Discover Pianazzo: Hiking, Culture and Cycling Routes

If you are looking for a holiday apartment in Pianazzo, you will find a place with special connections to hiking routes, landscapes and history. The 20th stage of the Sentiero Liguria runs from Bardino Vecchio via Tovo San Giacomo, Pianazzo and Verzi to Boissano.

Hiking and landscapes around Pianazzo

On the route through the Giustenice Valley, the continued ascent to San Lorenzo follows Pianazzo. This sequence provides you with concrete guidance when you view stages as interconnected travel ideas rather than selecting only individual excursion destinations.

Giustenice lies in the narrow valley of the Torrente Scarincio, which is rich in olive groves and fruit trees. The valley thus provides a tangible landscape setting for your planning: nature, paths and Liguria’s characteristic cultural landscape are closely intertwined here.

If you are considering a holiday apartment in Pianazzo as a base for your holiday, the different day-trip ideas may influence your choice of location. A hiking-focused trip raises different questions from a stay centred on historic buildings and a challenging cycling tour. The different route lengths help you realistically compare various plans with one another.

Historic buildings and notable places

The Chiesa dei Santi Lorenzo e Michele is a three-aisled building with quadrangular pillars, pointed brick arches and square apses with groin vaults. A spacious chapel incorporated into the church was founded in the 12th century and forms the original core of today’s parish church. Admission to the Chiesa dei Santi Lorenzo e Michele is free.

Castello Del Carretto was built or rebuilt at the beginning of the 13th century. Its ruins lie on an extensive elevated area and overlook the approaches to the valley. The Castello dei Doria castle is located in the vicinity of Pianazzo.

Cycling routes with different levels of difficulty

The Anello del Giogo di Giustenice is connected with the municipality of Giustenice and has a length of 13,564 metres. The “Strada x carmo - pianazzo” route is 7.3 kilometres long, has around 239 metres of elevation gain and is considered moderately difficult. Both figures provide you with an initial basis for organising your days according to route length and elevation gain.

The southern access to Giogo di Giustenice leads along an unpaved road and is considered a long, very steep and arduous mountain route for well-trained cyclists. This difference from the route considered moderately difficult is particularly important when selecting your activities. This allows you to choose a holiday apartment or holiday house in Pianazzo according to your preferred balance of culture, landscape, hiking and sporting challenge, without planning every day in the same way.

For further orientation, you can also discover Alassio, Carcare, Bardino Nuovo, Nasino-Borgo, Brasi, Ortovero, Toirano and Varazze.

For the higher-level travel overview: Savona.