La Cervara, Portofino, Liguria
This former Benedictine abbey, is a jewel located on a cliff between Santa Margherita Ligure and Portofino.
It directly face the sea, with an incomparable view all around.
What was once the vegetable garden of the monks is today the only Renaissance Italian-style garden, dislocated on two levels that is overlooking the sea.
The quiet courtyard shaded by a centuries-old wisteria and the pergola of the upper garden, whose pillars are covered in false jasmine, provide charming blooming in springs.
The strategic position makes La Cervara, as an ideal venue for organizing exclusive events which require privacy and intimacy. It can host intimate events as well as large gathering up to 250 guests.
Guests of the events can also have the privilege to sleep in the 11 suites in the Abbey and in the ancient Saracen Tower.