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direction over to Santa Anna. You cannot miss the 

 way to the Telegrapho. Passinq- tlirough an arched 

 doorway in the 'main street of Sestri, and reaching the 

 "\'ico deir Botone", ^ou turn sharp to the left and 

 follow the red-paved road that leads up between garden 

 walls. You will onh' once be undecided, at a spot where 

 the road appears to stop suddenh' in front of a group 

 of rocks. But it goes past these rocks into a thick 

 Pine-wood. Here the Maritime Pine grows luxuriantly 

 and the bushes of the Maquis form a thick undergrowth; 

 even a few Cork Oaks have strayed here. New aspects 

 of the sea and coast appear at ever\- opening. The 

 isthmus uniting Villa Piuma with the mainland is 

 so narrow as to give it the appearance of a green island. 



In order to reach the beautiful spot where stand 

 the ruins of Santa Anna, which can be seen from a 

 great distance, you have to follow the rail in a westerly 

 direction and then turn into the valle\ that branches off 

 inland. The path goes through a t|uarrA- hv the side 

 of a brook, and when in the wood it begins to ascend. 

 It soon leaves the stream, onh' to turn back to it again, 

 and at last reaches the plateau on which the ruins stand. 

 Thence it is pleasant to walk on almost level ground 

 to the spot where Cavi can be seen in the liollow ot 

 the valley. At the same time the eve can feast on the 

 magnificent view of the deeph' indented coast line which 

 encloses the Gulf of Rapallo. 



The views from the mountain road between Rapallo 

 and Cliiavari are very similar. This road is considered 

 to be one of the finest in Itah- and rig-hth- so as all 



