Look at those grey cliffs dropping straight into the sea and enclosing a small wild cove.
This is Cala degli Inglesi, or English Cove.
The rock walls, shaped by wind and waves, continue below the surface for hundreds of metres. Above them, the slope is covered with Mediterranean scrub, strawberry trees and maritime pines.Here the sea is a deep, dark blue. The place feels wild and untouched. And yet, between twenty and fifty metres below us, there is a shipwreck.
On 5 November 1967, an old Canadian cargo ship called the Mohawk Deer was being towed to La Spezia for scrap by the Yugoslav tug Junak. It was her final journey. The ship had been built in 1896.
A strong south-westerly wind, known as the libeccio, snapped the towline, and the Mohawk Deer drifted towards the cliffs of Cala degli Inglesi.
Luckily, the ship was empty. There was no crew on board. The captain of the Junak decided that trying to recover it was too dangerous.
So the Mohawk Deer sank right here, just off the cove.
Today the wreck is a favourite site for divers. They come here all year round to see the broken bow, the seaweed and the limestone that has formed around the metal parts.
The wreck may even help explain the name of the cove. Canada was linked to the British Empire for much of its history. Or the name may come from the British families who stayed here from the nineteenth century onwards, including the Browns, associated with Brown Castle in Portofino.
There is also a curious coincidence: Italy has four different places called Cala degli Inglesi.
One is nearby, in Bergeggi, in the province of Savona. Another is on the Tremiti Islands, off the coast of Puglia. The last is on Ischia, in the Gulf of Naples.
So if you plan to explore more of Italy, you could start by choosing the next Cala degli Inglesi to visit!