Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
( 0187 96 40 12; Via Fiascherina 92; d €120, with half-board €180, set menus €40-60; )
Tellaro is
home to this gourmet hideaway, an exquisite seven-room inn with art- and antiques-decor-
ated rooms, and a Michelin-starred restaurant specialising exclusively in seafood (not for
vegetarians or carnivores!).
Information
Tourist Office
(Via Biaggini 6; 9am-1pm & 2.30-5.30pm Mon-Sat, to 1pm Sun)
Can advise on
walking and cycling in the area, as well as accommodation.
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Riviera di Ponente
Curving west from Genoa to the French border, the Ponente stretch of the Ligurian coast
is more down-to-earth than the flashy Rivieria di Levante. As a result it shelters some un-
likely escape hatches, particularly along the stretch of coast from Noli to Finale Ligure.
Savona
POP 62,494
Behind Savona's sprawling port facilities, the city's unexpectedly graceful medieval
centre is well worth getting off the train to check out. Among the old-town treasures to
survive destruction by Genoese forces in the 16th century are the baroque
Cattedrale di
Nostra Signora Assunta
(Piazza Cattedrale)
and the lumbering
Fortezza del Priamàr
(Piazza Priamar)
. This imposing fortress guards a couple of sculpture museums and the
Civico Museo Storico
Archeologico
(Piazza Priamar; admission €2.50;
10.30am-3pm Wed-Mon)
, which displays archae-
ological finds.
Art aficionados won't want to miss the
Pinacoteca Civica Savona
(Piazza Chabrol 1/2; admis-
sion €4; 9.30am-1pm Mon-Sat, 3.30-6.30pm Thu-Sat, 10am-1pm Sun)
, which has an important
collection of religious paintings, including a Madonna and child by Taddeo di Bartolo,
dating from the 14th to the 15th centuries, and two Picassos.
at 10am from July to September.
Sleeping & Eating
