Tuesday, July 04, 2006

This is Portofino! They say since the Romans founded Portofino for its safe harbor, it has had a strategic value from Napoleon to the Nazis! In the 1950s, National Geographic did a story on the port, and locals claim that's when the Hollywood elite took note. Liz Taylor and Richard Burton came here annually. During one famous party, Rex Harrison dropped his Oscar into the bay (it was recovered). And Ava Gardner came down from her villa each evening for a drink--sporting her famous fur coat. Greta Garbo loved to swim naked in the harbor, not knowing that half the town was watching. Truman Capote called Portofino home.

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