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PORTOFINO PRIVATE TOUR FULL DAY
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DURATION: | 7 hours | |
PRICE: | According to the number of participants | |
AVAILABILITY: | All-year-round | |
| English-speaking driver & Air-conditioned Mercedes (or similar make) at your disposal for 7 hours | |
Itinerary Details are listed below:
TOUR SCHEDULE OF PORTOFINO PRIVATE TOUR
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| Meet with the English-speaking driver and his Mercedes Car (full optional, with air-conditioning) by Your accommodation in Liguria region |
| Transfer to Santa Margherita Ligure town and 1 hour and 30 minutes of free time |
| 2 hours of free time for lunch not included |
| Transfer to Portofino |
| 2 hours of free time there |
| Back to Your accommodation |
You will meet our local English-speaking driver at your accommodation to start the Tour:
SANTA MARGHERITA LIGURE:
Santa Margherita Ligure occupies a beautiful position on the Gulf of Tigullio. The town dates from A.D. 262. The offical name of Santa Margherita Ligure was given to the town by Vittorio Emanuele II in 1863. Before that, it had many other names, including Porto Napoleone, an 1812 designation from Napoleon. Its palm-fringed harbor is usually thronged with fun seekers. It has a festive appearance, with a promenade, flower beds, and palms swaying in the wind. As is typical of the Riviera, the town's sandy, pebbly beach is packed with a party crowd in fine weather. Santa Margherita Ligure is linked to Portofino by a narrow road.
PORTOFINO:
Glamorous Portofino, 38km east of Genoa, is Liguria's most exclusive seaside resort and has long been popular with artists, writers and the international jet-set. Tucked into a narrow cove overlooking the rocky coastline, Portofino is one of Italy’s most picturesque, enchanting and romantic places.
There are many reasons why this tiny, cliff-lined port, called the “Pearl of the Mediterranean” continues to attract artists, poets, celebrities, and wealthy sophisticates from around the world. Set against a backdrop of a very agreeable climate and lush, luxuriant vegetation, the beauty of Portofino’s natural environment is surpassed only by the charm and intimacy of its narrow streets, hidden coves, quaint cafes and incredible charm. It is a town where little has been altered since the city government of nearby Genoa declared Portofino a national monument in 1935, requiring approval before any architectural change can be made to its structures.The piccolo harbor, classic Italian architecture, and wooded peninsula makes a Portofino visit very appealing.
THIS TOUR WILL OPERATE RAIN OR SHINE, SO BE PREPARED FOR ALL WEATHER CONDITIONS.
HAVE A GREAT PRIVATE EXCURSION FROM THE PORT OF NAPLES TO NAPLES CENTER, POMPEII, SORRENTO AND AMALFI COAST IN ONE DAY AT A REASONABLE PRICE !!!
Why do not you arrange with us an amazing day in the Gulf of Naples - a private tour (just for you) with a comfortable limousine or minivan with driver and an English-speaking tour guide? We have organized for you a great guided tour to Naples-Pompeii-Sorrento-Amalfi Coast (Positano). Contact us by e-mail info@pompeii.org.uk for further info.
POMPEII MONUMENT OF THE DAY
This large building (approx. 2,700 sq.m.) was created by joining two residential complexes which covered an area nearly equal to that of the whole insula.
The house can be entered both from Via dell’Abbondanza and from Via Stabiana. It is arranged around two atria and three peristyle, and its name derives from a bronze statue of Apollo playing the lyre (today in the National Archaeological Museum in Naples).
Magnificent paintings and bronze portraits of famous personalities also found in it and are now on shown in the same museum.
As is inferred from electoral propaganda and a number of graffiti, it belonged to the Popidius family.
RECIPE OF THE DAY OF THE ANCIENT POMPEII
(Apic. 9, 9) Ingredients:
- 1 kg fresh sea mussels
- 100 ml Liquamen or 1/2 tblsp salt
- 1 branch of leek, finely minced
- 1 tsp cumin
- 200 ml Passum (or honey)
- 1 tblsp minced Savory
- 500 ml white wine
- ca. 500 ml water
Instructions:
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First water mussels, and clean them. Mix together Liquamen, wine,
water, Passum and spices. Boil the broth for about 20 minutes, then add
mussels. Boil additional 10 minutes. Serve.
FORBIDDEN POMPEII: IMAGES AND NEWS
Love was a common topic of conversation in Pompeii. Feelings, passions, poetic love, sex, homosexuality, prostitution and so forth were all part of daily life and not a source of prejudice. The concept of “obscenity” seems to have been unknown. Love and sex were considered earthly practices of a man’s life that were encouraged by the benevolence of Venus. The thousands of examples of graffiti found on the town’s walls are unequivocal proof of what the people of Pompeii thought about love and sex.