Savonese Varazzino e Beigua.
A giant massif facing the sea, Mount Beigua, is Liguria's largest nature park, and it rockets upward to its highest point just a stone's throw from the coast.

An exceptional variety of natural environments is contained in an area that stretches from the coast between Arenzano and Varazze to the Apennine peaks above 1,000 meters, bordering with Piedmont. It is a land of large forests, prairies, special green metamorphic rocks (ophiolites), and deep precipices where owls, golden eagles, and wolfs can be seen.

The rugged peaks give way to the gentler landscapes in the Orba valley, the Sassello area, and inland Savona. In these resort locales visitors can sample local products that are famed even beyond Liguria's borders: amari and amaretti (bitter almond macaroons and liqueurs) from Sassello, salamis and small cheeses, wild berry preserves, and traditional recipes based on chestnuts and mushrooms.

There are also outstanding culinary traditions at the foot of the hills in the lively coastal towns of Arenzano, Cogoleto, Celle Ligure, Varazze, and Albissola. Here, the atmosphere of the nautical villages mingles with the excellence of the bathing establishments and nature's charm: intact and unsullied on the islet of Bergeggi, or cultivated by expert nineteenth-century architects in the grand villa parks of Arenzano. In this corner of the Riviera, great business has also developed: commerce and exchange - favored by the logistical center of the Savona Vado port system - arranged along a line of communication tracing back to antiquity, and reaching the Piedmont through the Cadibona pass.

The production of crafts and artistic glass in Altare, and the artistic ceramics of Albisola provide destinations for pleasant itineraries that can conclude in the Savona docks, a lively and sophisticated area of the city.