Aveto Natural Regional Park

The Aveto Natural Regional Park is a natural park in Province of Genoa (Liguria, Italy). It was established in 1995.

Geography

Situated in the inland of Tigullio area, Aveto Natural Regional Park protects one of the most beautiful and important areas of the Ligurian Apennines.

The protected territory, over 30 km², includes three valleys, each with its particular features:

• high-mountain landscapes, grazing lands and large beech tree woods in Aveto Valley (Rezzoaglio, Santo Stefano d'Aveto);
• meadows where cattle graze, chestnut tree and hazelnut tree woods, vegetable gardens and olive groves in Sturla Valley;
• a well-preserved rural landscape with olive groves and vineyards, a great variety of rocks and minerals and therefore quarries and mines in Graveglia Valley.

External links

• Pages by the Park Authority on Parks.it
• Val d'Aveto