Gulf Of Poets

Also known as the Gulf of La Spezia; at the far end, two popular tourist destinations: Lerici village with its majestic castle and Portovenere, Unesco World Heritage Site, which enclosed him. The name "Gulf of Poets" derives from the sojourn, over the centuries, of many artists, authors and poets, attracted to the unique beauty of the area. First among everyone Dante and in the later century, many romantic poets such as Byron, Percy and Mary Shelley, Lawrence and Sand.