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Portovenere
Getting Here
By car from the port city of La Spezia, follow the blue signs for Portovenere. It is about a 20-minute winding drive along the sea through small fishing villages. From the La Spezia train station you can hire a taxi for about €30. By bus from Via Garibaldi in La Spezia (a 10-minute walk from the train station), it takes 20 minutes.
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