Cinque Terre: Portovenere
“Port of Venus”
This town, south of the Cinque Terre villages, is an ideal lodging base for visitors to the villages. It has a relaxed Mediterranean beachfront culture and features an Old Town of multicolored houses on narrow alleys.
Harvest of the sea
The bay of Portovenere yields high-quality anchovies and mussels.
The Church of San Pietro
It is built on the remains of a fifth-century church that previously occupied the site
