Taggiasca Olive
Gian Domenico Cassini
Rossese Grape
About Liguria & Perinaldo
The Rivera dei Fiori the centre of the Italian cut flower industry offers a taste of the Mediterranean with the mountains and beautiful hilltop villages surrounded by olive and citrus groves.
The local olive is known as the Taggiasca olive and the grape as Rossese.
The nearby village of Perinaldo, the birthplace of the famous astronomer Gian Domenico Cassini, celebrates by opening the observatory in the former Franciscan convent offering guided tours of the night sky on a regular basis.
Not to be missed in August is the festival celebrating a speciality called "meesana", stuffed pumpkin flowers.
The road connecting Apricale and Dolceacqua is excellent for trekking; many other routes are also ideal for mountain-biking, such as the road from Soldano to Dolceacqua, where you can visit the ruins of the Alpicella tower.
Websites about the area:
Perinaldo:
About Perinaldo - (in Italian)
www.perinaldo.org/perinaldo/Comune.html
Osservatorio Astronomico G.D.Cassini - (in Italian & French)
www.astroperinaldo.it
Liguria:
Guide to Liguria - (in English)
www.travelplan.it/liguria_guide.htm
Italy Heaven - (in English)
www.italyheaven.co.uk/liguria/index.html
About Liguria & the rest of Italy - (in English)
www.initaly.com/regions/liguria/liguria.htm