During the 3rd Year I did my internship by Royal Sporting Hotel, in Portovenere.
This Hotel is a 4-star-hotel. The Hotel is very close to the free beach. The Royal Sporting Hotel overlooks the picturesque seaside village of Portovenere. The little village is surrounded by unique landscapes such as the Cinque Terre National Park with breathtaking views as well as a variety of extraordinarily beautiful paths. Nearby there are Lerici, Tellaro and the famous town of Carrara, the world marble capital. Portovenere is very famous for The Church of Saint Pietro, The Grotto of Lord Byron, a famous Poet and the Doria’s Castle. La Spezia is 12 km from the Hotel where there is for example the Shopping Centre “Le Terrazze” and the Naval Museum. In Portovenere there are a lot of bar and restaurant. How to get there: by car, from the highway’s exit “La Spezia”, just follow all the signs to Portovenere. Once in town, follow the one-way until you arrive in front of the hotel (about 800mt after town center); by plane/train from Pisa or Genova airport, just reach closest train station then take the train to La Spezia. From La Spezia train station you can catch a taxi (about 35/40 Euros) or reach the bus stop for the line 11/P located in viale Garibaldi. The Royal Sporting Hotel has a peaceful garden and the “Restaurant of Poets” gourmet restaurant combines traditional Ligurian style cooking with international flavours, an ideal place for ceremonies and meetings. It has 50 air-conditioned rooms with mini bar, satellite TV, free Wi-Fi and an en-suite bathroom; it also has suites of various sizes and the restaurant dining room can seat 160 people for the dinner. The rates of the rooms change every day. For business meeting there is a large well-equipped meeting room. In the wellness centre you can relax in the “Thalatepee suite” where you can enjoy, water, sun and mud therapies at various temperatures. There is also a sauna and Turkish bath, accompanied by toning aromatherapy, chromo therapy and music therapy. The centre also has a small equipped gym. In the outdoor area there is a seawater swimming pool, an American bar, tennis courts, a small private beach that it isn’t of the Hotel and a restaurant for the breakfast and lunch. The breakfast is between 7.30 and 10.30. The lunch is from 13.00 to 14.00. The dinner is between 19.45 and 21.30. The restaurant is also opens for the external guests every day, except the Monday. You will also find a garden and a covered garage that costs 20 € per night. The pets are allowed and the price change depending on the size of the pet. The check-in time is from 15.00 p.m. The check-out time is until 11.00 a.m. The Staff of the hotel is very kind and helpful. In Portovenere I have to taste the local dishes like the Focaccia bread with pesto and potatoes, “The Pandolcino”that it is a dessert with raisin, fennel and pine nuts and The” Farinata”. The local wine is Vermentino. The Stage was a fantastic experience to visit a new place, like “ The 5 Terre" for example, to taste a local food, to know new people like the Staff of the Hotel and the boys of cooking course that they was stagisti and to speak a foreign language, especially in the our work. The Stage in Portovenere was also a personal growth experience because I was away from my home and my family. I have shared my room with my friend Eleonora who she attends the Bar and Restaurant tender course. |