Liguria, explored through its landscape, history, food traditions and local identity. Liguria is a narrow crescent of mountains, terraces and ports pressed against the Mediterranean. On a map it appears small, but its geography is severe: the Apennines and Maritime Alps descend rapidly toward the sea, leaving little flat land and forcing towns, vineyards, olive groves and gardens onto slopes. This tension between rock and water created one of Italy’s most recognizable landsca