As an unbeatable accompaniment to lasagne, gnocchi, or trenette, pesto is without doubt the most famous of the Ligurian sauces. There are many variations, with walnuts or pine nuts, with pecorino, (a seasoned ewes cheese), parmesan or prescinseua (a Genoese curd cheese) but it must contain Ligurian extra virgin olive oil, garlic and basil from Pra’. The basil leaves, together with all the other ingredients are pounded to a paste in a marble mortar with a pestle which must be rigorously made of wood.

It host the City Council. Built by Tobia Pallavicino (1558), it incorporated a medieval tower dating back to the thirteenth century. The Villa took the first name from the Marchesa Luisa Sauli Pallavicino who, in 1880, commissioned architect Luigi Rovelli, who also designed the park of Villa Brignole Sale Duchess of Galliera in Voltri, the design and construction of the large park. But not only. Luigi Rovelli also restored the Villa and gave it the current form of a medieval castle, with crenellated towers, according to the aesthetic sense of that time.

The Shrine of the Holy Child of Prague, opened in 1908, was consecrated and elected minor Basilica by Pius XI in 1928. The Church, built in neo-Renaissance style, presents a Latin cross structure. In the apse the Throne with the Child stands, which is a great fresco by Renzo Bonfiglio.

Arenzano offers to its guests, during each season, a mild climate, an elegant promenade, beautiful beaches, welcoming and confortable hotels but also a trendy marina, fully integrated in the urban setting.

The two sections of the bike path, recently made in the extreme west of the province - the first from the marina in Arenzano to Cogoleto, near the mouth of the river Lerone, and the other from the west side of the City of Cogoleto to Varazze, certainly represents a site of high sports and tourist attraction, popular all year round, thanks to the beauty of the place and the mild climate.

Rebuilt in a Baroque style after the Second World War, to the left side of the entrance it preserves the painting by Orazio De Ferrari The Virgin holds the Child to San Felice in Cantalice. To the left side of the church you can admire the Oratory of Santa Chiara, dating back to the fifteenth century.