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Located just thirty miles from the French border, San Remo offers a wonderful slice of old-fashioned Riviera grandeur. It's high-rise free with luxury villas lined with palm trees, long expansive beaches with cabana filled beach clubs, and a large promenade along the Mediterranean. Beyond the manicured lawns and belle Epoque hotels is a hidden old town with a maze of twisting lanes and covered alleyways that cascade down the Ligurian hillside. La Pigna, the Pinecone, is the oldest part of the city with gardens and a sanctuary. Some of the historic buildings, churches, and squares have been restored, and there are signs posted about them on the tourist itinerary. Curling around the base of town is a fifteen mile bike and walking path that tracks the coast as far as Imperia, following the course of a former railway line and passing through the town's two charming harbors. The nightlife is excellent, with its glittering Casino Municipal. The Mercato dei Fiori, Italy's most important wholesale flower market, is also held here.