The castle
Bay views.
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Lerici is a seaside town on the Gulf of La Spezia in Liguria, north-western Italy, about 7 km south-east of La Spezia and 17 km in a straight line east of the Cinque Terre. The bay it sits on is known as the «Gulf of Poets», after the writers who lived and stayed here in the 19th century, among them Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron. Its landmark is the Castle of Lerici, a fortress on a rocky headland above the harbour, first built in the 12th century to guard the entrance to the gulf and later enlarged by the Genoese. A tall pentagonal tower rises over its walls, and the castle hosts exhibitions and gives wide views over the bay. Below it, pastel-coloured houses line a small harbour full of fishing boats and yachts, and a seafront promenade leads to San Terenzo, the next village, with its own small castle and beach. Narrow lanes climb behind the waterfront, and small beaches and coves lie along the coast towards the hamlet of Tellaro. In season, ferries link Lerici with Porto Venere and the Cinque Terre. The town is free to explore, and the castle charges a small entry fee.
Bay views.
Colourful houses and boats.
By the sea.
La Spezia, Liguria, Italy
By ferry in season.
No, it charges a small fee.