Camogli - Italy

Camogli (GE)

Liguria (Italy)

One of the most popular seaside villages of the Riviera di Levante in the Gulf Paradise to the west of the promontory of Portofino.
The visitor is struck, first of all, bright colors and decorations of the buildings look out over the pier built by the Republic of Genoa in the eighteenth century.
The grandeur of the buildings is about a much older and solid prosperity of the current related to tourism: Camogli until the last century was not just a fishing village, but also to ship owners are known throughout the world.
Of this great past remains a curious track, the production of handmade model ships.
The fishermen are many: you can see them at work, for example, by following the tuna boat in front of Punta Chiappa, and the second Sunday of May, you can enjoy the largest fish fry in the world prepared in a frying pan for monumental the feast of San Fortunato, the patron of the village along with San Prospero.
A good opportunity to taste even camogliesi, sweet paste made from cream puffs and custard with rum.
The remains of San Fortunato and some relics of San Prospero are kept in the parish of Santa Maria Assunta, built in the twelfth century on a small promontory which is the original core of the country.
Alongside stands the castle of contemporary Dragonara fortification repeatedly destroyed and rebuilt.
The park of Portofino offers natural resources of rare beauty, such as those that can be admired along the route leading to the abbey of San Fruttuoso.
Accessible by a path that passes by the Church of San Rocco, or with the boat service that double the promontory of Punta Chiappa and crosses the Golden haul, the religious complex of the eighth century, according to tradition was built to house the remains of San Fruttuoso martyr.
The fishing village is much older, dating back at least to the second or third century. In the thirteenth century the Doria had built the Abbey, where are buried many members of the noble family.
Immerse yourself in the background you can see the famous Christ of the Abyss, a sculpture by Guido Galletti fell into the sea in 1954 to protect sailors.