Limone owes its importance to the pass of the Colle di Tenda, which has always been a path of privileged communication between the Italian Riviera, the French Riviera and the Piedmont.
The lemon that characterizes the coat of arms of the town has eighteenth-century origins, probably due to the strong link of transit and trade of the locality agrave; with the nearby French Riviera.
An easy road route and a popular railway line make today the town easily accessible from the towns of Piedmont, Liguria and of the south of France.
Founded as a holiday center and summer stay in the late nineteenth century, it was, already at the beginning of the twentieth century, between the first Italian locations where winter sports spread.
The geographical position makes it a popular destination all year round, thanks to a mild alpine climate that is affected by the proximity of the sea. The lively and welcoming historic center, the surroundings equipped for outdoor sports, walks and itineraries in the Italian-French nature parks are the components of a quiet and relaxing, but there are plenty of opportunities for fun.
Among the recurring events every year, we remember a prestigious chess tournament, the Limone Piemonte Rally, a famous "Summer Music & lt; /strong>”, the costume party of Abaya (re-enactment between history and legend of the expulsion of the Saracens from the locality), the patronal festivals of the neighborhoods with music and dances Occitani, the phantasmagorical torches on the snow at the end of the year.
The “Riserva Bianca” offers fans 80 kilometers of ski slopes with numerous gondola cabins, chairlifts and ski lifts, and six loop-kilometers for cross-country skiing and snowboarding, sky-bob, ice skating, paragliding and numerous ski mountaineering trails and off-piste itineraries reserved for the most experienced.
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