......I found my love in Portofino
Perchè nei sogni credo ancor
Lo strano gioco del destino
A Portofino m'ha preso il cuor.......
Fred Buscaglione

“A small village, Portofino, stretches crescent-shaped along the edge of this calm bay.” Thus wrote Guy de Maupas- sant when describing Portofino, tiny sea village on the Italian Riviera circumscribed by the green of the Natural Regional Park and Marine Reserve.

This splendid sea resort with its lux, Mediterranean personality, also boasts an ancient marine culture, and of course is another one of those spots beloved by artists, famous personages and writers that have long sung its praises. The “Piazzetta,” meeting-up point for the international jet-set, is the symbol of Portofino, while the port, with its characteristic, brightly-colored houses, is the icon of this borgo’s maritime traditions, whose inhabitants were called delfini (“dolphins”) by the Greeks and Romans, so apt were they at sea navigation.

Years passed by since this was one of the hot spot of ” bonne vivant” from all around the world, Portofino today has been affected like every other place by bthe mass toruism that here is visible in the continous flow of middle age men and women with camera and ice cream willing to take a selfie in front of the sea.

Despite that Portofino still keep part of its charm, overall when the last ferry has left amd the locals can gather for the traditional aperitivo this time on a day of early summer. This 24h view was recoded from a privater flat on the piazzetta on a day of late spring with the vibes of summer already coming along trhe sea breeze in the afternoon.

“A small village, Portofino, stretches crescent-shaped along the edge of this calm bay.” Thus wrote Guy de Maupas- sant when describing Portofino, tiny sea village on the Italian Riviera circumscribed by the green of the Natural Regional Park and Marine Reserve.

This splendid sea resort with its lux, Mediterranean personality, also boasts an ancient marine culture, and of course is another one of those spots beloved by artists, famous personages and writers that have long sung its praises. The “Piazzetta,” meeting-up point for the international jet-set, is the symbol of Portofino, while the port, with its characteristic, brightly-colored houses, is the icon of this borgo’s maritime traditions, whose inhabitants were called delfini (“dolphins”) by the Greeks and Romans, so apt were they at sea navigation.

Years passed by since this was one of the hot spot of ” bonne vivant” from all around the world, Portofino today has been affected like every other place by bthe mass toruism that here is visible in the continous flow of middle age men and women with camera and ice cream willing to take a selfie in front of the sea.

Despite that Portofino still keep part of its charm, overall when the last ferry has left amd the locals can gather for the traditional aperitivo this time on a day of early summer. This 24h view was recoded from a privater flat on the piazzetta on a day of late spring with the vibes of summer already coming along trhe sea breeze in the afternoon.