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rich of typical tower-houses in Genovese style. the angel, and the two other signs mentioned
The treasures of The historians consider that the name Manaro- before.
Cinque Terre: timeless poetry la, refers to one antique magna Roea, or magna Departure to Portofino, a small pearl village of
élite tourism, which has maintained its typical
rota, a big route of water mill.
4 days We will proceed on a boat to arrive to Monter- marine appearance with its port with incredible
osso al Mare, the biggest village on the Cinque yachts from all around the world.
1 Day: Genova Terre which has an important monuments such Proceeding to Santa Margherita Ligure for a
st
The history of Genova starts in the V century BC, as the Church of Saint Giovanni Battista in front walk along the seaside and a degustation of the
it was one of the Marinara Republics, it has al- of which stands out the medieval Podestà Palace. pesto in one artisan laboratory. An important
ways confirmed its independence, today is one On the Cappuccini hill, the Castle and the Mon- fishing port, Santa Margherita is known also by
of the ports of the national reference. From the astery which church is called Saint Franceso, con- its red king prawns, served in the best restau-
Medium eve to the Baroque, from the Rational- tents works of art of priceless value. rants of the zone.
ism to the traces Liberty, from the Romanticism Monterosso al Mare, is the land that Eugenio
to the neogothic. In Genova, tight between the Montale loved the most: here the Nobel laureate 4th Day: Lerici - La Spezia
sea and the mounts, there are architectonic and spent the summer there and wrote about it “a Lerici, facing the gulf of Poeti is presented lay Business Proposals in Liguria
artistic testimonies from all the eras: it is a sce- rock and austere land, a refuge of fishermen and down in a small bay dominated by a little hill on
nographic city, for that is prove its “Lanterna”, farmers”. which there is the Medieval Castle.
which is from always a symbol of Genova. The 77 Departure to Vernazza, medieval village with a Like every castle that is respected, host its own
m high historic tower comes up on the remains of magical atmospheres: mysterious and enigmat- ghost. It is Maddalena di Carlo, called Madi’,
the hill of 40 m which is around 177 m ASL. ic streets, hided by the small and gracious red, manager of the Hostel of the Youth from 1949
The city owns one of the most extenden historic yellow and pink houses, and for this reason it year until the middle of the seventies, was danc-
center in Europe such as the Castrum, the first is considered by many the most suggestive of er, fortune-teller, and knew how to “speak” with
urban settlement of the city from the period of Cinque Terre with its historic monument of a ma- the pigeons and seagulls that visited the terrace.
the Romans and the Etruscans; it has big value jor significance, the church of Saint Margherita There is someone who told that have seen her
also the architectonic patrimony with the famous of Antiochia in roman-gothic style. Proceeding to dancing in the night, on the tower.
Spinola Palace and Ducale Palace. The house Portovenere, one of the pearls of Eastern Liguria Spezia is a city that smells like sea and on the
of Christopher Columbus in the quart of the la- which not denies the name that has. It is famous sea has created its own essence: second biggest
naioles; the Gate Soprana, one og the entrance by its majestic castle Doria, the colorful houses, town in Liguria, second biggest military port in
gates of the city; the Church of Jesus and of the the precipitous stairs that bring down to the sea Italy.
Saints Ambrogio and Andrea, with the arts of and the many marine caves. Boarding to the re- Why is it called “port of the Poeti” the bay of
Rubens; the Saint Lorenzo’s Cathedral, the most turn towards La Spezia. La Spezia?
important cult place in the city. In the Antique rd This nickname comes before all of the fact that
Port of Genova there are: the Aquarius, a big at- 3 Day: Saint Fruttuoso - Portofino - Saint Mar- during the centuries many poets, writers and art-
traction of all the visitors of all ages; the Biosfera, gherita Ligure ists have had periods of residence in the villages
the steel and glass bubble on the water created Boarding in Camogli to San Fruttuoso to admire of the gulf, shocked by the beauty of this “amphi-
from Renzo Piano which in the inside reproduc- the splendid Abbey from the 1000 year and the theatre of water” . We will mention only some:
es a tropical space; Galata, the biggest and most Tower of the Doria. Mary Shelley, the author of the gothic romance
innovative maritime museum of the Mediterra- The legend tells that the Fruttuoso bishop, died “Frankenstein”, lord George Byron, Charles Dick-
nean; the Bigo from Renzo Piano too, a metal- on the stake, came up in a dream of 5 monks to ens, Virginia Wolf, Francesco Petrarca, Gabriele
lic structure similar to a crane which stands out indicate them the point on the Ligurian coast, D’Annunzio, Eugenio Montale, Indro Montanelli.
on the sea equipped with a panoramic elevator where should have beer buried his remains. The And to finish in beauty: the three famous of the
which has become one of the city’s symbols. place in question was recognized by 3 signs: one Italian literature from the fourteenth century,
2 culinary suggestions: for a good Genovese pes- savage dragon, one cavern and one clear source Dante, Petrarca and Boccaccio, mention Lerici
to, there is no need to beat up the faglioline of of water. The monks guided by an angel, arrived in their arts. Sandro Botticelli in Fezzano met SI-
basil, but to gently rotate the pestle along the on the cliff of Capodimonte, where they found monetta Vespucci, an inspirational muse for his
walls of the mortar, in a way to tear them with- the dragon, who was affronted and destroyed by work of art “La nascita di Venere”.
out track them. The work should be developed in
a environmental temperature and not to enlarge Vernazza
too much, to avoid the oxidation that alters the
taste and the color of the basil.
2 Day: Cinque Terre
nd
The Cinque Terre are the natural most uncontam-
inated and fascinating part of Liguria and of the
Tyrrhenian coast. Riomaggire, Manarola, Cor-
niglia, Monterosso and Vernazza are the 5 villag- 129
es suspended between the sea and the ground
which give life to this magical National Park.
A boarding to Spezia and arrival at Riomaggiore,
a place which seems like a nativity scene with
all its colored houses built in vertical. The Via
dell’Amore is the most famous and spectacular
path gaunt in the rocks, a walk 1 km long done il
around 30 min, accessible to everybody and that
brings to Manarola, the kingdom of the olive
trees and vines, a scenography village on a spur
overlooking the sea, considered an urban jewel
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