Located in Diano Gorleri, which belongs to the municipality of Diano Marina, is a little oasis we call “Villa Paulina”. The colorful furnishing and tropical flair create a very comfortable atmosphere which is noticeable as soon as you walk in the door. Spread out over 3 floors, the house offers 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and a living room which borders on the kitchen. A great place to relax is the corner couch covered in cushions. Or you can hang out at the pool in the garden area. If that doesn’t do it, there is a rooftop terrace which offers a view of the Diano valley and the ocean which is great for relaxing in the evening hours with a glass of vino. There are many shops, restaurants, beaches and more in Diano Marina, which is only 8 minutes away by car.

On the plain that is crossed by the San Pietro river, an area showing signs of Iron Age settlement, there once stood "Lucus Bormani", the sacred wood dedicated to the water god Borman, which in Roman times became an important resting place along the Via Julia Augusta. Saracen incursions in the later Middle Ages forced the inhabitants to take to the highlands, but from the thirteenth century onwards Diano expanded and became especially important as a commercial centre for the sea trading of olive oil.






After the town was destroyed by an earthquake in 1887, reconstruction work gave Diano an appearance typical of a nineteenth-century Riviera town. The parish church of Sant'Antonio Abate on the Via Aurelia dates from 1862: the marble altars date from the seventeenth century and are situated in the neo-classical interior near to frescoes and paintings from the Genoese school, including the "Death of Saint Joseph" by Luca Cambiaso. The civic museum tells the story of Diano Marino through the centuries and preserves archaeological exhibits from pre-Roman and Roman times (including amphorae and vases from a ship that sank off the coast) and objects from the Napoleonic era and the Risorgimento.








Since Diano was rebuilt, tourism has been the undisputed vocation of a town which offers sandy beaches surrounded by Mediterranean maquis. With its tourist harbour and facilities and the opportunity to practise a variety of sports (from traditional diving to go-karting, bowling and minigolf), Diano Marina is the heart of the Gulf. If you wish, you can take a boat that passes by the most important locations along the Riviera dei Fiori and takes you to do some whale-watching off the coast. A great event is the marvellous display of flowers during the solemn time of Corpus Domini (between May and June): the streets of the town are covered with flowers arranged in special patterns.

Diano Gorleri is located above Diano Marina and is known for its culinary specialty "Coniglio all Gorleria“ - its a rabbit roast which is special in that the rabbit while alive is fed a special diet of specific herbs so that it later has the very distinctive taste.