Portofino is a small fishing village on the Ligurian coast, but famous around the world by the beauty and unique geographical location.
View from Castello Brown Portofino
When to Portofino, you will see many houses with different colors, fancy look
The colorful houses
Portofino is located in the bay should be surrounded by high mountains with trees and houses so harmonious colors
The colorful houses and deep blue mountain
Story goes that, as before, this land is in the hands of the workmen fishing, they were poor so the house is just a solid white. Gradually, the better off they paint with your favorite color for every trip to command at sea for months, they can get right out of his house.
Despite being the only divers fishing but their aesthetic is wonderful - a multi-colored blocks to make a picture of harmony and perfection. Unfortunately, in recent decades, the development of tourism, fishing workers had to leave this place, instead the elite from around the world. Hence the beauty of the house that has more or less faded away.
It's good news when the paint manufacturers have studied these things extensively on color (65 color all!) Which formerly used the fishing mechanic and current owner of the house he was required to paint the walls home just as we have had to return to Portofino inherent beauty.
Walking on the streets of this place, I just think of the time when people living here still fishing workers are physicians with robust body with tan brown color of sunshine and sea breezes, kids joke echoing against a corner of the village. Or I think of the scene workers perched fisherman mending their nets, boats remodel, say five sentences in conversation about life and work and the history of the fishing village.
walking around the small town
If you have time, from Portofino, visitors can take the train to visit Santa Margherita Liguria and Cinque Terre. This is the very point on the coast to the Riviera della Liguria, especially if the catch sunset at the Santa Margherita Liguria nothing more.
A house by the sea wanderous
Portofino Hotel with great pool
Portofino overlooking the sea