Liguria · Savona
Borgio Verezzi
Two villages joined under one comune in 1933: Borgio on the coast below, Verezzi on the pink-stone hill above.
Known for
FESTIVAL TEATRALE
Open-air theater festival in Piazza Sant'Agostino since 1967, one of the longest-running summer theater events in Italy.
GROTTE DI VALDEMINO
Karst caves with an 800-meter visitor route and small underground lakes, opened to the public in 1970.
BANDIERA BLU SINCE 1989
The beach at Borgio has held the Bandiera Blu flag without interruption since 1989, one of the longest unbroken runs on the Italian coast.
When to visit
Best · Apr–Oct
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- Hot or crowded
- Quiet
- Mostly closed
Why come
Borgio Verezzi is two settlements stitched together in 1933 under a single comune in the province of Savona. Borgio sits on the coast at the mouth of the Bottassano stream. Verezzi rises 200 meters up the Orera hill above it, four old boroughs of stone houses in the warm-pink local rock: Piazza, Roccaro, Crosa, and Poggio, each a cluster rather than a single center.
The beach below has held the Bandiera Blu without interruption since 1989. The two halves of the town read as coast and height rather than old and new: the lower village handles the shoreline and the flag it has kept for decades, the upper village keeps its stone streets and its square turned toward the sea view. What the pairing adds up to is a comune built from two working parts, a beach town below and a hill village above, joined by administration in 1933 but still legible as separate places.
The Sunday letter
We haven’t written Borgio Verezzi’s letter yet.
One town every Sunday, with the photo, the food, the festa. Be there when this one comes up. Free, by Peter & Sophia from Pietrasanta.
What to see
Grotte di Valdemino
Dated to 1933, the caves run through chambers where small underground lakes sit beneath the karst rock, the route winding through passages carved out over time.
Piazza Sant'Agostino
Main square of Verezzi, framed by pink-stone houses with a view down to the sea. The village skyline serves as backdrop for the festival's summer stage.
Chiesa di San Pietro Apostolo
Neoclassical parish church built in 1789 on the foundations of the medieval Burgum Albinganeum castle, with a white façade and two bell towers.
Spiaggia di Borgio
The beach in the lower town, backed by the settlement at the mouth of the Bottassano stream.
Verezzi
Four boroughs of pink-stone houses on the Orera hill at 200 meters: Piazza, Roccaro, Crosa, Poggio.
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We recommend
Where to eat
Not our picks, but places the guides put their name to: a Michelin star, a Gambero Rosso fork, a Slow Food snail, a Michelin Key for the hotels. Worth a table, a counter, or a night when you pass through.
DocRistorante
A spot in the Michelin Guide, at Doc.
Through the year
What happens here
Feasts and festivals that come back year after year. We give the month rather than the date, because the date moves and the month rarely does. Check with the source before you plan a journey around one.
Sagra della Lumacafood festival
usually held in August. eventiesagre.it
Living here
- Population 2,048
- Commuter belti
- Pharmacy in town
- High school within a 30-minute drive
- Train station in the comune
- Nearest airport Genoa, 1 h 4 min drive
- Regional capital Genova, 1 h 9 min drive
Tags & datadesignations · numbers · sources
Recognised as
The numbers
- Elevation: 30 m
- Population: 2,048
- Surface area: 2.73 km²
These figures were compiled from public directories — ISTAT, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata — and from the official listings of the guides named on this page. Town details change; verify with official sources before you travel.
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