale del Mandolino, che a dicembre richiama maestri e appassionati da ogni dove.
Il Deserto di Varazze
Uno legge Deserto e pensa a paesaggi aridi e desolati, il sole che batte implacabile. No no, siete fuori strada! Questo deserto, il Deserto di Varazze, è tale solo perché poco abitato. La valle dell'Arrestra si raggiunge salendo da Varazze verso Casanova, e ancora più su lungo i tornanti che arrancano sul versante a mare del Beigua. È un luogo di una bellezza wild, dark oak and laurel, a triumph of the Mediterranean, where it is fun to wander on foot or horseback, diving into the quiet sounds of nature.
Even in the car, I go boi, for the lazy ... The hermitage of the Desert offers visitors exudes spirituality and its products and an interesting botanical trail. But you can not return to the coast without having wandered through the streets of the woods of vehicular and pedestrian Faie and Alpicella, without having enjoyed the view of the Madonna della Guardia, without having reached the old medieval church to Parasio San Donato, with castrum, without having crossed paths archaeological and bridge buck.
Il Monte Beigua: le montagne rocciose della Liguria
Si chiama Beigua il monte che protegge da nord il mare di Varazze: è una montagna certo non altissima, nemmeno 1300 metri, ma maestosa di rocce e boschi come una cima alpina. Foreste di faggi e roveri, verdissime d'estate e coperte di neve d'inverno, coprono le valli a nord dello spartiacque padano, su fino ai crinali aridi dove la tramontana terge l'aria offrendo alla vista del fortunato viandante Genova stretta e lunghissima, le Alpi e la Corsica, mentre con lo scirocco sale una nebbia in grado di suscitare tutte le possibile emozioni cantate da Lucio Battisti.
L'intreccio di foreste, valli, prati, paesi e cascine che circondano il Beigua è protetto from a regional natural park, which wants to protect a nature of much value because most lived so close to the coast. Views of the Rocky Mountains almost five kilometers from the sea and less than an hour's drive from Genoa.
Walking in these woods, observing the vast landscape that is offered to those taking the Ligurian Alta Via dei Monti, driving slowly along these roads, swimming in the fresh waters of these streams is clear and easy to realize the wealth that has Savona The Italian province with the largest forest cover (almost 60% of its surface). A wealth of nature and health to defend and preserve at all costs.
Artists other eras
The wildness of the large mass of Beigua, dense forests, helps you find the spiritual communion with nature that brings city life to forget but that is intimate and essential to human life. Nothing strange, then, that this was one of three mountains "sacred" of prehistoric Ligurian. In the centuries before the Christian era transhumant herders have affected the rocks, they drew stylized human figures, geometric symbols, perhaps topographic maps, with symbols of wealth and elegant stroke.
and the southern slope of the mountain, around the village of Alpicella, the richest area of \u200b\u200bthese ancient works of art. On the side and with the prehistory, however, we sono anche le croci cristiane incise dai pastori altomedievali. Quale sarà stato il vero significato di quei segni, ormai non si può sapere. Ma si può pensare che in ogni epoca storica gli uomini che si trovano da soli nella natura avvertano più intensamente i sentimenti che li legano ai loro simili e a Dio; questi segni probabilmente sono parole verso la terra e preghiere verso il cielo.
Lassù nei verdi pascoli
Chi volga lo sguardo verso nord dalla cima del Beigua vedrà una serie ondulata di colli e valli: fra i boschi e i prati, le macchie rosse e bianche dei paesi, spicca Sassello, fregiato con la Bandiera Arancione, simbolo del premio di qualità per il turismo dell'entroterra istituito dal Touring Italian Club. Reached from Varanasi and Albisola, perhaps pre-Roman origins, was destroyed by the Saracens in the Middle Ages, then sold it to the Doria in Genoa. Domina
a plateau cool and breezy in summer, full of mushrooms, game and chestnuts in autumn. In the Middle Ages iron was worked on the island of Elba, who arrived here by ship and transported by mule. Those times are the houses of the old town, divided between the twelfth century and Soprana Bastia Bastia Sottana created by the Doria in the '400, and the Good Friday procession, when the walls of the houses are covered with branches and cadres of the streets compounds from flowers and leaves of acacia
There are only the mushrooms and the fruits of the vast forests in the Apennines meet watering of the tourist who chooses Sassello for holidays: here you can (or rather, you should!) enticed macaroons. Small, round, granular, Bruno! jewels of the local kilns; wrapped one by one so that they retain fragrance, are called "Macaroon." Well, it's true, there are only here: the production of queen scallops amaretti and is the pride of many countries Palo and Urbe, both from Varazze to the top of Beigua and then down through the woods and Pra Riundo Piampaludo, alongside the moraine of Laione pond, perhaps unique in Liguria.
There is nothing better than to break a long holiday by the sea one day between the waters of this stream near Alpine, loved the Ligurian coast for its clarity, the coolness of its wooded shores, lakes its tributaries where it's nice to dive and splash around in the hot days of August. The Orba back the surroundings of the vast territory of Urbe, which preserves the memory in the name of the Roman presence.
Brand Aleramica
II Erro river flows west into the Piedmont di Sassello, oltre i limiti occidentali del Parco del Beigua. Sono terre di boschi e campagne, i cui abitanti per secoli hanno tratto da vivere dallo sfruttamento del legname, ottimo per costruire le navi della Repubblica di Genova nei cantieri di Varazze e della costa savonese. Pontinvrea fu feudo dei marchesi Invrea: il seicentesco Palazzo Marchionale è ancora ben conservato. Nella longobarda Giusvalla e a Mioglia, quasi al confine col Piemonte, sono invece pochi i resti di quei castelli che videro lotte e battaglie fra Genova e i marchesi Aleramici del Monferrato per il possesso di questi boschi pregiati. 
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