The Landscape By the extreme land of the eastern Liguria, where the city of La Spezia arises, between the blue of the sea and the green bush of the coast, the Gulf of Poets shows its small villages full of grace, like Portovenere, Le Grazie, Lerici, Tellaro, Fiascherino, and the fashinating islands of Palmaria and Tino. A special note to the Cinque Terre National Park, between the area of Tramonti – few kms. from La Spezia – and Mesco Cape. Take the opportunity to visit the whole area of the Park, both by sea and by railway, and for them more courageous and keen for trekking, by short and wonderful pathways.
	Lerici At the east side of the Gulf there is Lerici, located by the seaside and hills at the back, a labyrinth of narrow alleys and tiny squares, where the sea offers possibilities for water sports and holidays. Along the road coming from La Spezia you’ll encounter San Terenzo...
	Portovenere At the extreme west side of the Gulf rise the historical stronghold of Portovenere, conquered by the Genoese Republic in the twelfth century, who built the bastion and planned the stronghold grounds. The buildings are constructed as house-towers, tall and narrow, like small ...
	La Spezia The city of La Spezia is located on the border of Liguria and Toscana, modern town that knew the largest development in the nineteenth century when the Military Shipyard was built by the General Domenico Chiodo. A monument that today represents historic tals of the city is the ...
	Val di Vara As the largest valley in Liguria, numbers of historical villages situated on mountains tops are dominating the Vara river and its branches, keeping firm the fashion of the local culture and mountain’s life. In fact, inhabited villages of the valley still show the rural houses, mills ...
	Val di Magra Val di Magra Middleage Castles, small villages situated on mountains tops still deep in the past, sanctuaries, woods, lakes, vineyards and olive plants. This is the Valley of Magra, land confining Liguria and Toscana, stretching from High Lunigiana mountains to the beaches of Bocca ...
	Le Cinque Terre A corner of Liguria, between La Spezia and Levanto, where generations worked to create a unique scenery in the world, with its terraces dipping above the sea sustained by thousands miles of “ dry-walls”. From here the Cinque Ter re (The Five Lands) takes its name, for the ...