pubs and small hotels on a beautiful sandy beach. Shortly after, you can see the bell tower of the Abbey of San Girolamo della Cervara, an ancient 14th century monastery, today a luxurious hotel. The village of Santa Margherita occu-
racteristics and a walk, after the easy landing on the marina’s slipway, is certainly recommended.The paddling continues going up the promontory to the north and after about a kilometer you enter the Paraggi bay where you can find
Punta Portofino The white lighthouse is the ancient church of San Giorgio (below) on the foothills of the Portofino mountain. The church of medieval origins was transformed and expanded in 1760. Destroyed during a bombing in the Second World War it was rebuilt taking on a seventeenth-century structure.
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