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About this port

A UNESCO World Heritage Site, PortoVenere perches on the western Gulf of Poets promontory, an area in the Gulf of La Spezia once popular with Byron, Shelley, Dante and DH Lawrence.

Colourful houses line the little harbour and narrow medieval lanes lead up the hill to the Chiesa di San Lorenzo, built in 1130. Nearby, the 16th-century Castello Doria offers magnificent views from its terraced gardens. Portovenere’s San Pietro Church occupies a site believed to have been a temple to Venus – Venere in Italian – from which the port gets its name.

Enter Portovenere's Medieval Centre via the ancient city gate. Shops and restaurants line Capellini, the narrow main street.

From the quay you can see across to Cinque Terre and the rocky terraces of Grotta Arpaia or Byron’s grotto, where the poet once swam across the bay to Lerici. Traces of a pagan temple have been uncovered on the quay inside the Chiesa di San Pietro, built in 1277. Just off the promontory lie the tiny islands of Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto.

PORTO DI PORTOVENERE
Molo Dondero, 8
19025 - Portovenere (SP) Italy
  +39 0187 79 30 42
  +39 0187 79 30 42
  VHF Channel 9
  Max length : 45 m
PORTO LE GRAZIE
Via Libertà 131
Loc. Le Grazie
Portovenere (SP)
  +39 0187 79 17 33
  +39 0187 79 17 33
  VHF Channel 9
  Max length : 50 m
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AIRPORT
Aeroporto Di Genova Cristoforo Colombo
+39 010 60 151
AIRPORT
Aeroporto Internazionale Galileo Galilei Di Pisa
+39 050 84 91 11
CUSTOMS
Ufficio Delle Dogane Di La Spezia
+39 0187 15 07 111
DIVING SERVICES
Marine Engineering Di Puccini Marco & Co. Snc
+39 0187 79 26 81
EMERGENCY NUMBER
Maritime Rescue
1530
EMERGENCY NUMBER
European Emergency Number
112
EMERGENCY NUMBER
Fireman
115
EMERGENCY NUMBER
National Police
113
EMERGENCY NUMBER
Medical Emergency
118
HOSPITAL
Presidio Ospedaliero La Spezia
+39 0187 53 31
PHARMACY ON DUTY
Farmacie Di Turno
PORT AUTHORITIES
Guardia Costiera
+39 0187 79 07 68
TAXI
Taxi Boat
+39 338 39 52 994
TAXI
Taxi
+39 0187 79 21 62
TRAIN STATION 
Stazione La Spezia Migliarina
+39 06 68 47 54 75
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