La Francesca - about us


The Resort is situated along Ligurian Eastern Riviera, in a 15 hectares' protected area rich in pine-trees and mediterranean maquis (an average of 800 sq.m. for each guest and a sea coast of 1 km), facing the sea of the Cinque Terre. The 55 villas and apartments, all overlooking the sea, are the ideal place for a holiday immersed in nature. The microclimatic features of La Francesca are due to its favourable position facing South and protected from the North winds. Medium temperatures, in fact, during the coldest months seldom fall below 10° and weather is dry and sunny for most of the year and windy in Summer. La Francesca is a self-sufficient settlement, where you can spend your time with no hurry or constraint. Tourists, who nowadays are more and more desirous to discover landscapes, scents and natural flavours, find in La Francesca the ideal place for a stay in all seasons. See: "La Francesca from the sky"

The Resort is situated along Ligurian Eastern Riviera, in a 15 hectares' protected area rich in pine-trees and mediterranean maquis (an average of 800 sq.m. for each guest and a sea coast of 1 km), facing the sea of the Cinque Terre.

The 55 villas and apartments, all overlooking the sea, are the ideal place for a holiday immersed in nature.

The microclimatic features of La Francesca are due to its favourable position facing South and protected from the North winds. Medium temperatures, in fact, during the coldest months seldom fall below 10° and weather is dry and sunny for most of the year and windy in Summer.

La Francesca is a self-sufficient settlement, where you can spend your time with no hurry or constraint.

Tourists, who nowadays are more and more desirous to discover landscapes, scents and natural flavours, find in La Francesca the ideal place for a stay in all seasons.

See: "La Francesca from the sky"

THE SEA AND THE BEACH

La Francesca is located in a bay facing the sea with three beautiful little gulfs, close to the National Sea Park of the Cinque Terre. A wide, protected area between Punta Mesco and Riomaggiore, designated to preserve biodiversity and habitat and characterized by alternating rocky and sandy bottoms, which boast an interesting marine fauna and rich meadows of Posidonia.

The sea-area before the Village has been included in the Cetacean's Sanctuary, created to safeguard and protect dolphins'and whales' passage.

In the small bay with crystal-clear water it is nice to enjoy a sea holiday far from noise and crowds, swim into the depths or sunbathe under the gazebo. For children there is a special swimming pool by the sea.

NATURE

La Francesca's vegetation is strictly dependent on soil features.

Evergreens predominate, both in the forest vegetation as well as in the characteristic Mediterranean maquis and can be found on the rocks by the sea or in the underbrush of the pinewoods.

Their tough, glossy leaves allow to limit water waste during Summer. Myrtle, buckthorn and lentisk adopt this strategy to survive; while heather, rosemary and juniper limit transpiration by reducing leaves.

Walking in the park at the hottest time of the day we can perceive strong flavours: they are the sweet-smelling transpirations of the essential oils which allow aromatic plants to breathe.