Location: Sanremo
Top Things to do in Sanremo
10 Sights & Landmarks in Sanremo That You Shouldn't Miss
With a comfortable climate that varies little throughout the year, Sanremo has been a favored tourist destination since the mid-1700s, attracting visitors from all over Europe, including heavy contingents of Russian and British aristocracy. For many, the long stretch of beach is the main attraction, but don’t miss the impressive casino or the hillside medieval section of town called La Pigna. Every year since 1951, the city has hosted Italy’s popular Sanremo Music Festival.
Restaurants in Sanremo
1. Via cavour
2. Chiesa Santo Stefano
3. Oratorio di San Sebastiano
4. Old Bussana (Bussana Vecchia)
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,209 reviews
Devastated by an earthquake and abandoned, this unique medieval village has been reborn and is now inhabited by an international artists community.
Reviewed By turtlezurich
It is a whole little authentic medieval village abandoned in 1894 after an earthquake and repopulated by artists in the '60. Ever since it is a secret tourist attraction. It is and exclusively walking area with stone streets and houses. You need good shoes. This romantic landscape consists in half ruins and half artists workshops, boutiques and residences. It has a big restaurant at the entrance and another smaller one in the middle as well as a coffee/bakery shop. It has a romantic atmosphere. You can spend between 1 and 4 hours there, depending how interested you are.
5. Santuario Madonna Della Costa
6. Corso Matteotti
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 262 reviews
Reviewed By saronic - Zurich, Switzerland
It is hard to visit Sanremo without also going for a stroll through the pedestrianised main street, beautiful in day- and nighttime with all the lights. There is a decorative pattern of flagstones on the ground and the mostly traditional houses on the sides are no more than 3 or 4 storey high. Among the most prominent buildings on this street are the 'Ariston Theatre' and the 'Palazzo Borea d'Olmo', now housing the 'Museo Civico'. Begun in the middle of the 19th century the street was originally called the 'Strada Nuova', later named after king Vittorio Emanuele II. After WW II it was renamed - as so many streets in Italy - after Giacomo Matteotti, a socialist politician from the Veneto, who in 1924 as a socialist parlamentarian had held a strong speech against Benito Mussolini. A few days later he was abducted by 'Squadrati' (Blackshirts) and murdered outside Rome. It was the beginning of Mussolini's fascist reign. When walking through the Corso Matteotti one will constantly be reminded of winning songs of the famous Sanremo Music Festival, be it by bronze plaques, information boards or especially by illuminated letters high up on ropes.
7. Giardini di Villa Ormond
8. Statua della Vittoria
9. Statua della Primavera
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 10 reviews
Reviewed By novellizaza - Geneva, Switzerland
Sculpted in Carrara marmble by Maitre Vincenzo Pasquali (Scarlino-Grosseto 1871 - Sanremo 1940) in 1926 is now the symbol of the city of Sanremo. Very delicate features which are those of his daughter , rumours pretended at that time. The dress is almost transparent. The arms are wide opened, helding a crown of flowers. It is positioned in a palm bush of Corso Imperatrice, dedicated to the Russian empress Maria Alexandrovna who in 1874, after having spent a very good time in Sanremo grant a coonsiderable amount to the ciity council iin order to plant palm trees in this area. G&B Novelli, Geneva, Switzerland
10. Russian Orthodox Church (San Basilio)
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 613 reviews
Reviewed By TurnersOnTourNow
Such a beautiful & serene interior, a real surprise & antidote to many other Christian churches. Definitely recommend that you don’t miss a look inside.
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