There are places, just as there are some works of art or celebrities, who are so famous and renown as to seem “known”. This is how all think they “know” Paris, Venice or New York. And in the same manner they think they really know who Leonardo da Vinci or his Mona Lisa were. It is a common error of perspective that is based on the belief that “looking” has the same valency as “seeing”, and that “taking a holiday” has something to do with the life of the “traveller”. Portofino is a resort that generates this misunderstanding.
This little fishing town that has maintained its enchantment even while becoming the acclaimed landmark for international socialites is, in fact, more “secretive” than one might think. The famous Piazzetta is only the heart of a living organism in terms of history and traditions, that stretches into the green of a mountain of incomparable beauty, along trails with unique Mediterranean scents, with lights and atmospheres that eternally toy with the green vegetation, the blue sea, the thousand colours of flowers that never cease to bloom. Here every home, every alley, every face has a story to tell. Understanding Portofino means longing to read these signs and memories, and to enliven so much beauty by making it a site of residence. Hence, it is no mere holiday.
From this standpoint Domina Home Piccolo in Portofino is a really unique residence. It is unique because it was born in a noble building that has been fitted out as a family home; unique because it has been revisited by Gianmarco Cavagnino, one of the most stimulating Italian architects; unique because it is the only one to have direct private access to the sea, in a natural environment that has remained perfectly intact, despite its proximity to the Piazzetta. Unique because it was and still remains a page of history that was written by this wonderful town during the past century.