Castello Brown ★
A Genoese fortress turned English villa, with two pines on the terrace and the Tigullio below.
Portofino: 3 places to start with
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Squares Portofino Piazzetta Its real name is piazza Martiri dell'Olivetta: painted houses, moored boats, Castello Brown above. -
Castles Castello Brown A Genoese fortress turned English villa, with two pines on the terrace and the Tigullio below. -
Churches Chiesa di San Giorgio Levelled in the war and rebuilt by the villagers in 1950, with the relics of Saint George.
9 places covered in Portofino Grouped by type, most important first.
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Castles, palaces and villas
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Villa Altachiara
Built in 1874 for a Carnarvon, later the Agusta family, today a frozen asset: seen best from the sea.
Villa Beatrice
Coppedè designed it as a castle: tower, mullioned windows and coloured tiles above Punta Cajega.
Churches and places of worship
3Chiesa di San Giorgio ★
Levelled in the war and rebuilt by the villagers in 1950, with the relics of Saint George.
Chiesa di San Martino
Maragliano's wooden Deposition, in the oldest part of the village, above the little square.
Cappella di San Sebastiano
A 17th-century chapel above Portofino, made famous by a Lana Del Rey music video.
Squares, fountains and monuments
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Portofino Piazzetta ★
Its real name is piazza Martiri dell'Olivetta: painted houses, moored boats, Castello Brown above.
Piazza Martiri dell'Olivetta
Portofino's Piazzetta is named after twenty partisans shot at nearby Olivetta.
Beaches
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Faro di Portofino
One white flash every five seconds since 1870, at the tip of the headland: reached on foot only.
Tours, tickets and experiences
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