The Golfo dei Poeti Relais & Spa on Punta Corvo overlooks the Gulf of La Spezia, also known as the … [+] Bay of Poets. Courtesy of Golfo dei Poeti Relais & Spa
Italy’s Riviera reaches from its French equivalent near the border at Ventimiglia for more than two hundred miles, an arc of trophy coastline along the Ligurian Sea that’s among the most celebrated in the world. It’s not hard to find sites of exceptional beauty along these shores, but to see one of the area’s most striking settings you’ll want to travel to the Riviera’s southernmost tip, to the hamlet of Montemarcello near another border, this one with Tuscany (about a 15-minute drive away).