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Apr 16, 2013 - Portovenere

Today was great. We heard about a place near La Spezia called Portovenere and it sounded nice, so we decided to make a daytrip of it. We caught the train to La Spezia then took a half-hour bus ride to Portovenere. It is only accessible by road or boat. It is just gorgeous and was much quieter than Cinque Terre. It was wonderful just walking around. There is a church way atop a hill overlooking the sea. It was built in the 1200s. The views were amazing. Another church we visited was built in the 1100s. The weather has been terrific, and we...

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May 12, 2012 - Portovenere

Next day, after warming up the calf muscles we caught the ferry to the nearby village of Portovenere. Unfortunately it started raining when we arrived and turned cool and windy. But even with that I thought it the most lovely place. Lovely painted buildings and lots of little fishing boats. The rain soon stopped and we visited the Gothic Church of St. Peter, consecrated in 1198. However there was a wedding on so we didn’t go in. Instead went to see the church of St. Lawrence, erected in 1098 and the cemetary and fort at the top of the hill....

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