At the end of the quay, a Cinque Terre panorama unfolds from the rocky terraces of Grotta Arpaia, a former haunt of Lord Byron, who once swam across the gulf from Porto Venere to Lerici to visit his mate Shelley. Traces of a pagan temple have been uncovered on the quay, inside the black-and-white-marble Chiesa di San Pietro , which was built in 1277.
Just off the promontory lie the tiny islands of Palmaria , Tino and Tinetto .
