Guidebook for Portovenere
Food Scene
Ristorante Al Palombaro
good food and value
Ristorante Il Gambero
143 Via Libertàexcellent food
Ristorante della Baia - sea view
113 Via Lungomareexcellent seafood and nice sei and bay view.
Everything Else
La Marinara
14 Via Libertàgreat Sardinian cuisine and pizzeria
Sightseeing
Archeological site with a ~2100 years old seaside Roman villa.
16 locals recommend
Villa Romana del Varignano
Via Varignano VecchioArcheological site with a ~2100 years old seaside Roman villa.
The Gothic Church of St. Peter, consecrated in 1198. Built over a pre-existing 5th century Palaeo-Christian church. The new part, from the 13th century, is marked externally by black & white stripes.
29 locals recommend
Church of Saint Peter
Piazza Lazzaro SpallanzaniThe Gothic Church of St. Peter, consecrated in 1198. Built over a pre-existing 5th century Palaeo-Christian church. The new part, from the 13th century, is marked externally by black & white stripes.
Palmaria
island open all summer
Island is only open to the public on September 13th and one day on the next weekend each year.
6 locals recommend
Tino
Island is only open to the public on September 13th and one day on the next weekend each year.
In 1997 Porto Venere and the villages of Cinque Terre were designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
801 locals recommend
Portovenere
In 1997 Porto Venere and the villages of Cinque Terre were designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
The Romanesque church of St. Lawrence, built in 1098 by the Genoese probably on the site of an ancient Jupiter temple. Damaged by a fire in 1340 and by the Aragonese attack in 1494, restored in 1582.
Church of Saint Lawrence
6 Vicolo dell'OratorioThe Romanesque church of St. Lawrence, built in 1098 by the Genoese probably on the site of an ancient Jupiter temple. Damaged by a fire in 1340 and by the Aragonese attack in 1494, restored in 1582.
Riomaggiore is the most southern village of the five Cinque Terre, all connected by trail.
221 locals recommend
Riomaggiore
Riomaggiore is the most southern village of the five Cinque Terre, all connected by trail.
The Via dell'Amore is a path connecting Riomaggiore to its frazione Manarola. Both Riomaggiore and Manarola are part of the Cinque Terre.
27 locals recommend
Via dell'amore
8 Piazza Rio FinaleThe Via dell'Amore is a path connecting Riomaggiore to its frazione Manarola. Both Riomaggiore and Manarola are part of the Cinque Terre.
Manarola may be the oldest of the towns in the Cinque Terre, with the cornerstone of the church, San Lorenzo, dating from 1338.
36 locals recommend
Manarola station
Manarola may be the oldest of the towns in the Cinque Terre, with the cornerstone of the church, San Lorenzo, dating from 1338.
Unlike the other localities of the Cinque Terre, Corniglia is on the top of a promontory about 100 metres high, surrounded on three sides by vineyards and the fourth side descends steeply to the sea.
156 locals recommend
Corniglia
Unlike the other localities of the Cinque Terre, Corniglia is on the top of a promontory about 100 metres high, surrounded on three sides by vineyards and the fourth side descends steeply to the sea.
First records recognizing Vernazza as a fortified town date back to the year 1080. An active maritime base of the Obertenghi, it was a likely point of departure for naval forces in defence of pirates.
278 locals recommend
Vernazza
First records recognizing Vernazza as a fortified town date back to the year 1080. An active maritime base of the Obertenghi, it was a likely point of departure for naval forces in defence of pirates.
The largest and most touristic of the 5 villages in Cinque Terre. It is the only one with a large beach.
303 locals recommend
Monterosso al Mare
The largest and most touristic of the 5 villages in Cinque Terre. It is the only one with a large beach.
The origins of the town date back to the Etruscan period. It is known as the place where the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley drowned. The town is connected by ferry to the Cinque Terre and Portovenere.
556 locals recommend
Lerici
The origins of the town date back to the Etruscan period. It is known as the place where the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley drowned. The town is connected by ferry to the Cinque Terre and Portovenere.
The castle of Lerici since its first founding in 1152 was used to help control the entrance of the Gulf of La Spezia. Today the castle contains a museum of palaeontology.
63 locals recommend
Castello di Lerici
The castle of Lerici since its first founding in 1152 was used to help control the entrance of the Gulf of La Spezia. Today the castle contains a museum of palaeontology.