The area
Between Andora and Imperia the coast alternates rocky coves with long beaches, and behind it olive-covered hills rise to stone villages. These are the places we recommend to our guests.
Beaches
- The Conca Verde cove
- Right below our Andora houses: a tiny wild bay with emerald water, where you sunbathe on the rocks.
- Porteghetto
- One minute’s walk away, a sheltered little beach between the rocks with shallow, clear water, popular with families.
- The Capo Cervo beach
- Below Casa Cervo A2, a private path leads to a wild, almost deserted pebble beach, with water made for snorkelling.
- Andora’s beaches
- More than a kilometre of sand and pebbles, with beach clubs and free stretches, easy to reach along the cycle path.
- Imperia
- In Porto Maurizio, the beaches of Borgo Prino and Borgo Foce, with the old Parasio quarter behind them.
Villages
- Cervo
- A medieval village perched above the sea, crowned by the baroque church of San Giovanni Battista, known as the Corallini church. In summer it hosts an international chamber music festival.
- Andora Castello
- On the hill, the ruins of the castle and the Romanesque-Gothic church of Saints James and Philip, among the olive trees.
- Colla Micheri
- A tiny stone hamlet above Andora, reachable on foot, where the explorer Thor Heyerdahl lived.
- Laigueglia
- Just past Capo Mele: colourful houses, narrow lanes opening onto the beach and a seafront promenade for the evening.
- Poggi
- Il borgo di collina sopra Imperia dove si trova Villa CliCla: un campanile tra gli ulivi, un forno che è anche bar e trattoria, e il mare sotto.
- Poggi
- The hill village above Imperia where Villa CliCla stands: a bell tower among the olive trees, a bakery that is also a bar and trattoria, and the sea below.
- Imperia, Parasio
- The old town of Porto Maurizio, with lanes and loggias overlooking the sea. In Oneglia, the market and the Olive Tree Museum.
Trails and cycle paths
- The Andora–Cervo cycle path
- It starts right below the house and runs along the cliffs: 600 metres to the centre of Andora, a kilometre and a half to Cervo. Ideal on foot, by bike or with a pushchair.
- The Riviera dei Fiori coastal park
- Further west, from San Lorenzo al Mare to Ospedaletti, 24 kilometres of cycle path along the old railway line.
- Capo Mele
- A trail through Mediterranean scrub with wide views of the bay, from the lighthouse down to Laigueglia.
- The olive hills
- Behind the coast, mule tracks through terraced olive groves and dry-stone walls link the small inland villages.
