GUIDED TOUR AND PESTO EXPERIENCE IN PORTOVENERE

h. 9.30 AM Meet with a licensed private tour guide in Portovenere, Piazza Bastreri, and enter the village. Beginning of the walking tour through the historic center, through the central carrugio, admiring the wealth of locals and stores, observing the 'calate' vaults towards the sea and the stairways that go up instead towards the upper part of the village, the oldest and most suggestive, with the small and very ancient church of San Pietro, one of the most famous places in the world and offering suggestive views and panoramas. Under the promontory you can go down to admire closely the striking 'Byron's Cave,' commemorating the presence of the famous Romantic poet in the Gulf. Next, climbing toward the castle, you will reach the church of San Lorenzo, the oldest in the village, which holds the miraculous scroll of the White Madonna. After finishing this first part of the tour, you will walk along the beautiful Palazzata a mare that runs along the entire village, with its typical colorful tower houses. At the end of the tour, you will have the opportunity to discover the secrets of Ligurian Pesto through an interesting lecture dedicated to this world-famous product: stories, traditions, raw materials, will be the background to the actual preparation and tasting of this excellence.