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Liguria, Portofino Regional Natural Park

Located at 30 km east of the city of Genoa, the Park of Portofino occupies the homonymous territory of trapezoid shape that constitutes the main projection of the Ligurian Riviera, with an area of just 18 square km and a coastal development of 13 km. Protected since 1935, it is now completed by the mountain frame that dominates the gulf of Tigullio, with magnificent panoramas. There are many buildings of historicalarchitectural interest, among which San Fruttuoso di Capodimonte, an ancient Benedictine abbey complex set at the end of a charming inlet. The population of the Park, about 680 inhabitants, mainly resides in the nuclei of San Rocco di Camogli, San Nicolò di Capodimonte, San Fruttuoso, Portofino (totally included inside the territory of the Park), Paraggi and Nozarego. Beauties of the Park the nature: the naturalistic loop-trail from Portofino Vetta to Semaforo Nuovo, to Pietre Strette, to see the saxifraga spathulata and the peregrine falcon. the villages: Portofino, Camogli and Santa Margherita Ligure with the typical decorated houses of pastel colour, and the towns of Paraggi, San Fruttuoso di Camogli and San Rocco. the monasteries: The abbeys of San Fruttuoso di Capodimonte and of San Girolamo della Cervara, the Church of San Nicolò di Capodimonte and monastery of Niasca.