Portovenere is the community in
Italy, located some 10 km to the south-east from
La Spezia. The capital city
Rome is in 430 km to the south-east. According to the latest census, the population of Portovenere is about 1,100 people. Portovenere is a popular tourist destination thanks to its roman catholic churches and castles.
Airport Pisa (IATA: PSA) is 80 km away from it and is the closest airport to it.
Best things to see in Portovenere
The Church of St. Peter is a Roman Catholic church in Lazzaro Spallanzani, Portovenere, Italy, in the Gulf of Poets in the province of La Spezia.
Castello di Porto Venere is a tourist attraction, one of the Castles in Portovenere, Italy. It is located: 18 km from La Spezia, 496 km from Milan, 620 km from Turin.
Tino is an Italian island situated in the Ligurian Sea, at the westernmost end of the Gulf of La Spezia. It is part of an archipelago of three closely spaced islands jutting out south from the mainland at Portovenere. The largest of the three, Palmaria, lies to the north and the tiny Tinetto to the south.
Forte Cavour is a tourist attraction, one of the Forts in Portovenere, Italy. It is located: 22 km from La Spezia, 500 km from Milan, 620 km from Turin.
Forte Umberto I is a tourist attraction, one of the Forts in Portovenere, Italy. It is located: 20 km from La Spezia, 498 km from Milan, 620 km from Turin.
San Venerio Lighthouse (Italian: Faro di San Venerio) is a lighthouse on the island of Tino, in the comune of Porto Venere in the Province of La Spezia, Liguria, Italy. Its construction began in 1839, and completed in 1840. It illuminates and guides the sailors in that part of Ligurian Sea.
The Scola Tower - or tower of St. John the Baptist - is a former military building located just beyond the northeastern tip (called tip Scola) of Palmaria (island) in Portovenere, in the Gulf of Poets in the province of La Spezia, Italy. It is part of, along with the Fort Cavour and Umberto I and the Batteria Semaforo, the defensive positions of Palmaria.
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