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Liguria

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Genoa's palaces, Portofino and the Cinque Terre

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Photo: View of Vernazza (4712251192) — Lee Coursey from Decatur, GA, CC BY 2.0

At a glance

What the app holds for this region, counted from its own data.

  • 19 towns
  • 75 places to see
  • 65 free to enter
  • 4 festivals
  • 17 places to see in UNESCO World Heritage sites
  • 5 small towns with a ready-made walk

Top highlights in Liguria

In the app each one opens as a reel of photos, with directions and a way to its town.

  • Boccadasse

    Genoa

    An old fishing village within the city of Genoa, on the sea east of the centre.

    Photo: Boccadasse (228893745) — Fabrizio Lunardi, CC0 1.0

  • Porto Antico

    Genoa

    Genoa's old harbour, restored by Renzo Piano in 1992, with the aquarium and the Bigo lift on its quays.

    Photo: 20160814 027 Genova - Genua - Porto Antico (29049889901) — Sjaak Kempe from Groningen, The Netherlands, CC BY 2.0

  • Piazza Martiri dell'Olivetta

    Portofino

    Portofino's little square on the harbour, lined with arcaded houses painted in the Genoese style.

    Photo: Portofino - 2016-06-02 - Harbor — Pierre-Selim Huard, CC BY 4.0

  • Abbazia di San Fruttuoso

    Camogli

    An abbey in a bay with no road, reached only by sea or on foot, and looked after by the FAI since 1983.

    Photo: Abbey of San Fruttuoso Camogli Liguria — Hayden Soloviev, CC BY 4.0

  • Manarola

    Riomaggiore

    A Cinque Terre village of coloured tower houses packed along one main street above the sea.

    Photo: Manarola, Cinque Terre, Italy — Vald0506, CC BY 4.0

  • Piazza Guglielmo Marconi

    Vernazza

    The square on Vernazza's little harbour, below the Doria castle on its rocky point.

    Photo: Vernazza and the sea, Cinque Terre, Italy — Flickr user 150594450@N07, CC BY 2.0

Small towns to discover

Small towns worth the detour, each on a published list and each with a short walk. In the app each has a ready-made walk, one stop at a time, past the town's checked places.

  • Vernazza
  • Dolceacqua
  • Apricale
  • Pigna
  • Campo Ligure

19 towns in the app

  • Genoa
  • La Spezia
  • Portofino
  • Santa Margherita Ligure
  • Camogli
  • Rapallo
  • Sestri Levante
  • Levanto
  • Monterosso al Mare
  • Vernazza
  • Riomaggiore
  • Portovenere
  • Lerici
  • Sanremo
  • Finale Ligure
  • Dolceacqua
  • Apricale
  • Pigna
  • Campo Ligure