A holiday resort on the pass linking Liguria and Piedmont. Five 19th-century forts, the Alpini memorial holding General Battisti's remains and a 15th-century Romanesque chapel. The Alpini Festival takes place on the first Sunday of July.
A historic hotel and restaurant at 940 m on the Colle di Nava pass. The kitchen serves Ligurian and Piedmontese specialities with a seasonal menu, paired with a wine list of over three hundred Italian and foreign labels.
A shop devoted to locally produced honey, made from the aromatic flowers of the valley.
A shop dedicated to the lavender of Colle di Nava, which turns the meadows around the forts purple in June: essential oils, distillates and handmade products.
A bakery and pastry shop in the Nava hamlet: traditional home-style bread and valley cakes.
The largest and best preserved of the five forts of the Nava entrenched camp, built between 1880 and 1888 right on the summit of the pass. Today it can be visited and houses the Pro Loco tourist information office, a small geological museum and, in summer, exhibitions and events in its vaulted halls.
Fresh pasta production, delicatessen, butcher's and groceries at Colle di Nava.
A memorial dedicated to the Alpine troops of the Cuneense Division; it holds, among others, the remains of General Battisti. It is the setting of the Alpini Festival on the first Sunday of July.
Built between 1880 and 1888 to bar the French route towards Piedmont, the entrenched camp of Nava is an imposing Savoy defensive system made of five forts: Centrale, Richermo, Pozzanghi, Bellarasco and Montescio. It has been a protected national heritage site since 1994.
At 934 m, the pass that has always linked Liguria to Piedmont: a strategic gateway contested for centuries, today also known for the lavender that colours the meadows around the forts in June.
Guest rooms at Colle di Nava with an adjoining bar, a few metres from Forte Centrale.
A long-established hotel and restaurant at the entrance to the Nava hamlet, a stopping point along the SS28 road.
A hotel and restaurant in the Nava hamlet, alongside a holiday park with camping area.
A grocery shop with newsstand in the Nava hamlet.
Importante percorso escursionistico che collega Ventimiglia a La Spezia, attraversando il Colle di Nava.
A bed and breakfast in the Nava hamlet, a convenient base for visiting the forts and walking the pass trails.
A saddle at 1,061 m on the eastern ridge, a waypoint of the routes towards Forte Richermo.
Sede della Croce Bianca, servizio di ambulanza e pubblica assistenza alla frazione Nava.
At 920 m along the ridge descending towards Pornassio, it is a stop on Route B together with the San Lorenzo batteries and Forte Richermo.
Set west of the pass, it completes the entrenched camp's barrier towards the Tanaro valley. The structure still has its original casemates and moat.
The highest of the Nava forts, at 1,212 m on the eastern ridge. It dominates the pass and the Nava basin with a wide view over the Ligurian Alps. Reached on foot along Route B.
A 1,179 m summit on the ridge east of Pornassio, reachable from the trails of the Nava entrenched camp.
A campsite and holiday park attached to the hotel and restaurant of the same name, in the Nava hamlet.
A holiday park with camping area in the Nava basin, set among the meadows and woods of the pass.
A pizzeria and pub right at Colle di Nava, a stone's throw from Forte Centrale.
A 1,173 m hill west of Colle di Nava, with an open view over the basin and the forts.
A restaurant and pizzeria in the Nava hamlet, known for mushrooms, game and traditional mountain dishes.
Punto informazioni della Pro Loco all'interno del Forte Centrale: materiale sui sentieri, sugli eventi e sulle strutture ricettive del comprensorio.