Portovenere Transportation Tips by matcrazy1

By boat from La Spezia

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You can get to Portovenere from La Spezia by a boat (8-9 daily) crossing the Poet's Gulf - 5.5 Euro R/T (3.5 - one way).
Check the link below or e-mail:
navinfo@navigazionegolfodeipoeti.it

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Other Contact: Via Don Minzoni, 13 La Spezia

Phone: (0187) 732987

Type: Ship/Boat

By plane

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The nearest airports:

International Airport "C. Colombo" - Genova (100 km = 62 mi) GOA
http://www.airport.genova.it/english/index.htm

Pisa International Airport Galileo Galilei - Pisa (90 km = 56 mi) PSA
http://www.worldairportguide.com/Airports/psa/psa.asp

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Type: Airplane

By a bus

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You can get from La Spezia (Stazione La Spezia Centrale) to Portovenere by a bus (less then 1.5 Euro one way - check the link below)
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Type: Bus

Website: http://www.atclaspezia.it

By a boat

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You can hire a boat in Portovenere and go around or to the nearby islands of Isola Palmaria with Grotta Azzura (cave). I didn't do it only because of my very short budget that time :-(((.

Mode: AROUND

Type: Ship/Boat

Detailed map

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Detailed map of Portovenere to download:
http://www.atclaspezia.it/test/documenti_download/carta.pdf
If you want to get lost (recommended :-) in Portovenere skip the map.
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Type: Other

By a car

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You can get to Portovenere by a SS530 road from la Spezia - it's only ca 15 km (9 miles).
You can stop in picturesque Le Grazie and to admire the view of Poet's Gulf (Golfo della Spezia).
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Type: Car/Motor Home

On foot around

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Park your car (if you manage to find a free place hehe) and... walk around. Take a look at the attached map (from the net): I was parking a car somewhere at No 4 on the map and walking to the end of the peninsula on the bottom left.
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Mode: AROUND

Type: Other