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Rapallo is one of the most famous resorts of Liguria to the hotels and beach resorts. In the heart of the Gulf of Tigullio, Rapallo is the preferred destination for Italian and foreign tourists: Germans, French and Dutch in particular.

The Rapallo town has many sights and landscapes of rare beauty. In the beautiful old town are innumerable buildings and monuments that bear witness to many historical periods that the city has undergone over the centuries, from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century. Sightseeing, Rapallo, the Castle of the sixteenth century the sea, the ports of old town, the Civic Tower, the Kiosk of Music and the Columbus Monument.

Beautiful promenade Vittorio Veneto, where you can walk and participate in numerous cultural and recreational activities that are held throughout the year, the events in Rapallo are not just summer. Many vacation rentals and second homes but also hotels, many high-class, spend a relaxing holiday by the sea and sophisticated lifestyle.

Really so many nightclubs in this town Ligurian representing fixed stages of the fun of youth.

You can reach Rapallo sea by boat to S. Margaret and by land with the A12, the Via Aurelia and rail links.

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è un piccolo comune italiano che conta 508 abitanti. Site in the province of Genoa, Portofino is a small Italian town that counts 508 inhabitants. Secured between two bays of dazzling beauty, the Gulf of Tigullio and Paradise, just 36 km from Genoa. The coastline is jagged and irregular, and kissed by a sea of ​​intense color and extraordinary beauty. The hill over which comes the Portofino is flourishing offshoot of 'Apennines. 600 meter gives the tourist the strong emotions. In general, however, the context is typically Mediterranean. The coast is dotted with small towns that border the sea, where the colors and vibrancy of the same excel, influencing not only the soul of the people, but certainly also the architecture and colors of typical houses. The reef is broken by rugged beaches and harbors, which made the town famous throughout the world. The variety of fauna and flora housed in these areas has meant that it was set up both the natural park of Portofino, which includes the promontory of the town on both sides, the one overlooking the Gulf of Tigullio and the other on the Paradise, and it was established the Marine Protected Area of Portofino. This includes the stretch of sea in front of the promontory, where the depths, natural continuation of the same, are characterized by steep parapets and inhabited by a diverse number of species, the observation of which has ensured the birth of numerous centers for diving.

The beauty of the coast has attracted many filmmakers over the years that have followed, among which Mike Newell in 1992, Michelangelo Antonioni and Wim Wenders in 1995. To emphasize how much enjoys fame out of Italy say that a little Portofino has been recreated in the United States at the Portofino Bay Resort. He has hosted many famous people including Friedrich Nietzsche certainly remember, Guglielmo Marconi, Franco Solinas Emanuel (Sardinian poet and painter who spent many summers in Portofino) and not the least of Guy de Maupassant, who described it as a small village that spreads like an arc of the moon around this peaceful basin.

Among the festivals and parties do not lose that which is held in the Sept. 8 Recco, known as the festival of fire. In Camogli on the second Sunday of May the Fish Festival is held, and Santa Margherita Ligure each first show of the weekend, along with a copious amount of concerts and cultural events that take place during the summer. Portofino offers a holiday of good food, beautiful sea and fun. To visit.

Trivia: According to Pliny the Elder, the original name of the village was Portus Delphini, perhaps for the very presence of these animals in the Tigullio Gulf.

Claudia Zedda