Alassio is a Ligurian Riviera resort with a white sandy beach, suited to families wanting sand. It has a love-themed wall, the Muretto. Most homes here have no garden and few have a pool.
Alassio sits on the western Ligurian Riviera, a resort of about 11,000 people with a seafront promenade and white sandy beaches on a bay that goes by the name Baia del Sole. Behind it a narrow alley, the budello, runs parallel to the waterfront. The Muretto is a wall of love-themed artworks, including Raymond Peynet's Les Amoureux. Our homes sit close to the town centre, not scattered, and most sleep around five. Many have air conditioning, only a few a pool, and most are without a garden. Nightlife carries on well past sunset. Alassio has long been a winter health resort as well as a summer one.
A small island nature reserve off Albenga, roughly equidistant from Albenga and Marina di Alassio, with one of the Mediterranean's largest herring gull colonies.
A town with a medieval centre of towers and a cathedral steeple, facing Gallinara island.
Gardens in the town with views over the gulf, listed by the Italian tourist board among the sights.
An 11th-century Benedictine church; on clear days the view reaches Corsica.
Fly to Genoa. Trains run hourly from Genoa's Sestri Ponente station and take about 1 hour 10 minutes; driving from the airport takes about an hour. With trains stopping in the town, a car is not essential, though inland villages are easier with one.
Summer is the bathing season for the sandy beach. Alassio is also known as a winter health resort, so the town is not purely a summer place. The Italian tourist board suggests the promenade at sunset, and the Muretto and the churches can be visited whenever you arrive.
Sand. The beaches are white and sandy, and families with buckets and spades are a fixture. A promenade runs along the beach, and the bay goes by the name Baia del Sole, the Bay of the Sun.
A wall of love-themed artworks in the town, including Raymond Peynet's Les Amoureux and Ero Pellini's Innamorati. A postbox there collects love letters, and it is one of the town's best known sights.
Yes. Trains from Genoa's Sestri Ponente station take about 1 hour 10 minutes and run hourly. By road the same trip is around an hour.
Quietly. Alassio is known as a health resort in winter, and the promenade and the Muretto can be walked at any time of year. Beach days are for summer, so winter suits walking and art rather than swimming.
Alassio has the white sandy beach and nightlife that runs well past sunset. Albenga has a medieval centre of towers and faces Gallinara island. Both are on the same coast.
Written by the TrustedVillas team. Last reviewed October 2026.
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