They called it the city of a thousand white sailing ships: Camogli was a maritime power in miniature, and its tall painted houses — seven, eight storeys sheer above the beach — helped sailors recognise home from the sea. The little harbour, the basilica on the water and the Dragonara castle compose one of Liguria's best-loved scenes.
On May's second Sunday, the Fish Festival fries tons of fish in a record-breaking giant pan: a true folk feast, held since 1952. From here boats leave for San Fruttuoso and Punta Chiappa, where the tonnarella net is still lowered as it was centuries ago.
San Fruttuoso Abbey · Cristo degli abissi · basilica di Santa Maria Assunta and 16 more
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24 places to stay · top rated: A due passi dal cielo e dal mare - Balcony with Sea View 9.5 · Splendido Mare, A Belmond Hotel, Portofino 9.5
Next up: The Madonna del Boschetto, Friday 2 July
Nearest airport: Genova, 26 km away
Camogli is part of 🏘️ Villages 🏖️ Seaside
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📅 Every year, on 2 July; Saint Fortunato on the second Sunday of May, Saint Prospero on 31 August
On 2 July Camogli recalls the apparition seen in 1518 by Angiola Schiaffino where the sanctuary now stands. But the town has three patrons, each with a date and a story.
San Fruttuoso Abbey A Romanesque abbey tied to the Doria family, accessible only by sea or wooded trails in the Portofino Natural 
Cristo degli abissi A bronze statue on the seabed off San Fruttuoso, lowered into the sea in 1954 in memory of a diver 
basilica di Santa Maria Assunta Camogli's parish church, gilded baroque inside, built on a rock beside the old harbour 
Museo marinaro di Camogli Ship models, pilot books and relics of a village fleet, collected by Gio Bono Ferrari from 1937 
castello della Dragonara Destroyed and rebuilt again and again by the townspeople, later a prison and an aquarium. 
Faro Camogli Barely a metre and a half tall, at the head of the mole: the light the sea once stripped bare. Straight-line distances from the town centre. Tap a point to open its page.
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Outside Camogli, but an easy day trip away.
