Before recently, I had never heard of a town named Celle Ligure. Here in the province of Savona, I found another beautiful, hidden, curved gem along the shoreline of Liguria. As we arrived via train, the immediate view was less than beautiful. Soon, however, we were walking by a monument to the locals who lost their lives in the two World Wars.

Next, we were strolling along medieval streets with arches supporting the walls across the streets. And shrines to the Madonna. We hadn’t even reached the waterfront yet and Celle Ligure had begun to steal a piece of my heart. By the time we could see the sparkling blue water of the Mediterranean, I found myself comparing the curved and sandy shoreline to that of Camogli.