The Italian Riviera is famous worldwide for its pesto sauce. Pesto is the second most known sauce in the world after tomato sauce. But Liguria is not only pesto.

There’s a valley, called the Arroscia Valley, known for its white cuisine. This valley is towards the mountains and where the Mediterranean influences becomes less accentuated.

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On 14th August, the village of Lavagna on the Italian Riviera comes to life with dance and music commemorating the event of the “Torta dei Fieschi” (the Fieschi’s cake), where according to the legend, on Count Opizzo Fieschi and Bianca de Bianchi’s wedding day in 1230, he invited his guests—and everyone else in town—to share a cake that was more than 30 feet high.

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Italy is a country that offers so much, with charming sceneries, cities rich in history, wonderful landscapes, beaches, relaxing villages, towns rich of traditions and more. Italians love to spend weekends discovering these places and this is what last weekend I manage to make!

I decided to spend some days at the sparkling lake of Garda (the eastern most and largest of the lakes stretching from the plains towards the Dolomites). You know, Lake Garda’s romantic shores have inspired many poets, painters since the Roman period.

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A lot has happened since I started writing this blog. I wrote my first post with the intent of promoting my region and let people know more about Liguria, which is mostly known for the Cinque Terre area. I thought there was too much to experience than just visiting only the Cinque Terre (which are beautiful and charming villages).

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If you have followed Beautiful Liguria’s blog since today, you have certainly read about Sestri Levante town on the Italian Riviera and its two bays “Baia del Silenzio” (Bay of Silence) and “Baia delle Favole” (Bay of Fairy Tales). In fact, in the following post I’ve told you about the marvellous Bay of Silence “Bay of Silence – Golfo del Tigullio“.

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