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Sanremo is the capital town of the Italian Riviera of Flowers. It is a city with about 56,000 inhabitants and its climate has been widely appreciated since the 1800's. It's artistic heritage, permeated by that typically Ligurian shyness, which escapes from any focus of attention is still largely unknown. Sanremo's architecture and landscape make this strip of land expanding up to the French boundary a real pearl of Italy.
The town of Sanremo is known all over the world as the Riviera dei Fiori (the Town of Flowers). This can be clearly seen in its luxuriant gardens, its colorful flowerbeds, and in the town parks where tropical plants flourish.Sanremo 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 characterized by perched houses, steep streets, covered alleys, and little squares - just a glimpse of the medieval times.
Sanremo is the largest and the most famous tourist town of Ligurian west, extolled by poets, writers and painters; its temperate climate is enjoyed by everyone. The town had a glorious past, emphasized by ancient buildings like Borea D'olmo Ducal Palace, Villa Nobel, the Casino, the Russian Church, and Sanremo's Basilica with its Romanesque-gothic style.
The ancient part of Sanremo is built as a structure of concentric rings, in order to defend properly the town against the attacks from the sea. All houses are of medieval origin and, in the past, they gave hospitality to Pope Paul III and to Napoleon Bonaparte. Otherwise, the modern town is situated near the coast. It dates back to the 19th-20th centuries and it is made of elegant palaces, villas, parks and Art Nouveau gardens.
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