Snug in the small Ligurian village of Moltedo is the holiday apartment of Ca du Megu, which you can arrive at directly via Diano Marina. In the evening you can casually saunter along the promenade in the coastal town of Diano Marina. On Tuesday mornings the weekly market will tempt you out for a stroll. The coastal town also offers a wide variety of restaurants in which you can sample the tasty Ligurian specialities.The apartment provides accommodation for four people in the form of two sofa beds; one of them in the living room and the other in the bedroom. There is also a bathroom and shower. From the cosy living area with fireplace you can go straight to the dining area, where you can enjoy the meals prepared in the conveniently equipped kitchen. From the bedroom you can go straight to the roof terrace through a staircase, and from there take in the wonderful view of the olive groves from the Diano valley and the Mediterranean sea. This is perhaps the best place to soak up the Ligurian sun and unwind with a glass of fine wine.
This municipality is formed of two towns on the sunny slopes of the San Pietro Valley. Dominating the lower town is the parish church, one of the most important in the area (the christening font dates from the eleventh century). All that is left of the original late mediaeval building is the bell tower. It is dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul and was reconstructed in Baroque style in the second half of the eighteenth century. The parvis is paved with pebbles and it was surrounded by a wall in 1564 as a defence against Saracen invasions. The interior preserves a painting of the martyrdom of San Giovanni Battista attributed to Giovanni Battista Paggi and a fine seventeenth-century marble pulpit.
Along the road to Diano San Pietro there are two buildings that were once used for control and defence of the valley: the square "Camandone" barracks building and the "Molino Arduino", a fortified mill.
Just outside the town, when you have crossed the bridge over the Rio San Pietro, you will come to the district of Colla, where you can admire the recently-restored sanctuary of the Madonna della Neve. In the church of the Nativitŕ di Maria in Borganzo, you can see a fine poliptych by Antonio Brea: the Madonna della Consolazione (1518). There is a very old humpback bridge over the San Pietro at Roncagli. At one time, the valley was full of mills producing Taggia olive oil. Besides olive-oil production, the local economy is based on the cultivation of vegetables, fruit and basil, which is the main ingredient of the typical local liqueur. Among the many local summer festivals, the most famous is the one dedicated to a pasta dish called "trenette al pesto", which is accompanied by a classic Ligurian wine called Pigato.
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