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9 Stunning Under-The-Radar Beaches In Italy To Discover This Summer
25.04.2024 - 13:01 / forbes.com
Italy’s best-known beaches are renowned worldwide, thanks to their dramatic seascapes, sparkling seas and settings that offer other-worldly sunrises and sunsets. Fame brings crowding and over-tourism, of course, and while it’s a challenge to find an empty beach almost anywhere in peak season (except boat-access-only coves), there are plenty of under-the-radar and less frenzied spots with ample helpings of natural beauty and historic attractions. These places have not lost their local rhythms and charms to a tidal wave of tourists, and are frequented by Italians who live in nearby towns.
Here, three travel experts, Roberta Giovannina of Sanremo Experience, Cassandra Santoro of Travel Italian Style and Francesca Montillo of Lazy Italian Culinary Adventures share tips for finding these beaches and seaside resorts in some of Italy’s most in-demand coastal regions. I’ve also added a couple of my own suggestions.
At her company Sanremo Experience, Roberta Giovannini, a longtime tourism executive in the region, specializes in travel experiences focusing on the Italian Riviera and Côte d’Azur. Her recommendations:
In addition to the famous and glamorous stops along the Italian Riviera, Roberta Giovannina delights in showing visitors the less familiar parts of Liguria. She says she loves Taggia, on the Riviera di Ponente not far from the French border, describing it as one of the most historic and cultural spots in the region. Taggia consists of two villages—Taggia itself which she says is a beautiful, medieval destination, and the nearby frazione, or hamlet, Arma di Taggia on the coast. In the seaside area you’ll find sandy stretches of beach with a mix of private lidos and public areas. Beaches here have earned the coveted Bandiera Blu status.
A former Roman outpost and an important trade center for the Republic of Genoa, Taggia is one of the Borghi Più Belli d’Italia. Giovannina likes to take visitors to the center of the medieval village where you’ll find ancient coats of arms embellishing building facades and fortified portals, and many botteghe selling handcrafted products from the town and nearby region. Among the other attractions are the arched Ponte Antico bridge from the Middle Ages, the ruins of a castle on a site affording great views, and the Convent of the Dominican Fathers with a work attributed to Parmigianino. The town is also famous for Taggiasca olives and the olive oil produced in the area.
“This is a tiny village, but the beaches are wonderful here,” says Giovannina. Said to be the smallest hamlet in the province of Imperia (and a short drive from Taggia), San Lorenzo has, in miniature, much of what the bigger resorts have to offer—a combination of sandy and rocky beaches with public
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