Camogli | ||
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State | Italy | |
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Region | Liguria | |
Altitude | 32 m a.s.l. | |
Surface | 10.07 km² | |
Inhabitants | 5.332 (2017) | |
Name inhabitants | Camogliesi | |
Prefix tel | 39 0185 | |
POSTAL CODE | 16032 | |
Time zone | UTC 1 | |
Patron | Our Lady of the Grove | |
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Camogli is a city of Liguria.
To know
Typical seaside village, tourist center known for its marina and colorful buildings on the seafront. The most important architectural aspect of the town is the presence of colorful buildings overlooking the beach. The colors and the clearer horizontal lines were used by the Camogliese sailors to more easily recognize their home between the various floors of the buildings in the village and return there after fishing. Most of the buildings in the historic center were built with a succession of additions and changes over the centuries.
It is inserted in the Portofino Regional Natural Park.
Geographical notes
It borders with the municipalities of: Recco, Rapallo, Portofino is Santa Margherita Ligure.
How to orient yourself
How to get
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By plane
Airport of Genoa "Christopher Columbus".
By car
A12 motorway, exit a Recco, then continue for about two kilometers towards Camogli.
Da Recco: service managed by Tourist Maritime Transport - Golfo Paradiso for Camogli and San Fruttuoso.
On the train
Camogli Railway Station.
By bus
From Genoa, Recco is Rapallo service managed by ATP
How to get around
What see
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1 Abbey of San Fruttuoso, Location San Fruttuoso (It can be reached: by boat with a maritime connection from Camogli, Portofino, Santa Margherita Ligure, Rapallo, Chiavari, Blackboard is Sestri Levante. Direct connection with Genoa. Or on foot, starting from the Frazione Ruta towards Portofino Vetta and then towards Pietre Strette; from here a steep descent leads to the inlet of San Fruttuoso), ☎ 39 0185 772703, @[email protected].
adults: € 5.00 - children (4-14 years): € 3.00 - FAI members: free admission.
10 / 15.45 or 17.45 every day except December 25 with the following detailed timetables. Benedictine abbey of the year 1000 and fishing village located inside the Portofino Regional Natural Park, since 1983 is part of the architectural heritage of FAI, Fund for the Italian Environment, donated by Frank and Orietta Pogson Doria Pamphilj. The complex consists of the church, a museum. from the Doria tower. The tombs of the Doria family are located in the cloister. In the bay in front of it is the famous statue of Christ of the abyss, the work of Guido Galletti.
- 2 Basilica of Santa Maria Assunta.
- 3 Dragonara Castle.
- 4 Oratory of San Prospero and Santa Caterina.
Events and parties
What to do
Shopping
How to have fun
Shows
- 1 Social Theater, Piazza Matteotti, 5, ☎ 39 0185 1770529, @[email protected].
Where to eat
Camogli is famous above all for its anchovies, of very fresh quality and excellent for salted anchovies and then also for the fish caught in the tonnara, a historic fixed fishing location that has been laid annually by local fishermen for centuries.
- 1 O Magazin of Camogli, Piazza Colombo, 14, ☎ 39 393 9239099.
- 2 Ostaia da o Sigu, Via Garibaldi, 82, ☎ 39 0185 770689.
- 3 [link not working]Cuckoo Restaurant, Via della Repubblica, 64, ☎ 39 0185 774527.
Where stay
- 1 B&B Al Piccolo Scoglio, Via Piero Schiaffino, 118, ☎ 39 345 0124548, @[email protected].
- 2 Hotel Cenobio dei Dogi, Via N. Cuneo, 34, ☎ 39 0185-7241, fax: 39 0185 772796, @[email protected].
- 3 Hotel La Camogliese, Via Garibaldi, 55, ☎ 39 0185 771402, fax: 39 0185 774024, @[email protected].
- 4 I Tre Merli Inn, Via Scalo, 5, ☎ 39 0185 776752, fax: 39 0185 777523, @[email protected].
Safety
- 1 Carabinieri, Via Cuneo, 30, ☎ 39 0185 770000.
- 2 Pharmacy, Via Repubblica, 4, ☎ 39 0185 771081.
How to keep in touch
Post office
- 3 Italian post, Via Cuneo, 4, ☎ 39 0185 776831.
Around
Useful information
Tourist information
- 4 Tourist Association Pro Loco Camogli, Via XX Settembre, 33, ☎ 39 0185 771066, @[email protected].