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The Cinque Terre

  
Affittacamere e Appartamenti Deiva Marina The Cinque Terre take in the coastal face of the region running from Punta Mesco, the western promontory of Monterosso, to Portovenere, a strip of coast some 15 kilometres long between the sea and the mountainous ridge. Behind them lies the Vara Valley and at the end lies the Gulf of La Spezia.
The land has a steep, spiky profile, overhanging the sea in stretches with the cultivated vines on terraces made with dry-stone walls alternating with rocky outcrops and uncultivated areas covered in heather, broom and pine within an area of only three or four kilometres, highlighting the way the terrain rises to 700 to 800 metres. Among the mountainous crests of the last offshoots of the Ligurian Apennines running down to the sea, among the inlets to their buttresses, huddled together in time are the five villages which make up the Cinque Terre: Riomaggiore, Manarola, Corniglia, Vernazza and Monterosso. This is a strip of land and rock as wonderful as it is rugged and severe, where man has settled over the millennia and become accustomed to difficulties and toil, always struggling in a labour of love with the environment itself.

Portofino and the Gulf of Tigullio
Affittacamere e Appartamenti Deiva Marina The symbol of this strip of coast is the Portofino Promontory, one of Italy's most famous parks. Strolling along its paths is like walking through a casket of jewels with so many precious stones. The Marine Protected Area lies around the Portofino Promontory and takes in three communities: Camogli, town of the "Thousand White Sailing Boats" with its long naval tradition, Portofino, an exclusive

and prestigious village and Santa Margherita Ligure, a sophisticated town enhanced by its scenic attractions. The Marine Area is divided into three zones: A, B and C. Zone A stretches to the inlet known as Cala Dell'Oro and is a fully protected reserve. Zone B lies between Portofino's Punta del Faro (Lighthouse Point) and Punta Chiappa with submerged rocks of great natural interest where you can admire various types of sea fans, red coral and numerous species of fish including the grouper. The two C zones stretch either side of the promontory where there are posidonia (sea grass) beds rich in animal life.
 

Levanto

  
Affittacamere e Appartamenti Deiva Marina Levanto was a small village set in the greenery of its hills and the blue of its Gulf. Little has changed today; its little gems are still guarded with modesty, the heritage of an ancestral instinct for conservation. The magnificent cliffs and the sandstone banks welcome the visitor

from the sea. Pine and chestnut brush hide its paths with their scents of thyme and spartium junceum - Spanish broom - of red strawberry trees and heath tree. Popular devotion is expressed in a rich architectural heritage of a Romanesque origin: the leitmotiv of many Levanto churches. Inside the temples the canvases bear witness to fifteenth and seventeenth century Genoese splendour, while the miniscule aedicules offer up their humble prayers. But let us wind back time and discover the castle, the dock, the walls and towers, all testifying to a tireless will in defence of the people, anchored to the sea but unable to ignore the call of the land. Rural activity is still alive in the vineyards and the olive groves, but above all in the cellars where they keep the casks and other overflowing containers safe. You can taste their contents during a stop at one of the many hamlets which dot the land behind Levanto.
 

Bonassola

  
Affittacamere e Appartamenti Deiva Marina Bonassola's history is set apart by the Instrument of the "Cumpagnia di Bonassolla"; a document from 1569 which is put up as the first of this type of civil welfare in Italy. Its aim was to free the men of Bonassola who had been taken prisoner by the Turkish pirates who plagued the Mediterranean coasts at the time.
Outstanding among its oldest monuments are the Castle and the Tower of the Ardoino (16th century), the parish church of Santa Caterina (17th century) and the house where the famous 17th century cartographer Matteo Vinzoni was born. Bonassola's natural landscape is the perfect growth environment for the typical Mediterranean flora: oleanders, bougainvillea, brooms, olive and pine trees, aromatic herbs and citrus groves. Bonassola's extraordinarily healthy air is due to the resinous richness of its pine trees, the ozone and particles of iodine from a sea so pure because it is so distant from any industrial establishments. It is particularly recommended for those suffering from cardiovascular, digestive tract or nervous problems.
 
 
 
 

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