What is Borgio Verezzi known for?

Open-air theater festival in Piazza Sant'Agostino since 1967, one of the longest-running summer theater events in Italy. Karst caves with an 800-meter visitor route and small underground lakes, opened to the public in 1970. The beach at Borgio has held the Bandiera Blu flag without interruption since 1989, one of the longest unbroken runs on the Italian coast.

Where is Borgio Verezzi?

Borgio Verezzi is a comune in the province of Savona, Liguria region of Italy, about 77 kilometers from Genova.

Liguria · Savona

Borgio Verezzi

Two villages joined under one comune in 1933: Borgio on the Bandiera Blu beach and Verezzion the pink-stone hill above.

77 km / 48 mi

Nearest hub (Genova)

2,048

Population

Apr–Oct

Best time to visit

Recognised as

Why come

Borgio Verezzi is two settlements stitched together in 1933 under a single comune in the province of Savona. Borgio sits on the coast at the mouth of the Bottassano stream and holds the Bandiera Blu beach: the flag has flown here without interruption since 1989. Verezzi rises 200 meters up the Orera hill above, four old boroughs of stone houses in the warm-pink local rock. Piazza Sant'Agostino in Verezzi has hosted the Festival Teatrale di Borgio Verezzi every summer since 1967, one of the longest-running open-air theater festivals in Italy, set against the village skyline and the sea below. The Grotte di Valdemino, discovered in 1933 and opened to the public in 1970, run an 800-meter tourist route through karst passages and underground lakes. The Chiesa di San Pietro Apostolo in Borgio dates to 1789, built on the foundations of the old Burgum Albinganeum castle.

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Known for

Grotte di Valdemino
Karst caves discovered in 1933 and opened to the public in 1970, with an 800-meter visitor route through chambers and small underground lakes.
Piazza Sant'Agostino
Main square of Verezzi, open-air stage of the theater festival since 1967, framed by pink-stone houses and a view down to the sea.
Chiesa di San Pietro Apostolo
Neoclassical parish church built in 1789 on the foundations of the medieval Burgum Albinganeum castle, with a white façade and two bell towers.
Spiaggia di Borgio
Bandiera Blu beach in the lower town, holder of the flag without interruption since 1989.
Verezzi
Four boroughs of pink-stone houses on the Orera hill at 200 meters: Piazza, Roccaro, Crosa, Poggio.

When to visit

Best months · Apr–Oct

Best
Hot or crowded
Quiet
Mostly closed

April through June and September into October are the dry months on this stretch of the Riviera di Ponente. The beach at Borgio holds Bandiera Blu and the water warms into May. July and August are full: the coast road slows, the spiaggia fills with weekenders from Genova and Torino, and the theater festival runs in Piazza Sant'Agostino from early July to mid-August. Verezzi at 200 meters stays cooler than the coast. November through March is quiet. Many seasonal restaurants close. The caves stay open year round at a constant 16 degrees.