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5 Day: Genova - Camogli - San Fruttuoso - Por- wanted to build a church. Arrived on the desti- which is inside the church. There are so many
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tofino - Santa Margherita Ligure - Recco - Geno- nation, there was a war between the angel and healed people, sick and blind people, and other
va (77 km) the monster, who was beaten, letting like that miracles content in the documents recently pub-
Day dedicated to the discovery of the Tigullio the construction of the church. Later, because lished from don Giovanni Bozzo.
Gulf, a real jewel of the Ligurian Riviera. The visit the church was going to ruin, the Benedicts built
starts from Camogli, a marine village which hosts 7 Day: Genova - Portovenere - Return (114 km)
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the famous houses “towers” and the Castle of there the beautiful abbey that we find today. Transfer to La Spezia, from where we will go by
the Dragon, today a seat of exhibits and cultural th a boat to Portovenere. We will take a walk on its
events. 6 Day: Genova - Cinque Terre - Genova (236 small port until the little church of San Pietro,
From here we will direct on a boat to San Fruttu- km) built on the extreme point of the village, from
The Cinque Terre are five maritime villages:
oso, where we will visit the famous abbey, Bene- where you can enjoy a wonderful view of the
dict’s monastery of the 1000, nestled in one creek Monterosso, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola and sea. The visit will proceed with the Castle of the
protected by a tower from the XVI century. Then Rio Maggiore. Immersed in one Mediterranean XII century, the Sanctuary of White Madonna and
we proceed on a boat to Portofino, an exclusive environment, the high coast commands the line the Cave of Byron, where the English poet was
of beach, like Rio Maggiore, on which coast is
village where is the imposing Brown Castle, from coming there to take inspiration for his poetries.
the X century. Finally we will take again the boat the famous Tuscany “Boulder”. The place keeps Return in the afternoon. Business Proposals in Liguria
to direct to Santa Margherita Ligure, an antique untouched the structures and colors typical of
the small land of the fishermen, from which you
village in which are the imposing template of its Curiosity: Has been told that in Portovenere, in
castle, built in the 1500, and the splendid com- can reach Manarola, along the path excavated in
plex of Villa Durazzo, admirable from the sea, and the rocks, a romantic walk properly called “Via the XIII century, from the sea arrived on the land
immersed in a fairy park from the XVII century. dell’Amore”, now closed for the repair after one an excavated hotel trunk, with inside a small pi-
landslide. Another village on the shore which
Returning to Genova, we will take a break in Rec- cture with Madonna and Jesus in her arms on
co to taste the focaccia of cheese, a delicious va- reflects in the sea water, is Vernazza, the most it, seat between angels. The picture, interpreted
riety of the focaccia Genovese born exactly here beautiful of the Cinque Terre, from which square, like a god’s present, was brought in the church
with the steep stairs and narrow alleys, you will
in this part of the city. that was dedicated to Madonna. How time pas-
arrive on the small port. In the rugged coastal, on
one cliff, rises the church of S. Margherita. sed the picture faded, until the citizens had to say
Curiosity: Portofino was the film set for many This area, besides its fascinating beauty, is fa- that was everything disappeared, resting only the
soap operas, like “Beautiful” and “Cento Vetrine”, mous also by the production of wines, like the white painting. Years have passed, until when, in
and movies like “The Wolf of Wall Street” of Mar- Sciacchetrà, which we will taste in one wine shop the end of XIV century, some citizens entered in
tin Scorsese. of Monterosso. the church and saw the mysterious painting put
The dragon from the bay of San Fruttuoso. In the again between the antique splendors. They di-
magnificent bay stopped one day a horrible mon- Curiosity: In the Sanctuary N.S. of Reggio di Ver- dn’t doubt: it was a masterpiece of the angels.
ster. Still, God have chosen that place to make a nazza, (which has an antique origin, from the XIII
church in honor of San Fruttuoso, a dead martyr. century), immemorial from time ago are happen-
So, one day there was an angel who showed up ing extraordinary healings, for this reason here
to Justin and Procopius, ex collaborators of the are coming persons from far away, to enter in the
saint, and conducted in this bay, where they “window of Madonna”, a niche one meter long,

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