Top 10 Things to do in Pietra Ligure, Italy

The caves of Borgio Verezzi offer a tourist path that winds for about 800 meters inside large rooms, among huge blocks detached from the vault in remote eras. Very rich concretions of every shape: from the cannulae, thin and almost transparent, to the drapes, thin as sheets, to the large columns that seem to support the vault up to the eccentric stalactites, that defy the gravity force developing in all directions. And everywhere the colors: white, yellow, red in a thousand different shades. Due to the presence of various minerals, they make the Grotte di Borgio Verezzi the most colorful tourist cave in Italy.

Marina di Loano is a modern tourist port in Liguria full of opportunities to experience the magic of the sea throughout the year. Marina di Loano is easy to get to and welcomes you with its mild climate all year round. It hosts more than 900 vessels 6 to 77 meters long in an easily accessible area, well protected by an imposing breakwater and safe even in the most adverse weather conditions. Hospitality, services and safety of guests and boats are our priorities and are guaranteed 24/7. Unrivaled facilities accommodate in perfect safety over 1,000 berths from 6 to 77 meters. Cutting-edge services for your boat allow all maintenance and repair operations to be carried out directly in the port, with upscale comfort all around you. A facility with cozy atmosphere to enjoy moments of relaxation and fun. Are you a boat owner, a sailor, a diving fan? In Marina di Loano you will find a true oasis that will allow you to satisfy your passions. Are you a sea lover? Marina Beach, The beach extends for 16.000 m2 is open to pubblic and is divided into 4 areas. relax, family, sports e dog beach.

The Toirano cave site is one of the main tourist attractions in Liguria and consists of the natural cavities of Basura and S. Lucia Inferiore. The Grotta della Basura (which means "witch"), discovered in 1950, is characterized by the presence of prints of men from the Upper Paleolithic Age and important palaeontological finds, mainly Cave Bear bones ("Ursus Spelaeus"). The bones of these plantigrades, which were typical of the Pleistocene Epoch and used to visit the cave during hibernation, can still be seen in the "Bear Cemetery" (about 30,000 years old). Foot, hand and knee prints of Homo Sapiens Sapiens can be found in the clay concretions of the "Print Corridor" (about 12,000 years old). In the cave rooms you will find a wide variety of stalactites and stalagmites, different in shape and size, as well as the typical "mammillary" concretions. The last part of the cave, which used to be under water, is very picturesque, with its peculiar, rounded concretions entirely covered in a uniform, light-yellow layer of tiny calcite crystals. In the Grotta di S. Lucia Inferiore, discovered in 1960, both the limestones and the walls of the wide rooms are covered in calcite flowers and aragonite crystals. The two caves, connected by an artificial tunnel, are about 1,300m long and can be visited in about 70 minutes.