Liguria’s geography winds its way down from the alps, through hills and valleys until it reaches the sea coast and it represents a compendium of history, customs, traditions, legends and a quality of life: a quality that is substantiated by beauty, serenity, health and flavours. The window of opportunity offered by Liguria is particularly rare and interesting from a landscape, culinary, cultural and historical point of view.

Rarely has a region told its story in such an explicit and linear way: a history that is industrious, productive, and serene, with small plots of land and a warm welcome in towns in which local civilisation is preserved in the customs and traditions of a way of life from the past.

In this region it is easy to encounter traditional craftsmanship and the spectacle of its historic villages, known and appreciated on a national level, where the simple architecture of the villages unites the tastes, colours, decorations and refinement of the finishing materials.

Liguria is synonymous with cooking. Wines and oils - the products of the vineyards and olive groves that cover the hillsides, basking in the fresh sea breeze. The dishes offered here include everything the area has to offer in terms of raw materials, without forgetting that which has arrived thanks to commerce and contact with distant peoples.

So here we find the triumph of fish and vegetables, separately or together in a way that can be rarely found elsewhere. In stews, soups or elaborated into characteristic savoury pies. But we also find sweet and sour, and other flavours that have crossed the Mediterranean from Spain and Sicily and as far away as the Middle East. Inland the mountain communities are more enclosed and the flavours are those typical of the area: meat, especially rabbit and chicken, feature strongly and the most striking flavours are those of mushrooms and truffles.