374 RAPALLO TO CHIAVARI. 



a^TCC who have followed its windings on a clear, sunny 

 day. It leads almost uninterrupted!}' through Olive 

 groves, and consequenth' is equally beautiful at 

 all times of the year. Time flew so rapidly on the walk 

 that I hardly seemed to have been two and a half hours 

 on the way from Rapallo to Chiavari. I met only a 

 single motor car, so that my enjo\'ment of the natural 

 surroundings was not marred by either dust or the smell 

 of benzine. Those who wish to avoid fatigue should not 

 walk further than from Zoagli to Rapallo. Zoagli is half 

 wa-\- , and the mountain road running above the village 

 can be reached by a short ascent from the railway- 

 station down b)' the sea. At the highest point of this 

 mountain road a halt should be made, for indeed the 

 view from here can be surpassed by few in the 

 whole of Ital\'. Tt is so diversified, so full of light and 

 colour, that it fills the heart, as if b}- magic, with sunshine 

 that even many dark daj's in succession cannot cjuite 

 obliterate. 



The mountain road, which now connects Chiavari 

 with Rapallo, coincides onh' here and there with the 

 V^ia Aurelia. The latter general! \' ran at a higher ele- 

 vation so that, if its tracks are followed, the views are 

 still more extended. Tlie old road is still used from 

 Chiavari to San Pietro de Rovereto, where it becomes 

 only a mule track and drops down to Zoagli between 

 Olive groves. On the other side of Zoagli it appears 

 again above the present liighway and continues as far 

 as San Pantaleone. Here, on looking down, the pretty 

 little town is seen with its bright houses standinef out 



