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Make your way to Portofino’s Piazzetta to listen to this audio.
Mediterranean scrub and dry-stone walls are a common sight along the Ligurian coast, from the Cinque Terre to the area around Savona. But here in Portofino, they frame the Piazzetta and the small bay where the yachts are moored.
Now raise your eyes to the headland behind the square.Up there, Portofino shows a different side: footpaths, traces of the past, and a more rugged feel, far from the boutiques.From the middle of the Piazzetta, face the sea, then look to the right, beyond the boats, towards the hillside.
On the slope, you can spot a small church with an ochre-yellow façade: St George’s Church. It keeps the saint’s relics, which tradition says were brought here by Crusaders returning from the Holy Land.The church was destroyed during the Second World War, but the building you see today was rebuilt in its original form.In front of it, the forecourt is paved in rissëu, Liguria’s traditional cobblestone mosaic, made with light and dark stones.
From there, the view is like a postcard. The Piazzetta and the sea open out below. It is one of Portofino’s best photo spots, and it is only about a five-minute walk away.A little higher up, to the left of the church as you face the sea, you can also make out Castello Brown through the greenery.It is named after the British consul Montague Yeats-Brown, who bought it in 1867.
Did you expect to find, right here, a side of Portofino that feels older and a little wilder?
Mediterranean scrub and dry-stone walls are a common sight along the Ligurian coast, from the Cinque Terre to the area around Savona. But here in Portofino, they frame the Piazzetta and the small bay where the yachts are moored.
Now raise your eyes to the headland behind the square.Up there, Portofino shows a different side: footpaths, traces of the past, and a more rugged feel, far from the boutiques.From the middle of the Piazzetta, face the sea, then look to the right, beyond the boats, towards the hillside.
On the slope, you can spot a small church with an ochre-yellow façade: St George’s Church. It keeps the saint’s relics, which tradition says were brought here by Crusaders returning from the Holy Land.The church was destroyed during the Second World War, but the building you see today was rebuilt in its original form.In front of it, the forecourt is paved in rissëu, Liguria’s traditional cobblestone mosaic, made with light and dark stones.
From there, the view is like a postcard. The Piazzetta and the sea open out below. It is one of Portofino’s best photo spots, and it is only about a five-minute walk away.A little higher up, to the left of the church as you face the sea, you can also make out Castello Brown through the greenery.It is named after the British consul Montague Yeats-Brown, who bought it in 1867.
Did you expect to find, right here, a side of Portofino that feels older and a little wilder?
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By eArsMake your way to Portofino’s Piazzetta to listen to this audio.
Mediterranean scrub and dry-stone walls are a common sight along the Ligurian coast, from the Cinque Terre to the area around Savona. But here in Portofino, they frame the Piazzetta and the small bay where the yachts are moored.
Now raise your eyes to the headland behind the square.Up there, Portofino shows a different side: footpaths, traces of the past, and a more rugged feel, far from the boutiques.From the middle of the Piazzetta, face the sea, then look to the right, beyond the boats, towards the hillside.
On the slope, you can spot a small church with an ochre-yellow façade: St George’s Church. It keeps the saint’s relics, which tradition says were brought here by Crusaders returning from the Holy Land.The church was destroyed during the Second World War, but the building you see today was rebuilt in its original form.In front of it, the forecourt is paved in rissëu, Liguria’s traditional cobblestone mosaic, made with light and dark stones.
From there, the view is like a postcard. The Piazzetta and the sea open out below. It is one of Portofino’s best photo spots, and it is only about a five-minute walk away.A little higher up, to the left of the church as you face the sea, you can also make out Castello Brown through the greenery.It is named after the British consul Montague Yeats-Brown, who bought it in 1867.
Did you expect to find, right here, a side of Portofino that feels older and a little wilder?
Mediterranean scrub and dry-stone walls are a common sight along the Ligurian coast, from the Cinque Terre to the area around Savona. But here in Portofino, they frame the Piazzetta and the small bay where the yachts are moored.
Now raise your eyes to the headland behind the square.Up there, Portofino shows a different side: footpaths, traces of the past, and a more rugged feel, far from the boutiques.From the middle of the Piazzetta, face the sea, then look to the right, beyond the boats, towards the hillside.
On the slope, you can spot a small church with an ochre-yellow façade: St George’s Church. It keeps the saint’s relics, which tradition says were brought here by Crusaders returning from the Holy Land.The church was destroyed during the Second World War, but the building you see today was rebuilt in its original form.In front of it, the forecourt is paved in rissëu, Liguria’s traditional cobblestone mosaic, made with light and dark stones.
From there, the view is like a postcard. The Piazzetta and the sea open out below. It is one of Portofino’s best photo spots, and it is only about a five-minute walk away.A little higher up, to the left of the church as you face the sea, you can also make out Castello Brown through the greenery.It is named after the British consul Montague Yeats-Brown, who bought it in 1867.
Did you expect to find, right here, a side of Portofino that feels older and a little wilder?