The walk up to Monte Calvario is short and suitable for everyone: it leads to one of the city's most impressive views, a sanctuary dating from 1690 and a small museum.

Next to the church of Borgo Prino (San Benedetto Revelli) begins a typical crĂȘuza de ma, one of the many Ligurian roads between the coast and the hills. In particular, this is an old stone and cobblestone mule track, easy to walk, although uphill, and suitable for children.

When you reach the top, you will find a large lawn surrounded by cypress trees and a breathtaking panorama: the open view of the sea, the Parasio hill seen from above, the valleys with their centuries-old olive trees and the summit of Monte Faudo.

Culture lovers will certainly appreciate the Sanctuary of Santa Croce overlooking the square, dating back to 1690. There is also a small museum next to it, where vestments, sacred ornaments used in processions and iron chains, brought as a vow to the sanctuary by sailors taken prisoner during pirate raids and freed thanks to the confreres of the convent attached to the sanctuary, are kept. Other works on display include a medieval stone sculpture of the Madonna and Child and parts of a holy water stoup that is said to have been dissected and buried in the garden to save it from pillaging by Napoleon's troops.

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