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La sesta terra: Segesta
The eastern shores from Genova, known as “Levante (where the sun rises)” have some of the most famous sea locations of Italy: Portofino, Camogli, Cinque Terre (Five lands). The cozy Sestri Levante earns the title of “Sesta Terra” (Sixth land). Visit it off season and don’t miss Polpo Mario and El Pescador for gorgeous fish dinners, Luca bakeries for the best focaccia ever and Gelato naturale for an exquisite ice cream made of local milk from the Ligurian cow race “cabannina“.
Segesta (Sestri Levante in Latin) from Punta Manara hill
Dawn in the bay of silence
The seaside of Fairy tales bay
Ex Convent dell’Annunziata
Golden sunset
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The bay of silence
Off season
See through
Lucky tree
Deep shots
Sea tales
Sea tales
Segesta (Sestri Levante) is the queen of fairy tales: Hans Christian Handersen visited the town in 1833. He found about the local myth of Segesta, the mermaid, and her lover, the Triton. In 1837 published his most famous fairy tale ever: The Little Mermaid. He also named the western bay of Sestri Levante as “Fairy tales bay”. Since 1998, every year in June, Sestri Levante celebrates the Handersen literature prize.
Stranded gam
Rocky seas
Seven masts for seven seas
Pesci vivi (live fishes) part one
Pesci vivi (live fishes) part two
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The bay of silence
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Lucky tree
Deep shots
Deep shots
Long perspectives in the towns of Chiavari and Sestri Levante.
Christo stopped here
Augmented reality (il cielo: the sky)
Tropical Chiavari
There are legs and legs
Dead, but colorful, end.
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Lucky tree
An early morning hike from Sestri Levante to punta Manara: cool and far from the weekend crowds on the beach. Olive trees, cork oaks and Mediterranean trees. The luxurious vegetation on the path up to the 200 m.s.l of Punta Manara is a beautiful travel companion.
Dawn at Punta Manara, Sestri Levante, Italy
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See through
Barriers as photographic elements
People through beach showers
Chairs through the canopy
Sestri Levante through stone barriers
Liguria hills trough the forest
Sestri Levante through the bay of silence (front) and the bay of fairy tales (back).
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Off season
Off season details from the bay of Fairy tales, on the west side of Sestri Levante.
Preparing the public beach for summer
Locker room keys
No sun or no tourists?
Villa Balbi, private bath entrance.
Sunset on the Fairy tales bay, Sestri levante, Italy.
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The bay of silence
The bay of silence opens on the east side of Sestri Levante (Italy). Its name fits (only) early mornings or off season times. The colorful Segesta (Sestri Levante, Latin name) and its beach behind, the blue Ligurian sea in front : an unforgettable bath.
At the shores of the bay of silence, Sestri Levante
Fisherman boats on the bay beach
Eastern bay side from the Helvetia Hotel.
The fisherman, bay of silence
Colors at sunset in the bay of silence
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