Avegno - Italy

Avegno (GE)

Liguria (Italy)

Going from Recco along the namesake river, before reaching Uscio you arrive in this small town consisting of a few villages scattered among the hills overlooking the sea with vineyards and olive groves.
It 's a good alternative to the coast sometimes too crowded, especially on summer evenings when you try a bit' of relief in the heat of the beach.
It is not easy to resist the temptation to enter one of the many restaurants that are encountered on the road, where you can enjoy all the typical dishes of Ligurian cuisine: it appears also that both the original place of Avegno trofie, small gnocchi pasta the characteristic elongated shape.
Convenient scenic excursions to the low relief, such as Monte Caravaggio bordering the towns of Rapallo Recco (where a shrine) and Monte Castelletto itineraries well suited not only for hiking, even for Biking.
Interesting from the standpoint of the natural oasis town Cassina, protected area and banned the hunting.
Avegno is known for the presence of an ancient craft of foundry bells, active since 1594.
A Testana, in the parish of St. Margaret, houses a remarkable group of wooden century Flemish school, depicting the crucifixion.
Other religious buildings to visit are the church of St. Peter, the church of San Lorenzo in Vescine town and the church of Sant 'Antonio Abate in area jump.