Porto San Giorgio is one of the many seaside jewels we have here along the coast.

Honestly, I never knew how beautiful Porto S Giorgio really is.  Sometimes, even I take what is around me for granted.

Today I had an early appointment in Porto San Giorgio and when it was over at 10am, I decided to take advantage of this beautifully sunny day and walk around and “really” take a inside look at this seaside village that I come to so often for the beaches, markets and friends. I must say, I was wonderfully surprised at what I discovered.

 PORTO SAN GIORGIO OUTDOOR MARKET.  On Thursdays, is known in our parts, for finding all kinds of bargains, plants, kitchen supplies, and the latest styles in clothes and their copies.

Below I will take you on a photographic journey of my walk around Porto San Giorgio. We will see, fresh food markets, chalets, the beach, Bars for snacks, the old village with the watch tower, the marina, fountains, piazzas for socializing and children’s parks. I truly hope you enjoy.

My morning started at Bar Florian to meet a friend for a little sandwich and fresh juice.

Cafe Florian that is located next to the train station.

the inside

the outside that is covered

pastries and sandwiches yummm

Porto San Giorgio train station

Outside the Cafe, I found locals  sitting around enjoying the sun and having a chat.

Locals watching me. lol

getting some rays

the main promenade also where the Thursday market is held

the main promenade also where the Thursday market is held

The Train station straight ahead, cafe Florian on the right

There is a covered market, where local farmers sell their goods and the local fishermen sell their catch of the day, along with shops with fresh cheeses and meats. Today there was no fish because yesterday was a Sunday.

The inside of the market

Fresh greens

The covered Market, it is small but you really can find anything you need

Farm to market to table

Fresh greens

little shops

little shops

fresh cheese

Sergo e Ingeborg wonderful shop owners

sliced meats

Sergo e Ingeborg

After the covered market, I took a walk to the old center.

I will go up there and through the archway

Ok now into the old castle walls to see the old medieval village of Porto San Giorgio

narrow streets

Vicolo Storto = Crooked Street

Crooked Street

The devils arch… it was said that if one tried to pass this arch at night a gate would come down so fast it scared the devil himself.

The walls of the fortress

One of the many watch towers along the walls of the fortress, pirates were a big problem back then.

looking along the wall

As you can see here, these thick walls were filled with sand and stones, this was because if the wall was hit by a cannonball the wall could absorb the shock.

Baby I’m yours until the stars fall from the sky. WOW this was a teenager in love….

sweet corners

street of the theater

and through there is the piazza of the theater of PSG

Seeing the main watch tower in the distance

narrow streets of the old village

The gates to the old castle, they were closed.

I am spying in……shhhhhh

The main church of Porto S. Giorgio and it’s cemetery of bones, which is called in Italian “Ossario”, it is a place where the remains of the dead are exhumed then the bones are collected.

The main church and its fountain and bone cemetery.

This mermaid has legs, well 2 tails

This is her sister emptying the seawater from the shell so she can eat the conch meat inside

This is the holy fountain

To the left of the church, is the clock tower and bone cemetery.

Ossario-Ex cimitero = Bone cemetery. Here in Italy after many years they remove the bones of the dead from the regular cemetery and put them here, my friend said this happens after over 100 years but i must look more into this.

beware!!!

A bit overgrown

Now down to the Sea, to see Porto San Giorgio’s  wonderful chalets lining the beaches, and a bit of the beach itself. Mind you, it is May 1 today and the water is too cold to go in, but in the summertime it seems this little town never sleeps.

Along the ocean front, in the summer months this is full of people on bikes, walking and pushing strollers.

The promenade

The promenade looking north

My favorite chalet Poldo E Livia

let’s go on the beach.

what beautiful water

still no one to be found

Look they are already setting up to begin to add the umbrellas

Already adding the umbrellas

in one month this will be filled with umbrellas rented by the chalets.

Ahhhhhhhh the Adriatic Sea

you can find so many shells here

chalets setting up for summer

Ahhhhh beach

Porto San Giorgio is full of beautiful homes, from the Liberty era. The Liberty came just after art nouveau, in fact the style came from Arthur Lasenby Liberty (1843-1917). Below are a few of the many beautiful homes and this is a site that will explain it in more depth.

naplesldm.com/liberty.php

Liberty home

Liberty home

Liberty home

Liberty home

Liberty home

Liberty home

Liberty home

Liberty home

Liberty home

Liberty home

Liberty home

Liberty home

Liberty home

Liberty home

Walking around I took photos of things I thought were “cool”. Here we have art, fountains, parks and sweet little shops.

Trattoria

Mosaic sunflower bench

Graffiti under the train tracks

Graffiti under the train tracks it continues

The shop was called “Spoil yourself”

Graffiti under the train tracks

He Lady, give me your baby!!!

Fountains

Fun place for dinner

hahah fisherman pissed off as selfy man…hahaha

graffiti – enjoy the beach and put your phones down. NO ON CARES!

You know I love bell towers

graffiti, beach goers

fountains

Pine Tree Park

My brother-in-law designed this park and kids of all ages love it!

more fountains

This is the Italian housewife. Even if the shutters are closed they is always someone on the other side watching you….shhhhhhh.

If you look up can can always see interesting statues.

This is a beautiful fountain of a shell spewing water

There are a few of these, news stands

This how the flower shops get their flowers. I flower truck goes around selling the flowers to the shops

Monument Park of Porto San Giorgio for fallen soldiers

A new wonderful park with a pizza stand on the south end of P.S.G.

Last but not least our marina, where the boats come in and go out, here in Porto San Giorgio many of the young kids are in sailing school. In the summer, yachts fill the harbor.  Everyday, except Sunday, the fishermen go and catch fresh fish for all of us to enjoy.

Fishing shack where the fishermen clean fish and fix their nets.

Cozzaro Nero, here they sell mussels in the summer

fishing boat coming in

a yacht

boat coming in with the hills in the background

docked fishing boats

this ones needs work

fishing shack

Oh that is what happened to the “Queen Mary”

docked boats

docked boats

I hope you enjoyed seeing Porto San Giorgio through my eyes, today after 8 years I fell in love with this place.

If you have any questions I will be more than happy to answer.

Thank You for the visit, Issa

Written and photographed by Issa