The charming town of Rapallo has a historic tradition, home of the Ligurian Tigullians in pre-Roman times, and lays in the inner part of the Tigullio Gulf: this privileged geographical position protects it from the winds and offers a mild climate making it pleasant to admire the surrounding natural beauties all year round. It is mainly for this reason that, since the second half of the 19th century, the town has been chosen by famous intellectuals, artists and poets as their favorite destination. The likes of Yeats, Ezra Pound, Nietsche, Sibelius, Kokoschka, Hemingway, have left various traces of their stays in Rapallo.