San Remo City of Flowers

San Remo is one of the most famous and pleasant resorts of the Italian Riviera. The favorable climate has always attracted tourists from all over the world. The tourist boom observed in San Remo from the mid-1800s to the early 1900s, a period of powerful economic development, when the most diverse in its architectural appearance grand hotels, villas and palaces were built. Here stands the finest monument of the “beautiful era”, the delightful and to this day thriving city casino of 1904. The Russian aristocracy gathered here, leaving the memory of the Orthodox inhabitants. It was on the initiative of the Russian aristocracy that in 1913, according to the project of architect Alexei Shchusev, the Cathedral of Christ the Savior with the domes of the onion was erected. In the crypt of the church according to the will of Helena of Montenegro (wife of King Victor-Emmanuel III of Italy), her parents were buried father King Nikola I of Montenegro (1921) and mother Milena Vukotic (1923). But in 1989, at the request of Montenegrin relatives, the remains of the royal family were transferred to Elena’s homeland. In honor of Empress Maria Alexandrovna, the wife of Tsar Alexander II, San Remo Boulevard Corso Impress was erected. San Remo is a city of attractions. Here you should definitely visit the medieval part of the old city, which in the II century was fortified to protect against the Saracens. After a walk through San Remo, we can visit the ruins of the old town of Bussana Vecchia, 10 km from San Remo. This is one of the most fascinating places of the Riviera di Ponente. Destroyed by an earthquake in 1887, after which only the bell tower of the Baroque church of Sacro Cuore (Holy Heart) survived. This town was partially rebuilt in 1960. And it became a community of artists.