Travel To Liguria

Genoa is the capital of the region and its main port, known as Genoa the Superb - both the city of Doges and Sixteenth century splendour as well as a place for contemporary culture acting as the European Culture Capital in 2004. It has a wonderful medieval district with beautiful palaces and churches. Other cities are La Spezia, Impera, Savona and Sanremo.

The economy of the region is , based on specialised forms of agriculture (flowers, olives, wine production), tourism and a strong industrial background - including shipbuilding.

Welcome to the "Travel to Liguria" section of the Italy Magazine Website

Here you can find information about travel in Liguria, maps of Liguria, what weather to expect in Liguria, what to see in Liguria, and what to do in Liguria.

But first of all please read on for a brief introduction to Liguria.

Introducing Liguria

On the border with France, Liguria is a small and densely populated region with a mainly mountainous and hilly territory, which has some narrow strips of flatland along the coast. The most well known image of the region is that of vineyards growing along steep stone-terraced slopes and “Cinque Terre” is undoubtedly the most famous of these terraced landscapes.

Genoa is the capital of the region and its main port, known as Genoa the Superb - both the city of Doges and Sixteenth century splendour as well as a place for contemporary culture acting as the European Culture Capital in 2004. It has a wonderful medieval district with beautiful palaces and churches. Other cities are La Spezia, Impera, Savona and Sanremo.

The economy of the region is , based on specialised forms of agriculture (flowers, olives, wine production), tourism and a strong industrial background - including shipbuilding.

Although the steep slopes of the Ligurian coast may not, at first, appear very hospitable to most agriculture, there are more than one hundred different varieties of grapes cultivated in the small strip of mountainous land. The region is specialised in the production of excellent white wines to complement the delicate local cuisine featuring a variety of seafood, pastas, mushrooms, aromatic herbs and baked goods.

Ligurian cuisine its famous for the pesto, that intense, fragrant green sauce made with local basil and pine nuts; the Farinata which is somewhat like a large chickpea crepe; extremely tasty pizza with cheese (the pizza from Recco is particularly well known), Gattafin (pasta stuffed with beetroot, onion and parmesan) and Soviore rice pie.