APPROACHING PORTOFINO

PORTOFINO

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June 6th 2017
today we sailed into the beautiful port of Portofino. Well actually we tendered in. We are having a private tour today arrange by Leah. Our guide met us aat the tender disembarcation pier with a boat and driver. We hopped into the speed boat and off we went. We first went up the coast to San Fructuoso. This is a beautiful site right on the coast where there is an old monastery. There is sm ... read more

Europe » Italy » Liguria

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more