LIGURIA REGIONAL GUIDE

INTRODUCTION

ituated in Italy’s northwest, Liguria is the third smallest Italian region, after Molise and Valle d’Aosta. It borders France to the west, Piedmont to the north and Emilia-Romagna and Tuscany to the east. In the hinterland you’ll find the Ligurian Alps in the west and the Ligurian Apennines to the east. Liguria lies on the Ligurian Sea, with its coastal edge forming the Italian Riviera. The region’s principal source of income is tourism – and this is most obvious on the coast