Pigna is a small hilltop village high in the Nervia Valley, inland from Ventimiglia in the far west of Liguria. Together with neighbouring Castelvittorio, it sits on a narrow, winding road that climbs through terraced hillsides above Dolceacqua.
The village is half-crumbling and half-charming — stone houses clinging to a steep slope, with good views and excellent walking trails in the surrounding hills. Pigna is also known for its thermal springs (the Terme di Pigna), tucked into the valley below the village. The drive up is memorable, though not for the faint-hearted. Come for the scenery, the quiet, and a sense of Ligurian mountain life far from the coast.