About 11 km northeast of Savona in the Riviera di Ponente, Varazze, bordering the province of Genoa is home to around 13 700 inhabitants and six historical churches, one – the Collegiata di Sant'Ambrogio – reconstructed over the ruins of an old Romanesque-Gothic campanile. In the Ligurian Apennines, the Monte Beigua has a natural regional park.

Passeggiata Europa is a natural path on the former Genoa-Ventimiglia railway connecting Varazze to Cogoleto. It passes through rocky macchia shrub land and overlooks a series of small harbours and rich wildlife.