Palm Riviera
The Palmenriviera (Italian: Riviera delle Palme ) is the Ligurian coastline of the Riviera di Ponente , which extends from Varazze to Laigueglia . Politically, the Palm Riviera is in the province of Savona .
geography
Characteristics
The Palm Riviera has wide sandy beaches alternating with rocky coastline. The hilly landscape of the inland comes within a few hundred meters of the Ligurian Sea .
The coast
The coast is about 70 kilometers long and is extremely varied from a geomorphological point of view. The sandy beach at Laigueglia has a slight red tinge, whereas the sand at Alassio is classically golden. At Ceriale , Borghetto Santo Spirito , Pietra Ligure and Borgio Verezzi , gravel mixes under the sandy beach . Further towards Genoa , at Caprazoppa , the coast becomes rocky and sandy beaches alternate with stone and pebble beaches, as at Finale Ligure . At Varigotti the sand is ivory-colored and very fine, whereas the sand at Capo Noli is white. Further east, at Albissola Marina , the sand again shows a reddish tint, at Varazze it changes to ivory and then into white.
Islands
Before Palm Riviera is at the level of Bergeggi the Isola di Bergeggi and Albenga , the Gallinara .
nature
Marine flora
The marine flora consists of a multitude of algae . The sea lettuce ( Ulva lactuca ) and the flat intestinal kelp ( Enteromorpha compressa ) are particularly common.
Algae of the Bryopsis family , with the representatives of green featherweed ( Bryopsis plumosa ) and Bryopsis duplex, are also common . Caulerpa prolifera , funnel algae ( Padina pavonia ) and larger willows of the Mediterranean Neptune grass ( Posidonia oceanica ) are found on the sandy seabed . In addition, the algae species Cystoseira ericoides , Gelidium pectinatum and Polysiphonia sertularioides occur.
Marine fauna
The marine fauna of the Riviera is typical of the Mediterranean branch of the Riviera di Ponente, with garfish ( Belone Belone ) Bogue ( Boops boops ), Mediterranean Anthias ( Anthias anthias ), bream ( Sparus aurata ), bream ( Oblada melanura ), two-banded bream ( Diplodus sargus ), commons sea bream ( Pagrus pagrus ) and various blennies (Blenniidae). From a certain depth of the sea one encounters color-changing horn corals ( Paramuricea clavata ) and white gorgonians ( Eunicella singularis ).
Occasionally let conger ( Conger conger ), scorpion fish (Scorpaenidae), giant grouper ( Epinephelus marginatus ), lobsters ( Palinurus elephas ), monkfish ( Lophius piscatorius ) and sunfish ( Mola mola watch).
Main places
The main places of the Palm Riviera are: