Portovenere – like 1/5 Cingue Terre and the gateway to the Ligurian fairy tale – was the first of the miniature towns of the fabulous Five Lands to meet us, bringing great pleasure and joy to the eyes: a beautiful bay, bright colors and multicolored houses clinging to each other, an ancient fortress on a hill and a local basilica, narrow streets and indispensable linen on ropes, delicious anchovies on snack, yachts and fishing boats in the harbor, the "treasure map" of the Parco Naturale Regionale di Porto Venere. And the anticipation of meeting back from 4/5 Cinquiterre – the paradise of the Ligurian coast – in the serene July of the pre-Renaissance era…