Isola del Cantone

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Isola del Cantone is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located about 25 kilometres north of Genoa. ()

Alternative names: Population: 1.5 thous.Area: 18.52 mi²Coordinates: 44°38'43"N, 8°57'24"E

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Isola del Cantone – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Lago della Busalletta, Antola Natural Regional Park, Parco naturale delle Capanne di Marcarolo, Monte Reale.

5.5 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lago della Busalletta
141 min walk • Lago della Busalletta is an artificial lake in northwest Italy which straddles the provinces of Genoa and Alessandria, near the towns of Fraconalto and Busalla. At an elevation of 441, its surface area is 0.3 km².
4.8 miS
Park
Antola Natural Regional Park, Busalla
122 min walk • The Antola Natural Regional Park is a natural park in Metropolitan City of Genoa. It gets the name from the highest mountain of the area, Monte Antola.
5.3 miW
Park
Parco naturale delle Capanne di Marcarolo
136 min walk • The Capanne di Marcarolo Natural Regional Park is a natural park in the province of Alessandria. It gets the name from a small village in the protected area, Capanne di Marcarolo.
1.3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Monte Reale
34 min walk • Monte Reale is a mountain of the Ligurian Apennines. It is located in the Province of Genoa along the watershed between the basin of the Scrivia Torrent and that of the Vobbia, its tributary to the right.
3.6 miSE
Forts and castles
Castello della Pietra, Vobbia
93 min walk • The Stone Castle is an ancient fortification located in the Ligurian municipality of Vobbia, situated in the valley of the same name tributary to the Scrivia stream. It is the main and most characteristic monument of the Genoa hinterland, a...
4.2 miS
Forts and castles
Castello di Borgo Fornari, Ronco Scrivia
106 min walk • Borgo Fornari Castle was a defensive building and noble residence located in the hamlet of Borgo Fornari in Ronco Scrivia, in the upper Scrivia Valley.
3.6 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Bric delle Camere
93 min walk • Bric delle Camere is a mountain in northern Italy, part of the Ligurian Appennines. It is located in the provinces of Genoa and Alessandria. It lies at an altitude of 1016 metres.
4.8 miS
Church
St. George Church, Busalla
124 min walk • The church of San Giorgio is a Catholic place of worship located in the hamlet of Sarissola, Via alla Chiesa, in the municipality of Busalla in the metropolitan city of Genoa. The church is the seat of the parish of the same name of the Genovesato...
2.4 miE
Forts and castles
Castello degli Spinola di Montessoro
61 min walk • Montessoro Castle is an ancient ruined fortification in the eponymous locality of Isola del Cantone, in the metropolitan city of Genoa; it was the noble residence of the Spinola family.
5.6 miS
Forts and castles
Castello dei Fieschi
144 min walk • Savignone Castle, now in ruins, was once a fortress and manor house as well as the object of battles and sieges. It is also a place of legends. It is nestled on a pudding rock-named the "Savignone Conglomerate"-which towers from a height of 150...
5.1 miE
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Mongiardino Ligure
131 min walk • Mongiardino Ligure is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 120 kilometres southeast of Turin and about 50 kilometres southeast of Alessandria.

Isola del Cantone

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Isola del Cantone – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)