Villas and historic houses Archivi

Villa Pompeo Mariani

Just above the old village stands Villa Mariani, once home of the 19th-century painter Pompeo Mariani and now his foundation.

Villa Etelinda was built on via Romana in Bordighera for Raphaël Bischoffsheim, a German banker who lived in Paris.

In 1871 the famous French architect Charles Garnier, designer of the Paris Opéra and the Monte-Carlo Casino, built himself a villa in Bordighera.

The villa on the headland between Lerici and San Terenzo, with its Italian garden by the sea: history, famous guests and how to visit.

Via Garibaldi and the UNESCO-listed noble palaces: Palazzo Rosso, Bianco and Tursi, the Strada Nuova museums.

Alfred Nobel’s last home, on Sanremo’s seafront: a museum dedicated to the inventor and a garden of rare plants.

Sanremo’s most important noble palace, on Via Matteotti a few steps from the Ariston theatre.

The Casino of Sanremo, a 1905 Liberty-style masterpiece: opening hours, free entry for over-18s, dress code, history and its link with the Festival.