Tigullio - Levanto by canoe

A distracted canoeist who was traveling in Liguria could decide to focus on Portofino and the Cinque Terre neglecting everything in the middle. Actually, it would be a very serious mistake !! :) In fact, between the tigullio and Levanto there are some of the most beautiful and wild coastal traits of Liguria.
Sestri Levante , Moneglia , Bonassola ... Really recommended destinations for both the crystal clear sea and for the possibility of reaching magnificent isolated beaches in just five minutes of kayak or stand up paddle.
Here under the map of this part of Liguria and the description of the canoe itineraries along the coast. Write to us at info@wildrips.net or visit www.catchiavari.it For info and excursions of trips organized in kayak and in sup.
An advice on How to visit This section of Coasta Ligure: in addition to the normal kayak also the canoe and the inflatable Supes are great solutions: you can in fact beat in one direction from a train station to another, thus damaging the canoe or stand up paddle and returning comfortably by train (obviously you can do the same with a rigid kayak, But one of the group must return by train to take the car on whose roof to load canoes). Attention because the distances on the map are in a straight line, while it is normal (indeed, very recommended) follow with the kayak the sinuosities of the Ligurian coast with its bays and its rocks.

Chiavari - Riva Trigoso
This first canoe itinerary starts in a flat way, following the dams of the ports of Chiavari and blackboard and then along the expanse of beaches of Lavagna e Cables , at whose shoulders rises the hill of Santa Giulia with the cultivated terraces and the numerous houses.
before reaching Sestri Levante the coast becomes more impressive, with the forums of Sant 'Anna ; Next to the road galleries, you can see some "climber" attached to the rocky wall. Here the water is very clear and you can enter the kayak in a small particularly bright cave. Even with the sup, trying not to take tests: D

Crossing in canoe the Bay Beach Arch of the Fables of Sestri Levante , can admire the typically Ligurian houses; Once the port damceeded, you finally arrive at the splendid nature of the Sestri Levante peninsula, made of rocks, rocky walls, trees and many seagulls. It quickly exceeds the peninsula and is reached at the bay of silence , of which you can travel the perimeter in kayak admiring the houses on the sea and the steep and very green Punta Manara peninsula that extends to the east.
At this point, following Punta Manara, we leave behind Sestri Levante and we immerse us in nature: the water is always very clear and among the rocks there are openings that allow an easy landing with the canoe or with it Stand Up Paddle.
Scaplata The imposing Punta Manara opens views of a trigular shore, with lodges on the beach and shipyards. A short trait by canoe and you get to the first beaches.

Moneglia - Framura
This itinerary is perhaps less flashy than the surrounding ones, but the cliffs between Moneglia and Deiva Marina , and then above all between Deiva Marina and Framura still deserve one Visit to kayak. Deiva is a town built with too many palaces on the sea, but the beaches are rather beautiful.
approaching Framura (on the map appears as an anzo-sect, two of the beautiful villages that make up the municipality of Framura ), you have the pleasure of solcare with canoeing or with the sup increasingly limpid water; It is interesting to coast the old train galleries almost completely collapsed into the sea. Then cliffs and rocks do it as a master and the coast becomes so jagged that we find ourselves to pay in the clear natural pools.

The arrival in Framura is remarkable. Fascinating villages stand out on the wide arch of verdant coast. You can admire so much beauty from the canoe, but also land and take a ride. The first beach that meet is quite wild and often deserted. Continuing to KAYAKs then meet the station (which is right on the sea) and the fantastic marina, whose natural dam is a rocky flaginal. Immediately after the fishermen's marina, there is a reddish rocky wall, under which a small cave opens. The cliff stops at a certain point to leave room for the beach of Porto Pidocchio , which can be used as a fascinating stoppoint (a pedestrian gallery connects this beach to the marina).

Framura - Levanto
The stretch of coast between Framura and Bonassola is probably one of the most beautiful in Liguria: a clear and populated water of fish, reddish rocky walls and Mediterranean scrub that comes directly to the Sea.
To complete this canoeist paradise, some small cave and several points where flat rocks or small bowls are to stop to admire the view.

The itinerary in KAYAK or SUP from Framura in Bonassola is in short, quite short but very intense. Bonassola is a splendid sea village whose beaches become popular in summer. Continuing towards Levanto, they are busted by canoe other cliffs and then getting to admire some villa on the sea and finally, precisely, the city of Levanto .
This is not an ideal landing for those who have canoe Or the inflatable paddle stand up because the station is quite far from the sea. From this point of view, better Framura, Bonassola or the next location Monterosso (canoe itinerary described here) .

In conclusion ...
All these stretches of coast deserve in-depth visits. Obviously, a good canoeist with a fast kayak could pay from Chiavari to Levanto on a sporting day soooo intense, but you would lose the possibility of exploring with calm bays, countries, cliffs and beaches. Canoe is the ideal medium to admire the beauty and peculiarities of every single creek, so the advice is to do more stages to enjoy places with joyful calm.
Who wants to stop more, can take the tent or Click here to compare hotels e Find the most convenient accommodations. To spend less you must obviously move to the hinterland.

Beyond the itineraries indicated above, for those who do not have too much time I recommend traveling two main traits : Sestri Levante - Moneglia and Framura - Monterosso, overcoming Levanto. You can do it! They are perhaps the best that canoe and sup can offer in this area of Liguria.
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