Favourite Beaches in Liguria

The beaches in Liguria are so varied and have so much to offer the seasoned beach lover. The region is blessed with a 340km of spectacular, rocky and jagged coastline characterised by alternating line of high cliffs overlooking the sea and flat plains creating some of the most beautiful beaches in Italy. 

Here you can find from hard to reach secluded pebbly beaches to tiny coves and bays to wide sandy beaches and fully equipped beach clubs catering to your every whim. There is a little bit of everything and to everyone’s taste.

The west part of Liguria what is known as Riviera di Ponente between the French border and Genova enjoys a succession of long sandy beaches while in the east Riviera di Levante there are only a few brief flat coastal regions such as the plain between Chiavari and Lavagna or the bays in Sestri Levante and the wide beach stretches of Levanto and Deiva Marina. The rest of the coastline in the east is mainly dotted with charming small pebbly or sandy beaches protected by towering rocks.

The stunning bay of San Fruttuoso and its clear blue waters

And while Liguria beaches are generally quite narrow nested between the coastal hills and the sea, here you can enjoy some of the cleanest seawaters in Italy. Many of the beaches in Liguria are awarded the prestigious blue flags (Bandiera Blu ) by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) as an appreciation of their high environmental and quality standards.

So which one is our favourite, we hear you ask? ... Such a hard task to name a single one from so many perfect, yet different, beaches in Liguria...

Golfo dei Poeti: Beaches in Lerici Area

The beaches in Golfo dei Poeti ( Gulf of Poets) have so much to offer - from hard to reach secluded pebbly beaches to wide sandy beaches to fully equipped beach clubs catering to your every whim...

Cinque Terre seaside and its beaches

The Cinque Terre seaside offers a unique breath-taking experience - it is a marine protected area and there are spectacular cliffs with tugged away beaches in each of the five villages to enjoy, each charming in its own way, and with its own character ...

Beaches in the Cinque Terre Riviera

The quiet seaside town of Deiva Marina is famous for its beautiful, wide sandy beach and clear blue water offering a true get-away-from-it-all holiday ...

Levanto is blessed with a beautiful and relatively long and wide beach which is an ideal place to spend the day relaxing in the comfortable, unhurried atmosphere of the town while basking in the sun...

Beaches in Tigullio Gulf

The beaches in Camogli are just as inviting as the rest of the town and they extend to a generous stretch from the east to the west along the coastline...

There are so many more Liguria beaches to visit and enjoy so note that this section is a work in progress. Keep retruning for more updates.

Thank you for visiting our guide… we look forward to welcoming you to Liguria and hope you will love it as much as we do !

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