How to get around Finale Ligure

Getting around

The comune is three built-up areas and a scatter of hill frazioni, so distances are real. Finalmarina is the seafront, Finalpia the coast to the east of it, and Finalborgo lies inland — about a kilometre and a half from the beach.

There is a train and there is a bus, and one source publishes both. Finale Ligure Marina station is on the Genoa–Ventimiglia line, about 1.6 km from Finalborgo. TPL Linea buses 40 and 40/ (Savona–Finalborgo) run from the station or the seafront up to Finalborgo; the stop is Finalborgo Centro. By car the A10 exit is Finale Ligure. All of this is published by the Museo Archeologico del Finale — not by the comune, which publishes no timetable, no parking scheme and no ZTL.

Finalborgo is a walled borgo and driving into it is restricted. There are paid and disc-timed car parks immediately outside the walls, and a free car park at the Municipio with spaces for disabled drivers.

Varigotti is the outlier. The frazione sits further off, towards Noli, and has its own page here. The inland frazioni — Olle, Gorra, Perti, Monticello, San Bernardino, Calvisio and Verzi — are hill villages behind the coast, with the altopiano delle Mànie rising behind them.

The comune is at Via Pertica 29. Comune di Finale Ligure, Via Pertica 29, 17024 Finale Ligure, switchboard 019 689011.

Verified against Museo Archeologico del Finale (MAF) / Museo Diffuso del Finale (MUDIF), October 2026.

Connections from Finale Ligure

How easily, and at what cost, can you combine the region’s main destinations?

Route	Best option	One-way time	Travel Smart take
Finale Ligure and Alassio	Traininexpensive	~20–26 min scheduled service	Comfortable as a day trip. Finale Ligure is a workable base for Alassio.
Finale Ligure and Finalborgo	Businexpensive	~5 min by road	Excellent day-trip connection. Finale Ligure works well as a base for Finalborgo.
Finale Ligure and Genoa	Traininexpensive	~43–48 min scheduled service	Possible in a day, but it takes most of one.
Finale Ligure and Noli	Businexpensive	~10 min by road	Excellent day-trip connection. Finale Ligure works well as a base for Noli.
Finale Ligure and Varigotti	Businexpensive	~5 min by road	Excellent day-trip connection. Finale Ligure works well as a base for Varigotti.

Cost compares the options for each route rather than quoting a fare: inexpensive means the price is not a factor in planning, moderate cost means a real line in the budget, and the expensive option is one worth weighing against the alternative. Fares change from year to year; the ranking between them does not.

Two freephone lines are published and they are worth having. For water-main or sewer faults, 800 995105; for ordinary maintenance of lighting, asphalt and urban greenery, 800 991952. The comune publishes these and no others.

No individual office publishes a direct line or opening hours. The municipal site lists its offices, including the police units, and gives a single switchboard — 019 689011 — and the certified address comunefinaleligure@legalmail.it. No tourist office is published by the comune at all.

The transport detail comes from the museum, not the town hall. Finale Ligure Marina station, on the Genoa–Ventimiglia line, is about 1.6 km from Finalborgo; TPL Linea buses 40 and 40/ run Savona–Finalborgo, stopping at Finalborgo Centro 200 m from the Chiostri di Santa Caterina; the A10 exit is Finale Ligure, signed on for "Finalborgo" and "Centro Storico". Car access inside the borgo's walls is restricted, with paid and disc parking outside and a free Municipio car park holding disabled spaces. The Museo Archeologico del Finale advises checking Trenitalia and TPL Linea for current times, which is sound: it publishes the routes, not the timetable.

Getting between the nuclei is still the practical question. Finalborgo is about a kilometre and a half inland from Finalmarina; the hill frazioni and the Mànie plateau are a drive; Varigotti is further east towards Noli.

And the mountain-bike economy has built its own transport. The record describes Finale as equipped for the sport with trails, resorts, agriturismi, B&Bs and shuttles — which is how most riders reach the top of the Mànie.

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Checked against Museo Archeologico del Finale (MAF) / Museo Diffuso del Finale (MUDIF) — The Museo Archeologico del Finale publishes how to reach it. By car, from the A10 Genoa-Ventimiglia motorway, take the "Finale Ligure" exit and follow the signs for "Finalborgo" and "Centro Storico"; Finalborgo is a historic borgo and access by car is therefore limited, with paid and disc-timed car parks in the immediate vicinity of the entrance to the walls, and a car park at the Municipio a few steps from the museum, free and with spaces for disabled drivers. By train, the station is Finale Ligure Marina on the Genoa-Ventimiglia line, about 1.6 km from the museum. By bus, Finalborgo can be reached from the station or from the seafront of Finale Ligure Marina using the TPL Linea bus 40/ (Savona - Finalborgo) and 40; the journey is short and the stop, "Finalborgo Centro", is 200 metres from the museum. The museum advises consulting the updated public transport timetables on the official Trenitalia and TPL Linea sites before departure., The Museo Archeologico del Finale publishes how to reach it. By car, from the A10 Genoa-Ventimiglia motorway, take the "Finale Ligure" exit and follow the signs for "Finalborgo" and "Centro Storico"; Finalborgo is a historic borgo and access by car is therefore limited, with paid and disc-timed car parks in the immediate vicinity of the entrance to the walls, and a car park at the Municipio a few steps from the museum, free and with spaces for disabled drivers. By train, the station is Finale Ligure Marina on the Genoa-Ventimiglia line, about 1.6 km from the museum. By bus, Finalborgo can be reached from the station or from the seafront of Finale Ligure Marina using the TPL Linea bus 40/ (Savona - Finalborgo) and 40; the journey is short and the stop, "Finalborgo Centro", is 200 metres from the museum. The museum advises consulting the updated public transport timetables on the official Trenitalia and TPL Linea sites before departure., The Museo Archeologico del Finale is at the Complesso Monumentale di Santa Caterina, Chiostri di Santa Caterina, snc, 17024 Finale Ligure (SV), Italy, with the telephone numbers +39 019 690020 and +39 351 730 6191 and the addresses info@museoarcheofinale.it and didattica@museoarcheofinale.it. Its opening hours are given as Tuesday to Sunday, 9:00-12:00 and 14:30-17:00, closed Monday. It describes itself as completely accessible, with a lift and facilitated routes for people with motor disabilities, the lift to the museum being in the second cloister with a video entryphone; all exhibition rooms are free of architectural barriers. It is the Finalese section of the Istituto Internazionale di Studi Liguri. (October 2026).
Checked against Comune di Finale Ligure — The Comune di Finale Ligure has its seat at Via Pertica 29, 17024 Finale Ligure, with the switchboard 019 689011 and the certified address comunefinaleligure@legalmail.it. It publishes two freephone lines: one for reporting faults to the water main or the sewer, 800995105, and one for interventions of ordinary maintenance to lighting, asphalt and urban greenery, 800991952., The Comune di Finale Ligure publishes no direct telephone number and no opening hours for any individual office, including its police units; no tourist office or IAT; no ZTL, parking scheme or transport timetable; and no opening hour or admission price for Castel Gavone, Castel San Giovanni, the Arene Candide cave, the basilica of San Giovanni Battista or any other building in the comune., The Comune di Finale Ligure has its seat at Via Pertica 29, 17024 Finale Ligure, with the switchboard 019 689011 and the certified address comunefinaleligure@legalmail.it. It publishes two freephone lines: one for reporting faults to the water main or the sewer, 800995105, and one for interventions of ordinary maintenance to lighting, asphalt and urban greenery, 800991952., The Comune di Finale Ligure publishes no direct telephone number and no opening hours for any individual office, including its police units; no tourist office or IAT; no ZTL, parking scheme or transport timetable; and no opening hour or admission price for Castel Gavone, Castel San Giovanni, the Arene Candide cave, the basilica of San Giovanni Battista or any other building in the comune. (October 2026).