Portofino - Italy

Portofino (GE)

Liguria (Italy)

To understand the beauty and uniqueness of Portofino bisognaguardarla from the yard of the church of St. George, on the promontory delfaro: from there with a glance dominates the port and the line goes colorful decorations with features.
We are in a bay benriparata for both conformation and for the Portofino that siaffaccia sea from its 600 meters, forming a long cliff trechilometri that the tip of the Cape eastern end.
Laposizione so favorable attracted human settlement from tempiremoti, and Pliny, we know that Portus was known Delphini inepoca Roman.
After being about two hundred years in the San Fruttuoso abbaziadi from the twelfth century the town passed to the Republic diGenova, in the seventeenth century, built a fortress now known comecastello Brown, the British consul who purchased it in 1870.
Lachiesa St. Martin, the twelfth century, stands in the oldest delpaese, while the 'Oratory of is 1300.
The porticcioloturistico capable of 300 seats, has hosted the prestigious diportopił boats in the world, and most exclusive tourist destination.
Moltiprotagonisti history and art of the twentieth century passatida here and make a partial list is really difficult.
Sonopraticabili all sea sports, especially sailing and windsurfing.
Peri divers, the reef is a paradise, with some areas diparticolare interest as the tip of the lighthouse and the wreck of MohawkDeer, the diving center of Portofino is open all year.
The macchiamediterranea park of Portofino is another record dellazona: pines and olive trees that reach the sea, alternate agliarbusti as broom, thyme, heather, the myrtle, saxifrage, ilcorbezzolo, but Botanical you have classified more than seven hundred different specievegetali, and have not yet stopped.
To Mount leescursioni are more challenging, but the park is traversed by routes unreticolo halfway workable by anyone.