| Day trips from Il Poggio: | Portofino |
Portofino:
is a famous village of the Ligure riviera. It stands in a protected bay in the wide Tigullio Gulf.
With its narrow and coloured houses, , it looks like a simple fishermen village. Its many small streets all lead to the now world famous small pebbled square. Here nature and worldliness come together: the sanctuary of the VIPs, crossroads of famous people, and the Protected Park and Natural Area, with its footpaths, its Mediterranean maquis, its deep waters.
Here, one can walk around in the small port watching the luxury boats and maybe meet moovie stars. One can also choose to take a walk to the lighthouse or a tour of the rich and beautiful villas, hidden among the olive trees, where the protagonists of newspapers columns and magazines have been living since the '50s.
The bay of San Fruttuoso opens behind the promontory of Portofino, Natural Reserve, with its famous bronze statue of Cristo degli Abissi (Christ of the Abysses) , known by the underwater divers from the whole world, which was deposited at the bottom of the deep waters of San Fruttuoso on August 22nd 1954. |
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One can visit Rapallo first, a larger seaside resort with interesting promenade and old center
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...then go to s,Margherita by the scenic road , crossing the nice tiny bays of Paraggi and S.Michele... |
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...then walk to Portofino ( or take a bus, or drive. Not advisable to drive in the peak seson, because there are no parking lots in Portofino to accomodate too many cars) |
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