Province of Imperia, Italy: Towns & Things to Do

This is the province where the capital is not the biggest town: Imperia gives the province its name, but Sanremo has more residents. It is Liguria's last stretch before France, with the Alpes-Maritimes border running along the west and north, Piedmont's province of Cuneo beyond it, Savona to the east and the Ligurian Sea to the south. The land is mountainous and hilly almost everywhere: 66 municipalities, just over 214,000 people, and valleys that climb steeply a few kilometres from the beach.

Most visitors stay on the water: Sanremo for city life, Bordighera and Ospedaletti at a slower pace, Ventimiglia pressed against the French frontier, Diano Marina at the far end of the province. The quieter half lies behind the shore, and it is close by: drive up a valley from Taggia or Camporosso and the sea vanishes behind the hills within twenty minutes.

Imperia

Towns in the province of Imperia

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66 towns

Airole 461 Apricale 625 Aquila d'Arroscia 176 Armo 124 Aurigo 346 Badalucco 1,190 Bajardo 312 Bordighera 10,416 Borghetto d'Arroscia 463 Borgomaro 873 Camporosso 5,419 Caravonica 303 Castel Vittorio 329 Castellaro 1,233 Ceriana 1,253 Cervo 1,128 Cesio 286 Chiusanico 603 Chiusavecchia 565 Cipressa 1,271 Civezza 640 Cosio d'Arroscia 248 Costarainera 803 Diano Arentino 678 Diano Castello 2,257 Diano Marina 6,004 Diano San Pietro 1,101 Dolceacqua 1,990 Dolcedo 1,451 Imperia Capital 42,322 Isolabona 678 Lucinasco 280 Mendatica 205 Molini di Triora 626 Montalto Carpasio 517 Montegrosso Pian Latte 121 Olivetta San Michele 225 Ospedaletti 3,386 Perinaldo 912 Pietrabruna 541 Pieve di Teco 1,400 Pigna 894 Pompeiana 809 Pontedassio 2,356 Pornassio 584 Prelà 500 Ranzo 556 Rezzo 371 Riva Ligure 2,861 Rocchetta Nervina 272 San Bartolomeo al Mare 3,127 San Biagio della Cima 1,278 San Lorenzo al Mare 1,373 Sanremo 54,137 Santo Stefano al Mare 2,239 Seborga 323 Soldano 985 Taggia 14,032 Terzorio 232 Triora 374 Vallebona 1,332 Vallecrosia 7,032 Vasia 424 Ventimiglia 23,926 Vessalico 287 Villa Faraldi 437

The top 20 places in Imperia

Our editors' ranking: the area's most important places, drawn from the individual town guides. See the national rankings →

1 🏰 Castles & palaces villa Mariani 📍 Bordighera The house and studio of Pompeo Mariani, the painter who kept the queen waiting ten minutes.

2 🏰 Castles & palaces Villa Regina Margherita 📍 Bordighera The house Queen Margherita of Savoy had built in the park of Villa Etelinda, closed since 2015.

3 ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries Chiesa della Madonna della Neve 📍 San Bartolomeo al Mare Pairola's church, with a Marvaldi bell tower that took nineteen years.

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Pesto alla Genovese basil, garlic, pine nuts, pecorino and oil pounded in a mortar

Basil, garlic, pine nuts, pecorino and oil, pounded in a marble mortar: the sauce that has had a written recipe since 1863, born in Genoa.

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Upcoming events in Imperia

Patron saint festival In 28 days 📍 Rezzo

Saint Martin, patron of a village long contested by the marquises of Clavesana

📅 Every year, on 11 November

Rezzo celebrates Saint Martin on 11 November, with the 17th-century parish church dedicated to him; the village was long contested among the marquises of Clavesana, Ceva and the Del Carretto, until in the 15th century it returned under a single lordship.

Patron saint festival In 28 days 📍 Seborga

Saint Martin, patron of a village where ancient monks once minted coins

📅 Every year, on 11 November

Seborga celebrates Saint Martin of Tours on 11 November, in the church founded in the first half of the 17th century; facing it stands the palace of the Lérins monks, once seat of the local mint, today also recalled by the curious story of the «Principality of Seborga».

Patron saint festival In 43 days 📍 Imperia

Saint Leonard of Porto Maurizio, patron of a town with three patron saints

📅 Every year, on 26 November; Porto Maurizio also celebrates Saint Maurice and Oneglia Saint John the Baptist

Imperia celebrates Saint Leonard of Porto Maurizio on 26 November, official patron of the municipality since 1991; yet in its history, the two districts forming the town, Porto Maurizio and Oneglia, each keep their own patron saint.

Patron saint festival In 52 days 📍 Pornassio

Saint Dalmatius, patron of a fief disputed between the Del Carretto and the Scarella

📅 Every year, on 5 December

Pornassio celebrates Saint Dalmatius on 5 December; his 15th-century parish church stands in the hamlet of Villa, in a territory long disputed between the Del Carretto marquises and the Scarella lords, until the direct intervention of the Doge of Genoa Antoniotto Adorno.

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