Rental Sailboats Sanremo

The best way to enjoy a complete view of San Remo and its surroundings is from the sea. The town stands out in the middle of a wide inlet that is bouded by Capo Verde - to the east - and Capo Nero - to the west. The ancient heart of San Remo - La Pigna - dates back to the year 1000 and it still preserves its network of steep and winding streets. It clings to the hill and it seems to be watched over by the Baroque sanctuary of the Madonna della Costa. From here you can see the coast and the modern town which was built between the nineteenth and the twentieth century following the "fin de siècle" tourist boom: it was the time for San Remo "belle époque" whose traces can still be found in its elegant buildings, tidy villas, and luxuriant gardens.

San Remo lies in a wide inlet between Capo Nero and Capo Verde. It is a place where ends meet. Its old town is called La Pigna and is characterised by perched houses, steep streets, covered alleys, and little squares - just a glimpse of the Medieval times. The modern town turned a village of fishermen into an elegant, world-wide famous seaside resort. Nowadays San Remo welcomes tourists and visitors all year round and entertains them with shows and numberless amusements. San Remo is famous for its Casino which was built in 1905 and is the undisputed realm of green cloth, roulette, and slot machines lovers.

San Remo is the capital town of the Italian Riviera of Flowers. Its climate has been widely appreciated since the 1800's, but its artistic heritage, permeated by that typically Ligurian shyness, which escapes from any focus of attention, is still largely unknown. As a matter of fact, its views are extremely suggestive and its architecture and landscape make of this strip of land expanding up to the French boundary a real pearl of Italy. In the ancient eras it was called Matuzia, to remind one of Caio Matuzio's patrician palaces, built on the westside of the city, or, as a popular legend tells, as a memorial to the Matuta Goddess, God of the Sea and Dawn. Famous princes, literates, and scientists came to San Remo to enjoy the deep blue sea and the intense scent of its flowers.