Iconic places not to be missed in Western Liguria

When in the morning at the Relais we meet our guests at breakfast for a chat, I know that in ninety-nine per cent of cases the main question will be: “what could we do today?”
It is not always easy to advise because among them some love the sea, some the mountains, others love the vast and uncontaminated nature, or the good food or the wilder side of our land.
But fortunately, we are in Liguria, and our land offers places for all tastes.
In winter you can go on an adventure snowshoeing around or take a walk along the sea and enjoy a coffee on the beach. In summer, you can take long swims in the morning, and relax in the afternoon in some cool mountain lake.
All this, within an hour journey at the most.

But what spots have a real place in our heart? Which are the “unmissable” corners, the ones that must be visited to be able to say that you have seen the real Western Liguria? We have collected them in a list for you:

1. Bussana Vecchia

Bussana Vecchia is a small village difficult to describe with words due to its unicity. Destroyed by an earthquake in the late nineteenth century, it was partially rebuilt in the fifties by Italian and foreign artists who settled there. Even today it hosts an international community of artists who have transformed this medieval village into a real unicum of our region, now known to most as “the village of artists”.