For Rent in Italy, Liguria, Country Holiday House                               Rivièra del Fiori, near Arnasco village

Terra Sana                Back to Dutch version --> (  Dutch)                                                  Albenga towers and small street                                                               Spotorno                                   Golfcourse Garlenda	Regional map. Arnasco is situated near the coastal towns of Albenga  and Alassio.                    Ceriale                                          Windsurfing            Mountainbiking                       Boulevard  Alassio                                                     Beaches    Spotorno
Entrance Terra Sana	"Terra Sana" For Rent:   Charming  holiday country home in Italy (sleeps max. 10), near small village of  Arnasco, 15 car minutes from sea and beaches of medieval Albenga and elegant Alassio, coastal towns on the Ligurian Rivièra. Only 1 hour drive from Genoa and Nice International airports. The house has recently been modernised and is fully equipped  (satellite TV, washing machine, microwave oven etc.etc.) Upper level: Entrance hall, living room with open fire, dining area, modern kitchen, pantry and guest toilet, 1 double bedroom, 2 smaller bedrooms, one with double bed and one with single bed, bathroom with toilet. Front and side terraces with uninterrupted views over hills and olive groves. Lower level apartment with own entrance : 1 double bedroom & living area, 1 smaller bedroom with 2 single beds (bunkbed), bathroom and kitchen. Terraces (partly covered) and pergola. Garage.
Villanova d'Albenga - Medieval Town-well                                                                    Woodland Bardineto	Village street  Toirano                                                           Steep coastal section Ligurië
View of side-terrace near frontdoor                                       Accor Hotels Coupons	2010   Rental prices        June, July & August : € 600        April, May,   September   & October: € 500        Rest of year:  € 440        The rental prices are per week (Saturday to Saturday) for      the whole house and  include gas, water and electricity.       During the winter months (December-March) € 50  is       added to cover the costs for the central heating.         Contact: P.F.Mannot, e-mail       fransmannot@gmail.com       For new Website:    http://sites.google.com/site/verhuurterrasana/home                                                                Country road Arnasco

Front-terrace with views

                                    Beach Finale Ligure                          Marina  Alassio                     Beach Ceriale                      Finale Varigotti

                                                     Drive Terra Sana                                                                                            Main Entrance Terra Sana  

                                                                                                       Frontgarden Terra Sana                                                              

                                                                                                        Upperfloor-kitchen

                                                                                   Kitchen extension with fridge, microwave etc

                                                                               Upper living room en dining corner

                                                                                           Upper bathroom and shower

                                                                                                              Upper double  Bedroom 1

                                 Upper double Bedroom 2                                                                                Upper single Bedroom 3                                                                           

                                                                            Lower apartment living and dining and convertible double bed  

                                                                                     Lower apartment living, dining and kitchen

                                                                                                        Lower living room                                                    

                                                                                                    Lower apartment kitchen                                                    

                                       Lower bathroom                                                                             Lower small bedroom with bunkbed

                                    Terrace doors lower apartment                                                                     Mimosa in Terra Sana garden                                                         

                  Terrace lower apartment with pergola                                                               Side view Terra Sana

                                               Sideview Terra Sana garden                                                                                 Pineforest Terra Sana garden

                                                                      Position Terra Sana:  KM 4, Strada Provinciale 19 opposite  bus stop                                     

                                                  Woodland Aquila d'Arroscia                                                Balestrino                                                                                                   

                                                                             Zucarello                                                                                                      Ranzo

                        Alassio Pier                                            Beach Spotorno                                        Beach Finale Ligure                        Laigueglia                                     

   Roman bridge near Pieve di Teco                              Fishing from pier of Finale Ligure                                          Caves Toirano

                                                                                                                          Gallinara Island Alassio

Albenga History

The city is of Celtic origins, the chief town of the Ligures, and flourished as the municipium of Albingaunum under the Roman Empire, owing to its position that offered access from the coast to the interior, and the Via Julia Augusta, the Roman coast road, opened in 13 BC. A measure of the agricultural prosperity of the region is that Proculus of Albingaunum (executed ca. 281 AD), was able to assemble and arm 2000 of his own slaves from his latifundia to oppose the Emperor Probus during the Crisis of the third century.

From the mid-5th century Albenga was the seat of a bishopric. Its early Christian baptistery, perhaps dating to the 5th century, is now ten feet below modern street level. Alluvial deposits washed down by the torrential Centa have gradually buried the southern section of Roman Albingaunum and its port.

Albenga has a well-preserved historic center, retaining the Roman plan of its grid planning and surrounded by its ancient walls. It still retains four of its medieval tower houses and other houses built to the Roman plan round a courtyard.

Albenga's fortunes declined with the rise of Genoa, but it is again prospering as a center for tourism and agriculture.

Main sights

• Cathedral of St. Michael Archangel
• Palaeo-Christian Baptistery (5th century). It include an ancient polychrome mosaic.
• Palazzo Peloso Cipolla (16th century)
• Municipal towers, including the Torre del Municipio, Torre del Vecchio Comune (seat of the Ingaunian Town Museum) and Torre Costa.
• Roman Amphitheatre (2nd-3rd centuries AD).
• Necropolis, on the Via Iulia Augusta.
• Roman baths

For new Website go to: http://sites.google.com/site/verhuurterrasana/home