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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
On the eastern side of the Foro, there’s a majestic and elegant building with a marble frieze above the portal. Two inscriptions attribute this building to Eumachia, a priestess of Venus and owner of a flourishing business operating in the wool industry, which she had inherited from her husband. Indeed this is thought to be the seat of the Corporation of wool and cloth manufacturers, although another interpretation claim that the building was dedicated by the priestess to the Gens Iulia and was used for cult worship of the Emperor Augustus through the statues of his ancestor. The building itself dates from the Tiberian age and looks onto the Forum from a façade with tw ... continue
RECIPE OF THE DAY OF THE ANCIENT POMPEII
(Apic. 4, 2, 25) Ingredients:
- 500 g scallion
- Liquamen (o 1 tblsp soya sauce + 1 tblsp anchovy paste)
- 3 tblsp oil
- 1/2 glass water
- 2-5 fillets smoked herrings
- 2 tblsp honey
- 2 tblsp red wine (like dry Marsala)
- Savory
Instructions:
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Clean the scallion. Put in a pan Liquamen, oil and water; mesh and warm. Cut in a half and dispose it in a pyrex-dish. After boiling, add smoked herrings, cut in fillets, between the scallion. Do not mesh, but only shake and tilt the pan. Melt honey in wine and pour on s ... continue
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.