Monday, December 29, 2008

Tellaro


After thinking about Tellaro the other day I decided to go there. Now is the perfect time because everyone is elsewhere for the holidays, and it is actually possible to find a parking spot. During the summer it is almost impossible to find parking for a motorino in some places in Liguria.

Tellaro is one of the quaintest towns on the Italian Riviera, and still pretty unknown to many tourists. It is found in the Golfo dei Poeti (Gulf of the Poets). The Gulf, located near the city of La Spezia, was given this name for the poets/authors who visited and lived in its vicinity; among them Eugenio Montale, D.H. Lawrence, Mario Soldati, Shelley and Byron.
Shelley lived in San Terenzo, and died when his boat was hit by a storm on his way home from Livorno. There is a grotto dedicated to Lord Byron at Portovenere named Grotto Arpaia. It is said to be named after Byron because he is the point from which he left to swim across the gulf of La Spezia to San Terenzo to visit Shelley in Lerici, in 1822.

According to Italian writer Mario Soldati, Tellaro is “a nirvana between sea and sky, between the rocks and the green mountain.”

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2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Grazie per le belle informazioni che hai fornito nelle righe che hai scritto.
Anche per me tellaro rappresenta qualcosa di davvero speciale
mi piacerebbe un giorno poterci andare con te.

un ammiratore

9:25 PM  
Blogger Billy Toh said...

I like your blog here, especially it's about the country that I love most.
Definitely good to be reading more of your updates about Italy.

5:32 PM  

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