Category: Europe

Portofino is a town with about 500 inhabitants in the province of Genoa in Liguria. For its administration, it is the smallest area of the municipality of the province. It is considered one of the most typical and most picturesque villages of the world. It is located in the western part of Tigullio, in a bay at the foot of the promontory of the same name, 36 km from Genoa. The entire municipality is in the Regional Natural Park of Portofino and the natural marine protected area. You can walk its safe paths because they are all appropriately marked. Several films have been shot in Portofino and it is a major tourist attraction and there are frequently cultural events with the participation of personalities from the world of culture and entertainment.

Tips

If you like shopping, you’ll find expensive boutiques, economic souvenir shops and even small artisan shops.
If you prefer walking, Via Roma is the busiest street; you can take it at the port and continue upward.
If you want to relax, there is nothing better than walking in the Piazzetta harbor and take a good ice cream or just a coffee or something to eat at an outdoor table watching the activity of the port.
Another great way to reach Portofino is by sea aboard a boat with these tourist trips organized by several neighboring localities.
For the best views of the village, visit the Brown Castle also known as the Fortress of San Giorgio; the church of San Giorgio and Punta Portofino with its romantic lighthouse.

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Anagni is a town in the province of Frosinone, Lazio, known as the city of the Popes, for being the birthplace of four Popes and for a long time, it was the papal residence and headquarters. It is located on a hill in the Sacco Valley in Ciociaria, 72 km from the center of Rome. The city has a medieval old town with elegant and austere attractive buildings, Romanesque churches, steeples, loggias with a sober and essential architecture.
To see: the Palace of Boniface VIII, the town hall, the cathedral, the house Barnekow and numerous churches and gateways of the old town. In the cathedral we find the crypt whose frescoes are one of the most interesting pictorial cycles of the thirteenth Italian century. Today the city is the largest industrial center of southern Lazio and one of the largest in central Italy.

Tips

You can attend several events by the month of your visit. The Palio of Anagni in August with the typical parade in medieval costumes. In August and September there is the Medieval Renaissance Theatre Festival.
In spring and autumn you’ll find the concert season.
Once a month there is an antique and nature market.

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